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• iCare innovation development programme funds innovative projects to enhance patient care in Bradford
• Enhanced framework for care homes highlights need for digital readiness and data sharing
• Innovate UK opens FemTech Boston and New York accelerator
• October virtual ward data shares capacity and occupancy across ICBs
• NHS England strategic framework for the NHS commercial sector, outlining ambitions for next five years
• Ideagen acquires compliance management platform
• NHS England publishes £307m tender for New Hospital Programme
• Hillingdon Hospitals NHS goes live with EPR
• Digital Health and Care Wales focus on knowledge-sharing and collaboration in new Information & Analytics Strategy
• Ireland’s National Forensic Mental Health Service launches new electronic medical record
• 3D virtual tours of 13 neonatal units launched across Kent, Surrey and Sussex
• Additional funding for GP practices where digital telephony has lower functionality than national standards
• Humber Teaching reveals EPR provider, “following a dedicated period of procurement”
• Medway Council Public Health opens tender for NHS Health Check software
• AI trial leads to altered care plans for over 300 cardiac patients in Oxford
• Digital strategy development and transition plans for new NHS trust in South East
• Oxford University Hospitals staff and Thrombosis UK launch new app
• COVID-19 secure research platform expansion to support research into other major diseases
• News in Brief: mental health chatbot in Bradford, roll-out of virtual wards in Derbyshire, online booking system for blood tests in Bolton, and more
• Health data interoperability group highlights challenges and recommendations for progress
• Journal establishes framework for global medical-imaging data sharing
• Digital as an enabler in NHS Northamptonshire ICB’s Five-Year Joint Forward Plan 2023-28
• Panel: Using data for proactive care “how we plan, what we prioritise, and creating the right solutions”
• HTN Now: CCube Solutions on key considerations for EDMS implementation
• Royal Marsden NHS CIO announces move to Nervecentre
• £4.3 million funding for virtual hospital and telemonitoring supplier
• Feature: data that speaks volumes
• AI solutions piloted to support preventive care in Birmingham, Buckinghamshire and Somerset
• NHS England announces £330m Federated Data Platform contract
• Interview: Keltie Jamieson, CIO at Bermuda Hospitals Board
• Launching… HTN International!
• Interview: Ceire Costelloe and Lisa Scerri on using health data to improve cancer outcomes at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
• Amanda Pritchard highlights role of digital and tech in speech to NHS Providers Annual Conference
• Healthcare executive Angela Single joins Novari Health
• University Hospitals Birmingham seeks electronic content platform to make data more accessible
• AI study at The Royal Marsden NHS shows benefits for tailoring treatment and diagnosing rare disease
• Join us tomorrow for live discussions on AI in eyecare, data for proactive care and more
• Manchester University NHS FT appoints new CDIO
• Sheffield Health and Social Care goes live with EPR, with NHSE announcing 90 percent EPR adoption across NHS trusts
• DHSC highlights importance of “appropriate digital systems” to support launch of Pharmacy First service in January 2024
• NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde publishes contract notice for neonatal EPR
• University Hospitals of Leicester virtual wards connects with Pioneer Wound Healing and Lymphedema Centres
• HTN Now: Dr Minal Bakhai on a modern general practice and digital tools to improve experiences for patients and staff
• Chelsea and Westminster pilots AI solution for cataract patients
• Clatterbridge Cancer Centre announces role as early adopter of data professionals framework
• NHSE issues prior information notice for dental digital referral solution for the South West
• Mid and South Essex digital action plan to deliver “excellent, connected care through being a digital-first organisation”
• HTN Now: NHSE blueprinting team and Manchester NHS FT on their journey with EMIS migration
• NIHR grants £42m to 14 new HealthTech Research Centres across England
• Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust appoints new CDIO
• HTN Now: Misbah Mahmood, deputy chief midwifery information officer, on the digital maternity journey at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
• Digital inclusion programme launched in Rotherham
• Panel discussion: patient engagement and communication “It’s about designing for usability, and easy user experience”
• Bleepa: 87% reduction in referral response times at the Northern Care Alliance
• News in brief: 64 trust receive AI funding, PIDMAS system launches, care planning tool for Southern Health, and more
• NHSE begins national roll-out of Paediatric Early Warning System
• MHRA announces ‘regulatory sandbox for AI developers’ will officially launch April 2024
• Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICS’s insight report highlights digital in delivery access and data in promoting capacity
• Devon Partnership NHS Trust goes live with EPR
• Journal explores efficacy of iCBT in reducing depressive symptoms for patients with MS
• Sustainable healthcare recycling and waste management framework highlights how tech can support net zero
• Northern Ireland South Eastern Trust goes live with EPR
• General practice care navigation guidance highlights role of digital tools
• West Yorkshire Digital Ambassador Programme opens for applications to support understanding of digital tech in primary care
• Three ICBs currently meeting NHSE’s virtual wards target for end of 2023
• NHSE urges general practice to sign digital telephony contracts ahead of December deadline
• All Wales PROMS framework agreement worth estimated £11m awarded to five suppliers
• Interview: “No-one’s got a magic formula, but what we do have is learning” Cara Afzal, Health Innovation Manchester
• Health tech supplier partners with UK Brain BioLink, supporting consent-gathering for neuroscience research
• Poll: which area in health tech would you prioritise this year?
• Join us on 7 and 8 November for live health tech webinars and panels
• New research and innovation strategy from University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
• The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust signs 10-year EPR contract
• Help judge the HTN Now Awards!
• Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board awards £1m EPR contract for eye-care digitisation
• NHSE publishes latest stats on GP appointments including percentage of video consultations
• Journal shares recommendations to support data infrastructure transformation
• NHS England publishes roadmap designed to support roll-out of teledermatology
• “We need to get to a point where we can deliver the level of seamless care that patients expect” – panel discussion on the primary and secondary interface
• Digital to support care at home and consistent messaging in Scotland’s new winter preparedness plan
• Interview: “You need people with broad experiences to lead digital agendas” William Monaghan, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NFT
• Roadmap and priorities for Greater Manchester in new digital transformation strategy
• Innovation applications open for SBRI Healthcare Competition 2024: delivering a net zero NHS
• Midlands and Lancashire CSU procures £400,000 eating disorder app
• 2023 Essential Diagnostics List from WHO published, with inclusion of personal glucose monitoring devices
• Patient portal launches today at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
• Imperial College London introduces new online course for Extended Reality (XR) in healthcare education and clinical practice
• Government proposes £100 million AI investment for healthcare and life sciences
• King’s College London secures £1.5 million funding for MedTech acceleration programme
• South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust shares updates ahead of EPR go-live
• £4 million South Yorkshire digital healthcare hub set to “lead the UK’s digital revolution and address inequalities in patient care”
• Medway NHS FT seeks views on new digital, data and technology strategy
• Five guiding principles for machine-learning-enabled medical devices from MHRA, FDA and Health Canada
• Addenbrooke’s surgeon predicts increased use of computer-assisted surgeries and robot systems in the future
• Journal highlights potential of data fusion from wearable devices
• Swansea Bay University Health Board on the benefits of Welsh Nursing Care Record, EPMA and Signal
• NHSE shares progress made against digital clinical safety commitments
• DHSC announces £42.6 million funding for innovative projects in adult social care
• Focus on GM Care Record, data integration and cloud-based telephony in new five-year-plan from NHS Greater Manchester
• Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB opens £1m tender for digital mental health support for young people
• World Health Organisation publishes key principles on the regulation of AI for health
• Barts Health holds ‘hospital of the future’ workshop, utilising video generated by AI
• Central London Community Healthcare publishes annual review on technology use
• News in brief: MS detection tool, online cancer hub, wearables to support communication and more
• Introducing the HTN Playbook 2023: digital ICS in focus
• Draft guidance from NICE recommends digital technologies to help lower back pain
• University Hospitals of Derby and Burton and Chesterfield Royal Hospital name preferred EPR supplier
• Projects, progress and learning following five years of GOSH DRIVE
• Department of Health and Social Care publishes update on data access policy
• London Care Record linked to neighbouring areas to support visibility of data
• HTN Now: Integrated Care Northamptonshire’s Matthew Hutton on the benefits of a system-wide digital academy
• NHS England opens £300 million procurement framework for digital pathways in primary care IT
• Digital maternity app Badger Notes rolled out at three NHS trusts
• Black Country ICB opens procurement for digital tech to support independence
• NHS England plans “large-scale engagement events” to gather public views on digital and data
• HTN Now: NHS England blueprinting team and South-West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust on EPMA in mental healthcare
• West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust goes live with new secure digital messaging platform
• What are your top tips for digital transformation?
• “Building a very low-friction data flow is key” – panel discussion on delivering remote care at scale
• Applications open for ICS £30 million tech fund
• Accurx integrates batch messaging with NHS App
• Patient education tools support Virtual Royal Infirmary Programme at Bradford Teaching Hospitals
• Surrey and Sussex Healthcare picks Sectra’s picture archiving and communications system
• 12 India based SMEs join Health Innovation Yorkshire’s boot camp
• HTN Now: Dr Joseph Firth on digital lifestyle interventions in mental healthcare
• Health Tech Awards 2023: meet the winners!
• Journal examines role of digital fellowships in healthcare transformation
• HTN Now: Apira on approaches for deploying a mental health EPR
• NHSE study explores clinician views on use of digital tech in autism assessment pathway
• Public Health Wales launches a new digital and data strategy
• HTN Now: NHSE Blueprinting Team and Derbyshire Community Health Services on electronic job planning and rostering
• Wales awards £1.4m primary care workforce intelligence system contract
• What should be the highest priority in the short term for digital integrated care systems?
• Digital priorities from North East London, Somerset, Nottingham and Northamptonshire integrated care systems
• NHS England October board papers share update on digital in maternity care, genomics and more
• South West London ICB shares how digital triage improves primary care access
• “Innovators need more information and clarity on CQC’s regulatory approach to innovative practice” CQC report notes
• Clinical Digital Health Solutions framework opens for clinical and care based digital solutions
• £3 million funding for adult social care projects
• What do you think could improve the success of patient portals and patient-facing tech?
• Journal explores the effectiveness of education through patient portals
• HTN Now: Generated Health and University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS on using intelligent messaging for heart failure
• Prescription management, long-term conditions, and new patient registrations in focus for improving care navigation in general practice
• NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme opens for innovators
• Interview: “It’s up to ICBs to prioritise community services and make the digital funding that they need available” David Williams, NHS Providers
• Interview: Paul Tambeau, chief executive officer of Induction Healthcare
• ICSs invited to bid for share of £30 million tech fund
• Buckinghamshire connects surgical wait lists with shared care record
• NHSE publishes framework for action on digital inclusion
• Agilio acquires primary care specialist iatro
• Interview: Cynerio’s Daniel Brodie on healthcare cyber risks, improving protections, and the promises of generative AI
• Update on NHS IMPACT urges NHS leaders to adopt five practices for an improvement-led approach
• Primary care virtual consultations increase to 597,670 in August
• Modernising infrastructure and plans for AI and robotic automation take focus in London Ambulance Service strategy
• Markets authority clears £1.2 billion EMIS purchase
• General Practice Improvement Programme focuses on improving telephone journeys
• HTN Now: the opportunities and challenges for national digital health strategies in small island states
• Barnsley Hospital NHS shares experience using Microsoft tech for virtual consultations
• Uni of Oxford spin-out Navenio secures over £5 million funding for US expansion
• Former CEO of NHSX appointed to Quantexa advisory board
• Integration and awareness key success factors of a web-based application in Sweden, researchers find
• Multi-year contract to deliver Nervecentre tech as Ireland’s sole acute floor information system
• $60 million in Series B funding raised by Danish AI company Corti
• Feature: Inhealthcare on how scaling remote monitoring can prevent more deaths from cardiovascular disease
• Ordnance survey mapping underpins new mobile data system for ambulances
• Ten projects to explore how tech can support new approaches in care at home and in the community
• “Digital mental health will be most successful when there’s good interplay between practitioners and academics” – Dr Martin Dechant on research in digital in mental health
• National Data Guardian, Information Commissioner and CMO for England call for effective information sharing
• “At the heart of Keystream’s approach is our gold-standard ethos” – James Quirke on the importance of preparedness and onboarding in EPR implementation
• South West London ICB board highlights progress and plans on updating the ICB’s digital offer and improving digital pathways
• Competition launches to encourage green innovations
• Newcastle Hospitals “identifies documents which may not have been sent to GPs”
• Feature: Lumeon on how clinical workflow automation can address staff shortages, cost reduction and the backlog
• Feature: Mr Krisztian Deierl on maximising the value of your EPR and making sure to get your order right
• Spain-based health tech supplier partners with Cornwall Partnership NHS FT
• Crown Commercial Service awards contract for digital and legacy application services
• Guy’s and St Thomas’ prepares for EPR go-live
• HTN Now: Imprivata on cyber security strategy and why privileged access management matters
• “It’s so important that training and change work together” Ideal on EPR training and reducing the productivity slump at go-live
• Thought leadership: insights from HTN speakers on digital primary care
• Nourish Care acquires CarePlanner, expanding community care management and support
• Moorfields Eye Hospital and UCL develop AI foundation model for ophthalmology
• Thought leadership: Restore Records Management on releasing space for clinical care and improving patient records inventory
• Government response to report rejects calls to change pay scales for DDaT staff, but highlights upcoming digital workforce plan
• Improving data use takes focus in new intermediate care framework for rehabilitation, reablement and recovery
• “It was one of the smoothest go-lives I’ve been party to” David Newey on Royal Marsden’s EPR journey and the markers of successful digital innovation
• Research offers recommendations for research using electronic health records
• Innovative Devices Access Pathway pilot launches to help NHS address unmet needs
• “Shared Care Records are at a cross roads” – Channel 3 Consulting on the benefits of a Shared Care Record
• Manchester University NHS FT highlights benefits to transparency, patient empowerment and sustainability through EPR
• News in brief: smart contact lens, digital health passport for asthma, KCL explores use of AI in endovascular surgeries, and more
• Thought leadership: Altera on patient flow, supporting hospital efficiencies and planning demand and capacity
• Join us on 19 September for HTN Now: live webinars and research on a range of health tech topics
• Thought leadership: Civica on AI and data, the opportunities, challenges, and how to tackle them
• NHS Digital Academy to develop health informatics resources for allied health professionals
• Poll: What’s the biggest challenge with interoperability across health and care?
• New research on EHR safety performance finds link between usability and improved EHR safety
• North West London ICS shares remote blood pressure monitoring pilot
• Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals to launch patient portal
• NHSE guidance on nursing and midwifery documentation sets out principles for “good” digital documentation
• NHS England publishes 2023-2024 business plan with focus on digital
• Five-year suicide prevention strategy highlights value of digital resources, digital therapeutics and opportunities for ML and AI
• Framework for medicine optimisation prescribing decision support systems to open
• East of England Ambulance Service plans digital education management system
• Three digital community pharmacy system suppliers awarded grants to support the delivery of an EPS in Wales
• HTN Now: Apira on realising benefits and overcoming challenges for EPR implementation
• Deep dive: EPMA in focus
• The Reveal: Health Tech Awards 2023 Finalists
• “It’s not about installing technology, it’s about asking what improvements we can make” Gary Mooney of InterSystems on EPMA
• The Male Fertility Clinic partners with OX.DH to centralise patient management and streamline bookings
• News in Brief: online support for patients from deaf community awaiting hospital care, digital referral system for EEAST, digital patient hub in Hertfordshire, and more
• Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals announces “long overdue” £44 million EPR
• Feature: InterSystems on how electronic patient records can increase healthcare innovation and resilience in difficult times
• Poll: How many EPR systems do you think there will be in the market in 5 years?
• Glasgow study highlights the potential for AI to support heart failure diagnosis
• East of England NHS Collaborative Procurement Hub opens £40m tender for teleradiology services
• New joint CXiO role appointed for Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West ICB and NHS South East region
• Cardiff University launches automated platform for analysing healthcare data
• Industry views: digital leaders on EPR approaches, learnings and advice
• Deep dive: electronic patient records in focus
• NHS England plans independent review into 10 healthcare apps to consider enhancements for NHS App
• Electronic health records in the US: patient usage and clinician perception of EHR
• EPR specialists Nautilus Consulting acquired by Accenture to support digital transformation delivery
• Crown Commercial Service to open £12 billion tender for government and public sector tech
• University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS appoints new CCIO and deputy medical director for digital and data
• Primary-secondary interface, virtual care, patient portals, data and intelligence – which area would benefit from additional funding?
• Agilio Software on how PCNs can supervise and support an expanding workforce
• £72.3 million funding for HDR UK sees launch of five health data research programmes
• NHSE publishes guidance on point of care testing for virtual wards and urgent community response
• Royal Cornwall Hospitals set to launch electronic patient record system
• Tech to support sustainability plans in new strategy from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
• Orion Health announces launch of digital front door platform
• AI trial at Frimley Health NHS aims to support lung cancer triage and diagnosis
• Digital-first care company Babylon puts two divisions into administration
• Gateshead Health NHS launches patient engagement platform
• National Data Guardian focuses on assurance, value and transparency on NHS’s Federated Data Platform
• Quebec and New Zealand join international collaboration of health tech assessment bodies
• Google pilots generative AI to tackle administrative and operational challenges
• Federated data platform progress update and procurement announcement in autumn
• FDA grants clearance for AI-powered cardiac tech from UltraSight
• Study presents learnings and best practice for scaling digital health interventions in resource-limited settings
• Royal Marsden partners with Automata to increase cancer genomic testing
• Digital Health and Care Wales awards £25 million laboratory information system contract
• How can electronic document management add value to your EPR?
• Guy’s and St Thomas’ data tool identifies risk-factors to support prioritisation
• News in brief: neonatal EPR launch in Calderdale, new funding for tech-enabled care qualification in Scotland, patient support websites in London, and more
• Deep dive: insights into digital health education and training in China and Austria
• Sussex trusts open tender for dental patient management software service
• Primary care recovery plan update: more than 1,000 practices sign up for digital telephony
• Wireless tech trials seek to boost health and care connectivity for NHS organisations
• MIT researchers apply deep learning to correct motion-corrupted MRI scans
• WHO announces Global Initiative on Digital Health to encourage collaboration and knowledge sharing
• Wales to begin testing electronic prescription service in primary care
• Microsoft and Epic expand AI collaboration to tackle current healthcare needs
• Norfolk and Waveney Acute Hospital Collaborative selects EPR supplier
• New digital workplace solutions framework to launch
• Retinal imaging study uses machine learning to identify Parkinson’s markers
• Clinical decision support systems guide from NHSE highlights success factors including evidence base and multidisciplinary teams
• Newcastle Hospitals welcome new chief information officer
• London North West NHS EPR goes live
• Health tech assessment recommends virtual ward technologies for acute respiratory infections
• Draft guidance from NICE recommends four digital weight management platforms
• Poll: What does your organisation need most to improve patient flow?
• £3.1 million funding raise for children’s speech therapies tech
• AI model to support dentists in detecting tooth decay and gum disease
• Scotland’s digital health and care delivery plan focuses on access, data, leadership and more
• Amazon expands AWS HealthImaging service for medical data at scale
• Technology procurement and developing specifications: NHSE guidance on virtual wards
• NHSE shares specification for system co-ordination centres, including digital software requirements and metrics to be monitored
• £4 million unified pathology reporting solution across the South West planned
• Microsoft collaborates with Epic to deliver “highly scalable public cloud” Azure Large Instances
• £13 million from UKRI Technology Missions Fund for 22 AI research projects
• Bon Secours Health Systems invests €25 million for electronic healthcare record system
• Expansion of NHS online matching platform aims to connect more patients with available surgery slots
• NICE draft guidance recommends AI technologies to increase contouring efficiency
• Accurx’s Dr Satya Raghuvanshi on what could revolutionising patient flow using technology look like? 
• “We are on a journey of continuous improvement” – X-on Health on the digital front door of primary care access
• Markets authority provisionally clears £1.2 billion EMIS purchase
• King’s College London to explore environmental sustainability of AI-enabled digital health
• Deep dive: exploring electronic health records in South Africa, Ethiopia and Nigeria
• Leeds Teaching Hospitals seeks to engage market for its Innovation Pop-Up across seven digital areas: virtual care, network infrastructure, patient flow and more
• CQC digital record system guidance places emphasis on availability, security and governance with a person-centred approach
• Anthropic, Google, Microsoft and OpenAI collaborate on responsible development of frontier AI models
• Health Foundation survey finds UK public “overall supportive” of virtual wards but support is “finely balanced”
• Digital primary care panel: “Getting the basics right and keeping it simple are the underpinning principles”
• Seven digital priorities in West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership’s joint forward plan
• AI model makes “high confidence” predictions for at least 40 percent of tumours with unknown site of origin
• Digital-first care company Babylon to sell UK business
• South West London’s new mental health strategy looks to “better co-ordinate digital initiatives across the ICS”
• Welsh patient administration system linked up across North Wales
• Google Health combines large language models with AI vision encoders for X-rays
• Elective recovery implementation plan shares actions around Digital Mutual Aid System, NHS Digital Staff Passport and more
• $60 million raised in Series B funding for Causaly’s AI-powered research platform
• Green plan from Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals shares ambitions around digital infrastructure audit and digital strategy development
• Panel: taking a data-driven approach to operational improvements, day-to-day management, and proactive care
• Yorkshire & Humber AHSN digital accelerator opens
• Peterson Center on Healthcare launches $50 million institute to evaluate digital health technologies
• Study highlights value of health literacy interventions
• NHS National Services Scotland to launch digital image capture, referral and integration framework
• Calderdale and Huddersfield open patient engagement portal tender
• HTN Now: To frontline digitisation and beyond, a discussion with Apira
• Amazon Clinic expands virtual consultations across the United States
• UCLH pilot study highlights Archer system supports “quick and accurate” transfer of data from EHR to research software
• Deep dive: community pharmacy and dentistry in digital focus
• HTN Now: “Making data actionable and relevant to specific settings requires a collaborative approach” – Dr Kathrin Cresswell and Professor Robin Williams on digital integrated care
• NHS England highlights virtual wards, primary care access and command centres in winter resilience plans
• New strategy from Croydon Health Services highlights role of AI and robotics in enabling transformation
• Digital and data strategy for health and social care in Wales focuses on partnerships, new platforms and digital skills
• Health Inequalities Targeted Call seeks innovations targeting Core20PLUS5 healthcare inequalities across maternity, sickle cell and elective care
• NHS board: Tech to reduce friction, innovation prioritisation based on benefit, EPRs in place at 88 percent, focus on interoperability
• NICE announces “ambitious” transformation with a key focus on data, implementation and the potential of digital health technologies
• Women’s health package includes new area on NHS website and AI tool to detect early maternity risks
• Northumbria University introduces interactive platform for health and care students
• HealthTrust Europe to establish framework agreement for additional capacity planning services including remote monitoring and virtual care
• Care ‘traffic control’ centres to expand nationwide by December
• Australian government publishes National Healthcare Interoperability Plan 2023-2028
• New Value Sharing Framework to “simplify and accelerate” negotiation of terms in NHS data partnerships
• NHS Shared Business Services to launch cyber security services framework
• “Major issues” with frontline digitisation programme and GP IT Futures programme government projects report
• Deep dive: digital transformation and change in Derbyshire, Northamptonshire and Sussex
• 24 per cent of integrated care boards have a digital leader at board level
• University of Edinburgh joins global research effort to enhance dementia care through data and digital
• NHS England to launch digital tobacco apps framework
• University Hospitals Sussex opens EPR early market engagement
• New platform launched in Ireland shares insights into performance of the health service
• “The reduced burden of logging in is massive with single sign-on” County Durham and Darlington NHS Trust and Imprivata on mobility workflows
• KCL report highlights “pockets of value” in longitudinal datasets to support mental health research
• Canadian innovators join Yorkshire & Humber AHSN’s third international bootcamp
• New digital platform from Public Health Wales provides data and tools for tackling health inequalities
• News in brief: Princess Alexandra launches EHR, Barts Health opens tender for secure data environment, researchers use AI to predict Parkinson’s development, and more
• How university-led research is driving the use of AI for diagnosis and screening in conditions including breast cancer and dementia
• Virtual wards, improved data use and standardisation take focus in first NHS Impact programme
• NHS 111 adds multimedia content to improve triage
• Reduction in internet-enabled therapy sessions from 2021 to 2023
• Identifying, signposting and co-designing: NHS England on digital inclusion in general practice
• Fastball test hoped to improve early dementia and Alzheimer’s detection
• National notify a patient service planned for wider roll-out
• North West London ICS to launch tech enabled programme for people living with severe mental illness
• “On a mission to make integration easier” – results from the 2023 NHS Digital developer integration survey
• NHS CDIO joins EPR supplier as vice president of healthcare strategy & transformation
• Providing “a communications ecosystem” – Royal Marsden contracts unified communications infrastructure
• Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust goes live with shared care record
• Interview: “Learn to be their partner, not their supplier” – Vijay Magon on his experience over decades of working on digital health solutions
• NHSE progresses Discharge Ready Date data metric
• To pay or not to pay for AI applications in radiology?
• The role of digital in Coventry and Warwickshire’s maternity system strategy
• HTN Now: Embedding a benefits framework, creating an engaged and positive project culture at North Cumbria Integrated Care
• Warrington and Halton NHS opens patient engagement portal tender
• South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust shares EPR plans
• Study highlights potential of AI-designed nanoparticles in treating disease
• Deep dive: what does ‘good’ look like in digital primary care?
• £150 million contract for national framework agreement around legacy information and management solutions
• Liverpool Women’s electronic patient record goes live
• Interview: “Having passion, energy and enthusiasm goes a long way” Channel 3 Consulting discuss EPR journeys and digital transformation
• A look at the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Seha virtual hospital – a vision for the future?
• £36.5m investment from UKRI for healthcare technology and digital health hubs
• HTN Now: “If we do focus on it, we can make a difference” Generated Health on hypertension management and their intelligent messaging platform Florence
• DigitalHealth.London announces latest 17 SMEs selected for Accelerator programme
• “Advancements in healthcare science and technology will change the future of the NHS” – exploring the role of digital in St George’s, Epsom and St Helier Hospital Group’s 2023-2028 strategy
• Study explores reliability of medical information provided by ChatGPT
• Prior information notice for NHS SBS £150m voice recognition software tender published
• “We need to recognise that there are many different kinds of users” Vijay Magon on forming a patient-centric record system
• WHO and HL7 support adoption of global open interoperability standards
• “Showing the art of what’s possible”: panel discussion explores what good looks like for virtual consultations
• New registry to provide directory of NHS sites using AI for imaging
• “It’s about how can we make an intentional, positive impact on the health of the population” Preeti Sud, director of strategy and innovation at Mid and South Essex NHS
• Cambridge University Hospitals highlight AI tool for preparing for scans
• Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel and Dr Penny Kechagioglou launch integrative oncology app
• £10 million digital health check market engagement launches
• Train, retain, reform – NHS England’s Workforce Plan published
• NHS England and Microsoft agree new deal
• Scottish health tech start up signs deals with NHS Highland and NHS Forth Valley
• CCube Solutions appoints Alistair Eaton as CEO
• Jersey goes live with electronic patient record system
• UK and Australian consultancy to complete health information management governance strategy for Saudi Arabia
• Government announces new Digital NHS Health Check
• New report highlights role of digital in managing the interface between GPs and hospitals
• Digital Health and Care Wales highlights diabetes consultation notes
• Patient-facing tech: exploring the NHS App, electronic comms and remote monitoring
• University of Strathclyde, NSS and Scotland Excel publish £15m tender for digital co-managed care services
• Poll: if you could solve one challenge in health and care, what would the priority be in the short-term?
• Circle Health introduces patient recorded outcomes measures platform
• How to use a cloud service securely: NCSC launches new security guidance
• Digital in the fight against cancer: Cancer Strategy for Scotland 2023-2033
• NHS England publishes £35 million tender for privacy enhancing tech
• HTN Now: Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS on EPR implementation with Civica’s Cito solution
• EPMA goes live at Nottingham University Hospitals
• £21 million in funding for AI announced “to roll out artificial intelligence across the NHS”
• “I’m excited for the level of patient empowerment that I expect to see in the next three to five years” Adam Lavington, director of digital transformation at Herts and West Essex ICB
• Feature: InterSystems on why data holds the key to accelerating patient flow in ICSs
• Leeds Teaching Hospitals agrees cancer data partnership
• HTN Now: Ideal Health’s Rod Gamble talks high-performing teams and why they matter
• NHS England appoints chief information officer
• “All of those stars are aligning to make this the right time to solve this challenge” John Kosobucki of OX.DH on providing a secure, integrated and intuitive solution
• At-home cholesterol test to pilot across North East and North Cumbria
• £31 million funding announced for UCL’s disability innovation hub
• Feature: the implications of the metaverse for future healthcare, treatment and medical education
• Remote monitoring pilot for cancer patients in Dorset
• 60 hospitals across Catalonia to introduce openEHR medication management platform
• Examining the performance of AI in the analysis of chest X-rays
• The role of digital in the 2023 mandate for NHS England
• East Lancashire Hospitals goes live with EPR
• “Cutting waiting lists, recovery plans, tech and workforce” Steve Barclay highlights priorities at NHS Confed
• Northern Care Alliance NHS to develop app to predict and prevent patient safety incidents
• Collaborative Health Innovation Lab launched in Gloucestershire
• NHSE accelerates teledermatology programme with July 2023 roll-out target
• NHS Confed reveals results of survey on patient attitudes toward health tech
• NHS App to include mental health and MSK tools and new commercial pathway in development: Lord Markham at London Tech Week
• UKRI invests in artificial intelligence, innovation and research
• NICE announces new “one-stop-shop for AI and digital regulations for health and social care”
• Eight ways a hybrid system can improve the patient record experience for NHS trusts
• East Lancs countdowns to EPR go live this weekend
• NHSE and HDR UK launch survey on adoption of standardised data model
• News in brief: VR facility walkthrough in Staffordshire, wearables monitoring fatigue, XVIVO Heartbox used for transplant, and Versius robot undertakes thoracic surgery
• Top and lowest NHS websites ranked for accessibility – where does yours place?
• Health Tech Awards 2023 deadline is 19 June!
• “Building and maintaining trust is crucial to realising the benefits of AI” – CDEI publishes portfolio of AI assurance techniques
• Apple announces new mental health features in recent IOS update
• hurdle: Revolutionising software training for healthcare professionals
• Two suppliers awarded community pharmacy system innovation funding
• FDA sends warning to medical device supplier on marketing labelling
• NHS England’s monthly operational statistics highlight use of tech
• Surrey Heartlands ICB opens £3 million virtual care digital platform tender
• £3 million funding brings immersive digital therapeutic solutions to the forefront for mental health
• Government Digital Service says GOV.UK app a “programme priority” for delivery
• Northern Ireland launches My Waiting Times website
• InnoScot Health launches innovation call focusing on child and maternal health
• “We need to be ambitious and bold” – exploring the digital focus in Sussex’s ICS strategy
• What Good Looks Like framework in digital adult social care published
• Study proposes new framework for assessing evidence from digital health interventions
• What’s happening in digital and data in London?
• “Curiosity has taken me a long way in life” Interview: Lorna Allan, CDIO, Northern Care Alliance NHS FT
• Virtual reality and health tech: what’s happening?
• Interview: Paul Rice, CDIO, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS FT and Airedale NHS FT
• NHS England plans £975 million tech framework
• GP website benchmarking and improvement tool launched
• AI model may predict breast cancer spread based on lymph node changes
• Breaking down barriers to digital access: New Zealand introduces Zero Data initiative
• New Discharge to Assess app launched to streamline discharge process in Leeds
• The Health Foundation launches Tech for Better Care funding scheme
• BenevolentAI announces restructure and strategic focus
• Case Study: Delivering an electronic vaccination process for The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust
• NICE outlines guidance supporting acute respiratory infection and frailty virtual wards
• “Fundamentally, pathways need to be really clear” Dr Ishani Patel and Dr Shanker Vijayadeva on building digital access hubs
• Review published on current status of digital tech and skills in health and care education
• DHSC updates proposed plans to secure data environments access policy
• “It epitomises the collaboration we’ve all been talking about” – how ICSs can integrate their health and social care portfolio
• “Should we even be talking about interoperability anymore?” James Davis, CEO at inicio health
• “This is a day to be remembered on our digital journey” South Tees Hospitals introduces digital noting
• Virtual reality physiotherapy tool launches
• Studies explore impact of wearable devices in health tech
• NHS England publishes case study on improving care home residents’ wellbeing through tech – South Devon and Torbay
• “The more we can all learn collectively, the better it is for everyone” – Spirit Health’s Bruce Adams on international digital healthcare
• NHS App to provide patients choice between providers at GP referral
• St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals and BP3 automate employment services
• “Digital is providing some key enablers for real strategic change”: CIO Adrian Byrne on digital in Southampton
• NHS SBS opens cloud solutions framework
• News in brief: Da Vinci Xi robotic surgical system in Somerset, innovative decontamination equipment in Leeds, remote monitoring in Lancashire, and more
• What’s happening with digital and data in the South West?
• In the GP access recovery plan, what area should be the main priority?
• Feature: the role of online cognitive behavioural therapy within an integrated care system
• NHS blueprinting team, Gloucestershire Hospitals and Polygeist on using AI to tackle length of stay
• Digital pre-op assessment at Chelsea and Westminster supports waitlist reduction
• Feature: digital transformation in connected care systems
• NHS England board meeting focus on key opportunities for technology and innovation in the NHS
• HTN Now: “Being able to access data safely, efficiently and at the point of need is a fundamental for ensuring positive patient outcomes”
• NHSE launches primary care digital and transformation lead development programme
• Digital tool supports understanding of knee treatment at Harrogate and District
• “In today’s multi-disciplinary NHS, there’s no such thing as good patient flow without good communication”
• Considerations for artificial intelligence and machine learning in drug development and manufacturing
• “We need to harness insights to become actionable” Tamara Everington, Dan Alton and Paula Ridd on digital integrated care systems
• NHS England plans £50 million digital staff passport framework
• NICE recommends digital apps for depression or anxiety
• Guidance for reporting adverse incidents involving software as a medical device
• Vein finder improves patient experience and flow in Plymouth
• Digital leaders on lessons learned and impact of patient portals
• What’s happening in digital and data in the South East?
• How artificial intelligence could improve UK healthcare decision-making
• Scotland to expand Hospital at Home services with additional funding
• Robotic process automation planned as interim solution for GP system integration
• Kingston Hospital to introduce OX.DH to optimise the fertility pathway
• Royal Papworth Hospital partners with CMR Surgical for surgical robot Versius
• Mid and South Essex ICS commissions patient portal
• NHS Shared Business Services to seek £60 million inventory management tech
• Diagnostics recovery and transformation strategy published for Wales
• Funding for digital menopause support programme Seren
• PRSB publishes Wound Care Information Standard
• What is the role of digital in the new GP access recovery plan?
• South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS seeks device for neonatal temperature monitoring
• Join us on 16 May 2023 for HTN Digital ICS
• DHSC announces funding for primary care tech and care navigators
• UCL and Moorfields Eye Hospital AI tool for detecting leading cause of childhood blindness
• The ultimate health tech guide launches; HTN’s Digital Playbook
• Deep dive: coverage, benefits and research on patient portals
• Market engagement opens for national paediatric early warning system specification
• Agilio Software acquires data management supplier
• “It’s got to have a real tangible benefit” Jeff Wood, Dan Johnston and Henrietta Mbeah-Bankas on developing digital skills
• Fostering “a culture of reflective learning” – inside the new simulation strategy for Wales
• “Getting your physical solution ‘digital ready’ is the key to the age-old dream of a paperless NHS”
• What’s happening in digital and data across the North West?