Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICB’s ‘Digital Vision 2024’ sets out the organisation’s digital roadmap and digital initiatives, including the introduction of One Care Connected, a new shared care record aiming to link NHS and local government organisations. Alongside this, the ICB shares priorities including the development of a set of digital […]
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SBRI Healthcare awards £3.2m to 22 innovations designed to “improve care and accelerate a greener NHS”
SBRI (Small Business Research Initiative) Healthcare, in collaboration with the Greener NHS programme and the Health Innovation Network, has awarded £3.2 million to 22 innovations designed to help “improve care and accelerate a greener NHS”, with recipients including an AI-based predictive tool for pressure ulcers; a neurorehabilitation app designed to […]
Digital health and data across the ICS regions in 2024: South West
Digital health and data across the ICS regions in 2024: South West So far in our feature series exploring digital and data across the integrated care system regions, we’ve looked at London and the North East and Yorkshire; next up, we’re placing our focus on the South West. It’s coming up […]
North Bristol NHS Trust holds ‘green operating day’ including use of tech to minimise carbon footprint
North Bristol NHS Trust has shared insight into a ‘green operating day’ held by the trust’s neurosurgery team at Southmead Hospital which saw a one-day trial run simultaneously across all neurosurgical theatres to explore how sustainably the operating list could be run. As part of their efforts, the team used […]
Digital Health and Care Wales to move to cloud pathology platform
Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) is to implement InterSystems’ health information system and electronic medical record TrakCare Lab Enterprise as a fully hosted and managed platform across nine health boards, 13 hospitals and 23 laboratories in Wales, with the aim of improving efficiencies in pathology services and streamlining patient […]
West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership launches website for eye health
West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership has launched a new website focusing on eye health, with the aim of increasing awareness and prevention around eye care and “looking at eye care as a lifetime journey”. My Eye Health brings together information on more than 50 different eye conditions and offers […]
NHS Medway clinical strategy highlights digital and data plans including frailty virtual ward and electronic pharmacy systems
Medway NHS Foundation Trust has published its clinical strategy for 2024 – 2027, mapping future clinical services and defining how the trust intends to “advance and innovate to provide the best possible healthcare services” for residents, including utilising digitally enabled care, AI in diagnostics and tech to support clinical pathways. […]
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust awards contract for EPR implementation support
A two-year contract has been awarded to Dakota Integrated Solutions Ltd to support East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust with its Epic EPR implementation by supplying mobile devices, printers and barcode scanners as well as providing training, maintenance and support for data capture hardware and services. The initial […]
Scotland’s Genomic Medicine Strategy 2024-2029 highlights need for “secure, scalable digital infrastructure”
The Scottish Government has published Scotland’s Genomic Medicine Strategy 2024-2029, highlighting plans to develop a genomic medicine service “based on the principles of person-centred care” and better enabling the use of genomic information to support disease prevention and early detection, along with the need for national digital infrastructure. A number of […]
Royal Sussex County Hospital launches Health Information Point pilot
Royal Sussex County Hospital has launched a new Health Information Point (HIP) pilot with the aim of providing free, confidential health information to patients, carers, hospital staff and volunteers, supported by patient education knowledge specialists. The service will be staffed by a team “with expertise in health information enquiries” and […]
