Draper & Dash, a leading predictive patient flow provider has launched a COVID-19 live hospital planning and demand impact assessment tool. The company said it has been working around the clock to deliver its vital tool to support impact assessment. It allows trusts to view and analyse national Hospital Episode […]
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Dartford and Gravesham pilots process automation tech
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust has piloted process automation technology from Cloud21. The trust started the programme in July 2019 to explore the use of process automation in clerking clinics using the UiPath platform and to explore replacing manual administration process with technology. Neil Perry, director of digital transformation “I’ve worked […]
Asthma UK launches new funding round
Asthma UK has launched a new fund to focus on technology and data to improve asthma care. Up to £250k is available for successful proposals to help fund the development phase of programmes seeking to link real-time data from smart inhalers to improve asthma care in adults. The programme is to […]
Public Health England publishes live coronavirus tracking dashboard
Public Health England have published an interactive tracking dashboard for the spread of COVID-19. The dashboard includes statistics on total cases, daily confirmed cases and total deaths in the UK. The information is displayed in bar chart format broken down into England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. There is also a […]
Second team of Health Tech Awards 2020 judges announced
HTN is pleased to announce the second team of judges to support the Health Tech Awards 2020 judging process, following announcing the first team of judges last week. The innovative Health Tech Awards 2020, supported by CCube Soltuions and Highland Marketing, celebrate great technology and innovation making a difference across health and […]
Study highlights ability to predict depression in Facebook users
A study by David Luxton titled ‘Artificial Intelligence in Behavioural and Mental Healthcare’ published in ScienceDirect has explored the ability to predict depression in Facebook users. The study used an artificial intelligence algorithm to detect vocabulary usage with negative connotations and said depression can be detected up to 3 months before a social […]
EMIS makes pharmacy services acquisition
EMIS Group has today announced the acquisition of the company behind the PharmOutcomes platform, Pinnacle Health Partnership LLP. The company said the acquisition is part of the group’s strategy to drive widespread improvements in medicines management and to support pharmacy in providing more clinical services. Over 11,000 pharmacies use the […]
PRSB launches programme to develop national standards for social care
The Professional Record Standards Body has been asked by NH Digital to develop national standards for social care. The aim is to create national standards that support the roll-out and adoption of successful tech projects. Last month NHS Digital announced funding of £4.5 million to support 16 health tech and […]
Data visualisation tools to support large cardiovascular clinical trials
Data visualisation tools developed by Zegami will be used by Oxford University for large cardiovascular clinical trials. Oxford University researchers at the Oxford Cardiovascular Clinical Research Facility will apply data visualisation techniques to hundreds of thousands of images of the heart, making it easier to categorise them and identify new […]
23 digital aspirants announced to receive share of £28m
23 digital aspirants have been revealed, part of a multi year programme to drive digital transformation. The organisations will share a £28 million technology fund, as part of the first group of digital aspirants announced. In December Matt Hancock announced the programme, commenting “I want the whole of the NHS to […]
