Following the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) coming into force in the UK, giving the public more control over how their personal information is used and the Government has also introduced a new national data opt-out, which offers people a choice on whether their confidential patient information is used for […]
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Great Ormond Street Hospital to partner with Microsoft to transform healthcare using AI
Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) has announced a partnership with Microsoft which will see them collaborate on the development of artificial intelligence (AI) tools to transform child health. Areas of focus include machine learning, assisted decision making and the use of medical chatbots with an aim of providing care that […]
Health experts in Birmingham and Guangzhou set up research institute
The University of Birmingham and Guangzhou Women & Children’s Medical Center have signed an agreement to establish a Joint Research Institute (JRI) that will use health data to help tackle childhood diseases. Birmingham’s expertise in data science will support Chinese researchers in exploring a range of maternal and childhood health […]
Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen enhances decision making with AI
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 […]
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 […]
