Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust is to pilot an artificial intelligence (AI) support tool, which aims to ‘change the way skin cancer is assessed and treated by the trust’. Through the trust’s expanding partnership with Skin Analytics, which provides AI-supported teledermatology services, it will pilot the tool – called […]
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Birmingham Community EPR ‘test bed’ launches
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT has gone live with a new electronic patient record (EPR) system on one of its inpatient wards. The system, for recording and accessing patient information in inpatient areas, has gone live with a ‘test bed’ launch on Ward 5 at its Moseley Hall Hospital. It […]
Digital Health and Care Wales appoints CEO
Helen Thomas has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer for the newly rebranded Digital Health and Care Wales. Helen has been the interim CEO since January 2021, and has now been appointed to the position. She heads the new health authority formed to take forward digital transformation, technology and […]
Wales to invest over £8.5m in new national digital eye care patient record
Wales is set to invest over £8.5 million in its first national Electronic Patient Record and digital Electronic Referral system for eye care. As part of wider plans surrounding Wales’ future approach to optometry services, the nation is focusing on preventative measures, along with management and treatment by primary care […]
12 innovations selected to join the NHS Innovation Accelerator
12 innovators have joined the NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) for the year, a programme to support innovations scale across health and care. This year technologies range from tools to support the workforce, mental health and COVID-19 responses, including remote patient monitoring, to diagnostics and virtual clinical training for staff. The […]
West Lothian Council adopts tech to improve medication adherence
West Lothian Council has adopted a new medication management system to help improve medication adherence and compliance, said to be by 80%. The programme, called YOURmeds, allows users to keep track of when they need to take their medication and report whether they have done so or not. This data […]
WHO launches portal for global data on the health and well-being of older people
The Word Health Organization has announced it is launching the first portal that brings together data on global indicators for monitoring the health and well-being of people aged 60 and over. The data included in the portal covers indicators such as: percentage of older people aged 60 years and over; healthy […]
Hospify launches new web app for GP practices and pharmacies
Hospify, a specialist in healthcare communication tools, has launched a browser based version of its app to support pharmacy networks and GP practices. The clinical messaging app was approved for the NHS Apps library by NHS Digital in early March 2020 and has been downloaded to support healthcare professionals with […]
6 projects awarded share of £13m industrial strategy challenge fund
Innovate UK and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) have announced 6 projects to receive a share of £13m as part of the industrial strategy challenge fund. The projects focus on cancer, liver and bowel health, and will use AI to bring together and better interpret data from multiple sources, aiming to […]
HTN Digital Week: 3 new webinars added to the agenda
HTN Digital Week is now only few weeks away and we are delighted to include 3 new sessions as part of the agenda. The week provides an opportunity to share and collaborate on healthcare technology with professionals from across the country. During the week we will bring you over 25 […]