Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust has signed a £108m contract with EPIC for its electronic patient record (EPR). In late 2019, Frimley Health published an ambitious five year strategy, ‘Our future FHFT’, and set out plans for the EPR to be deployed in 2021, along with advancing in other areas of […]
Secondary Care
Northampton partners with Doccla for virtual wards
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust has partnered with Swedish health tech start up, Doccla, to trial virtual wards for vulnerable patients. Doccla, found one year ago, has been developing its technology with the trust to deliver virtual wards supported by wearable and remote monitoring technology. Since the Covid-19 pandemic, NGH […]
Manchester University NHS FT trials AI wireless monitoring tech
Manchester University NHS FT and The Christie NHS FT have launched a trial of artificial intelligence (AI) wireless monitoring technology hoped to lead to quicker interventions for patients with COVID-19. The pilot study named ‘COSMIC-19’ (COntinious Signs Monitoring In Covid-19 patients) aims to recruit 60 patients who are suspected or […]
London AI Consortium receives funding boost
A consortium of academic, health and industry partners, led by Kings College London has been awarded a £16 million DHSC grant to support its programme of artificial intelligence research. The London Medical Imaging & AI Centre for Value Based Healthcare network will now expand from 4 NHS Trusts to 11, […]
Superdrug launches medication pouching service
Superdrug has launched a medication pouching service using a dispensing robot to package a patient’s pills into dose specific pouches. The company said the new service indicates which pills should be taken when, for a month, and aims to support medication compliance. The service, called easymed, uses a robot to dispense […]
Addenbrooke’s becomes UK first to offer new radiotherapy tech
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS FT has installed a new technology to support precision radiosurgery and radiotherapy for patients with cancer and other conditions at its Addenbrooke’s Hospital. The technology uses an advanced form of Surface Guided RadioTherapy (SGRT) and x-ray monitoring, combining 4D thermal-surface camera technology with real-time x-ray tracking, resulting […]
Video: Kelvyn Hipperson, CIO, Cornwall, 6 months in health tech
In June as part of HTN Digital Week we were joined by Kelvyn Hipperson, Chief Information Officer at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust. Kelvyn presented how the trust responded to Covid-19 and discussed what was next for the organisation over the coming months. He said: “A […]
Barts Health adopts AI for high risk colon cancer patients
Barts Health NHS Trust has implemented an artificial intelligence platform to help identify and prioritise patients at high risk of developing colon cancer. The tool from Medial EarlySign is being used to identify patients most likely to benefit from further evaluation and intervention. The company said the algorithms help to identify patients by […]
Tech supporting detection of lung cancer rolled-out across North Wales
A technology solution to help healthcare teams detect lung cancer in its early stages has been rolled-out across North Wales. Using tech from Medtronic, a 3D map of the lungs is created for clinicians to view. It can then be used to help doctors navigate the airways through a minimally invasive procedure […]
Liaison Group acquires stake in task management platform
Liaison Group have invested in task management platform, Infinity Health, for an undisclosed amount. The company has taken an minority stake in Infinity Health, who last year were recognised in the HTN Awards 2020, for winning the Partnership of the Year category. The company supported London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust […]
