Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust is working with UK-based artificial intelligence health company, Deontics, to enhance clinical decision making and reduce risk of heart attack. The Trust is using artificial intelligence (AI) to improve the treatment of patients who have had a heart attack, in a project […]
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Dictate.it launches next generation medical speech recognition ‘Dictate IT Live’
Dictate.it has launched a new medical speech recognition platform ‘Dictate IT Live’ – with a two months no-cost, no-commitment free trial for the primary care health market. The company has developed a Deep Neural Network based UK medical ASR engine which provides users with unparalleled accuracy from first use, with […]
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs signs $billion dollar contract with Cerner
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has announced an agreement with Cerner a global leader in health care technology, for the VA to use off-the-shelf Cerner solutions to provide veterans, transitioning service members and their care providers access to their medical history through a single electronic health record (EHR) system. […]
HTN Digital Week tickets now available!
HTN is pleased to announce tickets are now available for HTN Digital Week. HTN Digital Week, a series of online events from 21st – 25th January 2019 is an innovative week to celebrate, share and showcase your work and learnings from healthcare technology. Utilising digital channels including webinars, online seminars, ebooks, opinion piece, […]
Alcidion Group to acquire Patientrack
NHS technology provider Patientrack is to enhance its work with NHS hospitals following an agreement to be acquired by health informatics software company Alcidion Group. The move will create a company focused on next-generation patient safety, decision intelligence and analytics technology for healthcare. Hospitals will benefit from the same Patientrack team […]
NHS Digital launches new Toolkit to help keep information safe
NHS Digital has launched the new Data Security and Protection Toolkit, replacing the previous Information Governance Toolkit, to help keep patient information safe. The Data Security and Protection Toolkit is an online self-assessment tool that enables health and social care organisations to measure and publish their performance against the National […]
Early-warning device to detect infection in dialysis patients completes successful pilot
An innovative solution designed to identify infection in dialysis patients has completed a successful pilot clinical investigation following a funding award from Health Innovation Manchester. Manchester-based medical device company Microbiosensor, secured £50,000 from the Energise Innovation Fund in 2016 to pilot their PD Safe device in Manchester. The PD Safe […]
Analytics supporting Lewisham cancer waiting times
Lewisham NHS Trust wanted a way to immediately provide their clinical, operational and leadership team with greater oversight on cancer waiting times. The organisation also wanted the assurance that the solutions exceeded the national requirements and would really focus on user engagement and outcomes. The hospital and its delivery team […]
New £1m funding for innovative digital adult social care pilots
NHS Digital has announced new funding of £1m for projects that support innovative uses of digital technology in the design and delivery of adult social care. Twelve authorities will receive £20,000 to design a digital solution to address a specific issue with their service, with six receiving up to a […]
AI platform pattern with European Emergency Number Association
Corti, the Copenhagen-based artificial intelligence platform that uses machine learning to provide emergency medical personnel with life-saving diagnostic assistance, has announced a partnership with the European Emergency Number Association (EENA), with four sites across Europe being selected to pilot the technology. The project has the potential to save thousands of […]
