Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust has introduced software to generate optimum visit lists for the 300 community nurses and community healthcare assistants working across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. Each list balances a range of factors, including the individual patient needs, travel distances, the number of staff available, their working hours, and […]
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GDE Fast Follower Dietitians go digital
Dietitians at Global Digital Exemplar Fast Follower, Royal Oldham Hospital will be going digital this week with their referrals and forms. The project involves standardising and digitising of dietetic documentation to reduce manual recording of information and using paper based forms. It will involve introducing document template forms into one structured […]
Milton Keynes and Cerner adopt national initiative
Milton Keynes University Hospital (MKUH) has introduced an information sharing tool which aims to protect women at risk of suffering female genital mutilation (FGM). The practice of FGM refers to a procedure where a woman’s genitals are deliberately cut, injured or changed without any medical reason. The procedure is illegal […]
Software lets surgeon see real-time 3D map of heart
University of Leicester Hospitals NHS Trust is utilising innovative software that allows a surgeon to view inside a patient’s heart in real time while applying treatment. Professor and Leicester’s Hospitals Cardiologist Andre Ng used the new technique in operations on two patients suffering from atrial fibrillation (AF). The commonest form […]
NHS Digital and Accenture agree perimeter security deal
NHS Digital has signed a contract with Accenture to provide the NHS with free-to-adopt, perimeter security services. The deal includes technology from Palo Alto, an American cybersecurity company with headquarters in Santa Clara, California. Its core products are a platform that includes advanced firewalls and cloud-based offerings that extend those […]
Discussion: What are the main challenges in healthcare tech?
In the first of a two part series we asked the HTN audience via LinkedIn for their views on the main challenges in healthcare technology and we asked if there is progress to be made, what could be done to address these challenges? Following a post on LinkedIn on Saturday, 10th August […]
Researchers integrate genomics data in to Irish electronic patient records
Researchers from Ireland’s HSE Epilepsy Lighthouse Project and FutureNeuro, the SFI Research Centre for Chronic and Rare Neurological Diseases, have developed a new genomics module in the Irish National Epilepsy Electronic Patient Record system. Many adults and children with epilepsy of unknown causes now undergo genomic testing, which can help […]
Wellbeing and Brainomix partner to support stroke diagnosis
Wellbeing Software has partnered with AI Specialist Brainomix to accelerate the introduction of AI and deep learning to assist clinical decision making for ischemic stroke patients. The Brainomix solution utilises Artificial Intelligence, deep learning algorithms and clinical engineering to assist healthcare professionals with imaging decision support. When a patient is admitted […]
NHSX to lead on new National Artificial Intelligence Lab
Matt Hancock has announced a new £250 million fund for a National Artificial Intelligence Lab to be led by NHSX and the Accelerated Access Collaborative. NHSX said in an announcement on social media “Today we can announce that we’re going to set up an NHS AI Lab – in partnership with […]
Allscripts EPR and ‘clinical wrap’ approach selected on Health Systems Support Framework
This week NHSX and NHS England published a new section on the Health Systems Support Framework, a list of 8 accredited suppliers of electronic patient record solutions. NHS England hopes the framework will support entities digitise more quickly and procure health tech for digital transformation and integrated services. In a […]
