Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust has researched the use of telephone and video consultations with 4,418 patients and staff. The research project aimed to help improve video consultations and analyse patient and staff responses to the new ways of working during the pandemic. At first the trust introduced phone calls […]
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Cambridge University Hospitals trials data web tool to support cancer care
Researchers at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS FT are using an AI and machine learning powered web tool that could lead to cancer patients receiving personalised care. The tool uses data collected from cancer patients and compares it with the results of other databases across Europe, to work out the optimum personalised […]
Mental health data live on Great North Care Record
Mental health data from Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust is now connected to the Great North Care Record. The Health Information Exchange (HIE) allows authorised health and care staff to view patient information that is held in different clinical systems across the North East and North Cumbria. […]
NHS Lanarkshire to deploy Alcidion’s early warning system
NHS Lanarkshire is to deploy Alcidion’s early warning system to support its acute and community providers. The early warning system is being introduced to help doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals to quickly identify when patients are at risk of deterioration. The Health Board has signed a five year contract […]
Ealing Hospital to go live with e-portering app
Ealing Hospital is to go live this week with an e–portering app that streamlines the process of requesting a porter. Following a successful implementation at Norwick Part Hospital, part of London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, Infinity Health’s platform will be rolled out at Ealing Hospital’s emergency department to support […]
8 children’s centres across Greater Manchester digitally connected
A new reporting system is being rolled out this month across eight NHS organisations in Greater Manchester. The system is being rolled-out to children’s centres to instantly share information such as bed availability and staffing levels. It has been designed specifically for paediatric care, where more staff per patient are […]
Liverpool Heart and Chest partners with AI company
Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS FT has partnered with an artificial intelligence company to use the technology in clinical practice and lung cancer screening. Working with Amsterdam-based medtech company Aidence, the trust will use the AI solution, Veye Chest, to support radiologists analyse the approximately 7,000 routine and screening chest CT scans […]
Morecambe Bay introduces Robotic Process Automation
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS FT has introduced Robotic Process Automation (RPA) technology from Blue Prism. The technology is being used in the maternity department to search, download and print women’s blood test results for antenatal and newborn screening programmes when the are available. The trust said the technology […]
Telemedicine robots support Liverpool Women’s and Alder Hey
Liverpool Women’s Hospital and Alder Hey Children’s Hospital are utilising telemedicine robots during COVID-19 for clinicians to be virtually on the ward, without needing to be in the room, or hospital. Clinicians have been using new telemedicine robots, funded by Alder Hey Children’s Charity, to treat young patients. Paediatric and […]
HTN Trends Series: Health tech leaders discuss their 2020 priorities
At the start of the year as part of the HTN Health Tech Trends Series, sponsored by InterSystems, we asked health tech leaders for their aims and priorities for 2020. In this article we revisited this theme and spoke with health tech leaders across the country to discuss their priorities […]
