NHS Norfolk and Waveney ICB has announced its inclusion in the second year of the Clinical Entrepreneur Programme Innovation Sites (InSites) programme, designed to bring together NHS provider organisations to test innovative ways of patient care and evaluate them in real-world settings. Through the programme, the ICB seeks to explore […]
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NHSE shares update on metrics for urgent and emergency care capital incentive scheme
A letter to integrated care boards, NHS acute trusts and regional directors sets out information on the expanded urgent and emergency care capital incentive scheme, with details on how submitted data and metrics could see organisations rewarded for improvements they make to the timeliness of patient care. Penned by NHS England’s […]
Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust opens early engagement for digital tech for clinical management of low back pain
Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust has published an open early engagement notice for the procurement of digital tech for the clinical management of lower back pain, seeking ideas and applications from providers under the Crown Commercial Service RM6200 Artificial Intelligence DPS. With a closing date of 8 April 2024, the […]
Birmingham and Solihull ICS strategy highlights central role of data in service design
Birmingham and Solihull ICS’s 10-year strategy highlights the key role of data in tackling inequalities, identifying opportunities for intervention, and enhancing understanding of areas of shared priority. The strategy looks to the better use of data and analysis as a means of achieving shared objectives such as delivering on integration, […]
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare pilots VR tech to support staff wellbeing
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust is running a pilot project that sees virtual reality technology used to support staff wellbeing, in partnership with Phase Space VR. The initial focus of the pilot project centres around staff from the psychiatric intensive care unit, with VR headsets used to allow staff […]
Study explores potential for 999 calls to be “video live streamed” to aid response decision-making
A study led by the University of Surrey and funded by the NIHR has looked at the potential for technology to enable “video live streaming” of trauma incidents, with the aim of helping to support decision-making from the emergency services around response. Enabled by 999 callers’ smartphones, the study explored […]
Dr Dan Bunstone on utilising digital tech for a population health management approach to hypertension
Dr Dan Bunstone, GP and clinical director of Warrington Innovation Network, has shared how a population health management approach was undertaken in order to proactively manage hypertensive patients through use of the HealthyYou app. Warrington Innovation Network PCN used the UCL partners risk stratification tool to identify more than 2,500 […]
University Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust announces EPR supplier
University Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust (UHP) has announced that Epic has been selected as the supplier for the trust’s new EPR, subject to approval of the full business case. UHP notes that Epic already supplies the EPR for Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Trust and has recently been announced as […]
Panel discussion: how can digital help us to bridge the gender health gap?
Our latest panel discussion focused on women and health tech, generating conversation around the gender health gap and the potential role of digital in this space. For the purposes of the discussion we were joined by Kim Ashall, head of virtual wards for North West Anglia Foundation Trust and programme […]
UnitedHealth targets mid-March to restore Change Healthcare systems following ransomware group cyber attack
UnitedHealth Group confirmed a threat actor gained access to its tech division Change Healthcare last month, which supports pharmacies and hospitals across the US. The company updated the market yesterday to note that it expects to restore Change Healthcare’s systems by mid-March. The company said that once they became aware of […]
