The NHS has announced a new partnership with Amazon to make health information available through Amazon Alexa. The aim is to make reliable health information from the NHS website readily available through Amazon’s voice technology platform Alexa. NHS verified information and answers to questions such as ‘how do I treat […]
Secondary Care
HTN Industry View: Delivering the NHSX mission
July marked the official launch of NHSX, a new organisation to oversee digital, data and technology. The organisation recently set its mission to reduce the burden on clinicians and staff, so they can focus on patients, giving people the tools to access information, improve productivity and ensure clinical information can be safely accessed, […]
Bradford Teaching Hospitals implements Allocate
Bradford Teaching Hospitals has implemented a new system from Allocate to reduce workforce agency spend. The Trust has implemented Allocate’s 247Time system, to improve visibility of agency staffing needs and practices. The system has delivered a 27% reduction in agency spend in the first 12 months. Allocate’s 247Time provides the Trust with […]
Case Study: Joining the dots to improve care – Inside North Tees’ adoption of EPMA
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, which employs over 5,600 staff and has a 570-bed capacity, was the first English NHS Trust to deploy the InterSystems’ TrakCare electronic patient record, in 2015. Since then, the Trust has been using TrakCare to help it achieve its digital health ambitions. Having […]
NHS Wales announces digital procurement
The NHS Wales Informatics Service is running a procurement for a Critical Care Information System to replace their current paper process. The Service wants the new system to pull data automatically from the many bedside devices including bedside monitors, ventilators and infusion pumps. A new system will hold data on physical […]
Virtual assistant launched by Moorfields Eye Hospital
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has launched a new virtual assistant designed to engage with patients and provide 24/7 answers and information. The virtual assistant, known as the Oriel Assistant, will provide answers to questions from patients, staff and the general public and let them have their say on […]
Inhealthcare and Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals sign three year deal
Inhealthcare, a provider of digital health and remote patient monitoring, has agreed a three-year contract with Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on behalf of six NHS organisations in the North East. The agreement provides the organisations access to more than 50 digital health services part of the Inhealthcare […]
Bradford Teaching Hospitals creates new Head of Clinical Artificial Intelligence role
Bradford Teaching Hospitals has created a new role tasked with taking AI innovations from the labs to wards. Consultant in Critical Care and Anaesthesia, Dr Tom Lawton has taken up the new role of Head of Clinical Artificial Intelligence (AI) at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Dr Lawton is tasked with […]
Leicestershire Partnership launches perinatal mental health ChatHealth
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust has launched a perinatal mental health text messaging service – called Mum’s Mind. The confidential service offers advice and information to support mothers across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland who struggle with mental health issues during pregnancy and baby’s first year. The service developed by the Trusts’s […]
Dartford and Gravesham signs 5 year deal with Alcidion
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust has a agreed a 5 year deal with Alcidion, the patient company of Patientrack, to deploy its complete product set. The agreement will see the trust deploy Alcidion’s Miya Precision platform, Smartpage healthcare messaging product, and Patientrack e-observation and early warning system in all wards […]
