NHS England has published its latest data on virtual ward services across ICBs in England, indicating that as of November, four ICBs were meeting the target for services to include 40-50 virtual ward beds per 100,000 adults by the end of 2023. Noting that the statistics are “classified as experimental”, […]
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Cambridge University Hospital launches learning platform uPerform to support staff training
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust has announced the roll-out of uPerform, an innovative learning platform for its electronic patient record system, Epic®. The trust selected uPerform to support the onboarding and ongoing training experience for caregivers, ensuring its hospital staff – Epic users – have the resources needed to […]
News in brief: portable virtual radiotherapy system in Tayside, digital tech for COPD, research for speech recognition tech, and more
Here, we take a look at some of the news on digital and data that has caught our eye over the last few weeks. Portable virtual radiotherapy system benefits cancer patients at the Tayside Cancer Centre A portable Virtual Environment Radiotherapy Training system is being used at Tayside Cancer Centre […]
VR tech to support psychosis patients demonstrates positive findings in Early Value Assessment
A VR therapy has received a positive Early Value Assessment from NICE, with a clinical trial taking place at NHS trusts including Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) NHS Foundation Trust demonstrating that the technology “led to reductions in anxiety and distress in everyday situations compared with usual care alone”. The […]
Electrocardiographic imaging vest developed by UCL and Royal Free researchers supports 800 patients
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust has shared insight into an electrocardiographic imaging (ECGI) vest developed by their researchers alongside a research team from University College London, which sees electrical data from 256 sensors combined with MRI images to generate 3D digital models of the heart and its electrical activity. […]
Lincolnshire Community Health Services shares virtual ward approach and benefits
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) has shared an update on its virtual ward programme, detailing its approach and some of the benefits it has noted, including a frailty virtual ward with just under 500 admissions in its first year, supporting a reported saving of “more than 2,000 hospital […]
NHS Scotland’s chief data officer on the “transformative power of data and AI”
NHS Scotland’s chief data officer Albert King has shared insights into Scotland’s ambitions and potential for digital and data across health and care, highlighting Scotland’s “pioneering approach to data and AI in healthcare”, as well as its partnerships with global consultancies and technology companies in demonstrating its “progressive and advanced” […]
£5 million award for non-clinical decision support software for NHS 111 Wales
A contract valued at £5.19 million for non-clinical decision support software for NHS 111 Wales has been awarded to US-based company, Priority Solutions Inc. The deal covers non-clinical decision support software to support non-clinical call handlers to take initial calls to the service. According to the notice, following the initial […]
Roadmap for “better adult social care data” from DHSC highlights planned actions for 2024 – 2028
The Department of Health and Social Care has published guidance and a roadmap for better adult social care data, focusing on increasing the quantity and quality of available care data by “joining up health and social care records and harnessing digital technologies”. In the opening chapter, DHSC highlights key principles […]
Surrey Heartlands ICS awards contract for virtual care digital platform solution
An award notice has revealed that a £2.975 million contract for a virtual care digital platform solution across Surrey Heartlands ICS has been awarded to Doccla UK Limited, after a procurement process which saw a total of ten tenders submitted. According to the award notice, the virtual care digital platform […]
