A pilot programme combining AI and teledermoscopy with the aim of diagnosing and treating people with skin cancer earlier is underway in North Lancashire and South Cumbria, and is hoped to enable clinicians to “review more suspected cancer cases in a shorter space of time”. In partnership with medical technology company […]
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Leeds Teaching Hospitals introduces 3D heart replicas to support surgical interventions
A biomedical engineer at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) has created 3D heart replicas with the aim to support surgical interventions for patients with congenital heart defects. Scans are taken of a patient’s heart and turned into a 3D replica using computer-aided design; these designs can then be studied […]
HTN Now: Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals on the implementation of an integrated referral management platform
For a recent HTN Now webinar, we welcomed Rebecca Coughlan, therapy manager of outpatient services at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (BHR), to present how the North East London Musculoskeletal Alliance has improved the quality of referrals and significantly reduced waiting times using integrated referral management platform NEC […]
Digital dashboard helping to analyse data on research activity in Newcastle
Research leaders at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are using a digital dashboard to analyse data on research activity, which is helping to “inform and embolden” their strategic thinking and planning. The digital dashboard was designed to “establish a robust way to capture accurate data which would underpin […]
Focus on improving core systems and patient empowerment in new digital strategy from Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS FT
Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust has published its new digital strategy, highlighting priorities around utilising technology to improve core clinical systems, empowering patients, advancing the use of information, promoting seamless system-wide working, improving efficiency, and developing safe and secure systems. The new strategy comes as CNTW […]
Trial of powered biopsy device at Clatterbridge leads to “measurable benefits for patients”
Clatterbridge Cancer Centre has trialled a powered biopsy device called OnControl that aims to shorten the procedure to take bone marrow biopsies from patients, with trial participants calling the process “much less stressful and painful”. With manual biopsies requiring two passes into the bone to collect liquid and solid material […]
Milton Keynes University Hospital goes live with inicio’s new mPage for jaundice
Milton Keynes University Hospital (MKUH) has gone live with a digital tool, hyperbilirubinemia mPage, from inicio health. The tool automates the charting of bilirubin levels, to ensure that graphing is immediate, automatic, and always available for clinical teams. Available as part of the trust’s EPR, it replaces manual charting, removes paper, and is […]
Buckinghamshire Healthcare launches new patient portal via NHS App
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust has launched a new patient portal via the NHS App with the aim of supporting patients to keep track of appointments, clinical letters and pre-assessments. Through the portal, patients can confirm and check their appointments, receive and access information such as clinical letters, view discharge summaries […]
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Go Green, Go Digital week
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust has shared an update on its first ‘Go Green Go Digital’ sustainability awareness week which took place at the start of December and highlights the ongoing partnership between the trust’s digital transformation team and sustainability working group. The week included online drop-in sessions from […]
Tech to support falls prevention piloted by Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT) has shared how it is using tech to pilot new falls prevention methods with the aim of enhancing its offer to patients and minimising the impact of falls on health, quality of life, and the NHS’s finances. The projects and programmes being piloted […]
