In new recommendations for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to support doctors, the RCP has called on the medical profession to embrace the technology, but to make sure that it works for patients. The recommendations follow a roundtable event hosted by the RCP on 31 July 2018, at which experts […]
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Next-generation robot revealed to the world for the first time
CMR Surgical has unveiled its surgical robotic system, designed to meet the complex requirements of minimal access surgery, Versius has been created and built by the CMR Surgical team in Cambridge. Versius resets expectations of robotic surgery by providing a versatile system that is portable, transportable and affordable. This is […]
Setting care transfers on FHIR
From October, NHS hospitals are expected to use the new Transfer of Care standard to compile discharge summaries and clinic letters for GPs. NHS Digital has said these will be sent using FHIR messages directly into GP systems. Orion Health experts Dr David Hay and Anne O’Hanlon explain what this […]
NHS SBS launches innovative payroll app to benefit NHS employees
A new app that allows NHS employees to view their payslips on any mobile device and answers pay-related queries via chatbot technology has been launched by NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS). MySBSPay provides around 400,000 employees – working at around 100 organisations (including provider trusts, CCGs and arm’s length […]
Digital maternity notes at Epsom and St Helier
Pregnant women being cared for by Epsom and St Helier hospitals are now able to access all of their maternity medical notes, including details of any blood test results and reminders about their appointments (and soon, their scan reports), through a secure digital record that is available as an app. […]
New technology can detect hundreds of proteins in a single sample
New technology developed by a team of McGill University scientists shows potential to streamline the analysis of proteins, offering a quick, high volume and cost-effective tool to hospitals and research labs alike. Proteins found in blood provide scientists and clinicians with key information on our health. These biological markers can […]
Now Healthcare opens £1.5m tele-pharmacy
Thirty jobs are to be created through a new £1.5m ‘Tele-Pharmacy’ opened in Liverpool aimed at helping people living with chronic care conditions to manage their medicinal needs through artificial intelligent mobile app ‘Now Patient’. The NHS approved tele-Pharmacy ‘super-hub’ – Now Pharmacy, will be able to dispense around 500,000 […]
£1.4m investment for firm transforming public sector IT
A Manchester company which helps public sector bodies to achieve digital transformation has secured a £1.4 million investment, including £750,000 from NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance, which is managed by Mercia Fund Managers and is part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund; £500,000 from the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and […]
AI as good as top experts Moorfield Eye Hospital announces
An artificial intelligence (AI) system that can recommend the correct referral decision for over 50 eye diseases as accurately as world-leading experts has been developed by researchers at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, DeepMind Health and University College London (UCL) Institute of Ophthalmology. The breakthrough research, published online by […]
Prudential and Babylon to pioneer AI in Asia
Prudential Corporation Asia has announced it has entered into an exclusive partnership agreement with Babylon Health. Babylon’s artificial intelligence expertise will be made available to existing and new customers of Prudential across Asia marking a step change in Prudential’s commitment to provide digital health services making healthcare affordable and accessible […]
