Secretary of State Matt Hancock will set out plans to give 3.1 million health and care staff in England a voice in the day-to-day creation of policy. He is launching a new digital platform called ‘TalkHealthandCare’, which staff can use to post ideas, questions and challenges for government. The platform will […]
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Great Ormond Street Hospital implements Elsevier’s Clinical Pathways solution
GOSH has implemented Elsevier’s Clinical Pathways solution, Arezzo, in its Endocrinology and Metabolic unit to reduce the time doctors and nurses spend on paper-based administrative tasks. GOSH is using Arezzo which takes medical guidelines, protocols, and order sets, combines them with relevant patient information and presents personalised patient pathways and testing […]
Interview: Rob Brougham, UK MD of Ieso Digital Health
In our latest interview series, we spoke with Rob Brougham, UK MD of Ieso Digital Health. Ieso is a provider of digitally-enabled mental health care and delivers evidence-based cognitive behavioural therapy online (CBT) to patients suffering from depression, anxiety and other common mental health conditions. By combining the power of technology with […]
New guidance for AI to benefit NHS
A new code of conduct for artificial intelligence (AI) and other data-driven technologies will allow NHS patients to benefit from the latest innovations. Speaking at the NHS Health and Care Innovation Expo conference, health minister Lord O’Shaughnessy announced the initial technology partnerships Code of Conduct for Data-driven Health and Care […]
Canon Medical Research receives £140k to develop AI-powered cancer assessment prototype
Canon Medical Research Europe has been awarded £140,000 to develop a prototype that combines Artificial Intelligence and medical imaging technology to improve assessment for one of the most difficult cancers to manage, Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (MPM). The Cancer Innovation Challenge aims to inspire novel data and technology innovations to help […]
RCP calls for doctors to embrace AI, but make sure it works for patients
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 […]
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. […]
