South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with Oxehealth Digital Care Assistant in the seclusion suite on one of its wards. The mental health trust is using the optical sensor technology to support clinical staff to monitor the safety and physical health of patients when they are unwell. […]
Secondary Care
Leeds and York Partnership goes live with new EPR
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has deployed a new Electronic Patient Record (EPR) system during recent months. The trust deployed cloud-based CareDirector from Advanced (formerly CareWorks which was acquired by Advanced in November 2019). 1,300 staff at the mental health provider went live with the system as planned, […]
COVID-19 modelling and demand predictions report published
A new report has been published to explore a second wave of COVID-19 cases and potential response strategies for NHS trusts. Using advanced analytics and data modelling, the report highlights some important areas of consideration to support response planning and modelling in readiness for a potential second wave. The report […]
Hyland acquires Alfresco
Hyland, an information management company, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Alfresco, a content services platform and solutions provider. The move comes a month after the company announced the acquisition of Another Monday, a Germany-based robotic process automation (RPA) software developer. Hyland said the transaction is expected to close in […]
Kettering General goes live with patient flow system
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the first to go live with a new patient flow system using System C’s Patient Flow software. Following a successful pilot on two COVID-19 wards, the solution is being rolled-out across the hospital to provide an instant view of capacity and patient flow. […]
5 AI suppliers join NHS AI Lab for testing and evaluation
5 health tech suppliers have been named as part of phase 3 of the AI in Health and Care Award programme, part of the NHS AI Lab. Phase 3 aims to support real-world testing in health and social care settings to develop evidence to support further adoption. 42 suppliers were announced today […]
10 medium stage suppliers join NHS AI Lab for wider adoption
10 medium stage health tech suppliers have been successful in the AI in Health and Care Award programme, part of the NHS AI Lab. The suppliers form part of 42 successful projects announced today to receive funding across four phases. The 10 suppliers in phase 4 includes medium stage AI technologies […]
Interview Series: Leila Brown, Digital Programme Manager, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital NHS FT
As part of our Interview Series, this week we speak with Leila Brown, a Digital Programme Manager at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital. We speak about the work the Trust are currently doing and how they have made the most of digital services during Covid-19. Tell us about the work you are […]
University Hospital Milton Keynes adopts AI
University Hospital Milton Keynes NHS FT has adopted AI technology from Brainomix into its Stroke Practice. The company, a spin-out from the University of Oxford in 2010, specialises in imaging software for neurological and cerebrovascular diseases. The hospital has now started to use the e-Stroke Suite technology, a new software […]
Case Study: Lincolnshire – leading the healthcare information revolution
Lincolnshire is using the latest technology to enable healthcare professionals to share patient records Many of the challenges facing the NHS are writ large in Lincolnshire. The second largest county in England, over half of its population live in rural locations and, with one in ten residents over the age […]
