A study by teams at Imperial College London and Imperial College Healthcare, and funded by the British Heart Foundation, has developed an artificial intelligence-enhanced electrocardiography (AI-ECG) model with the potential to identify female patients “who could benefit from enhanced risk factor modification or surveillance” in relation to elevated cardiovascular risk. […]
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Oxford Talking Therapies services introduces AI-powered chatbot
NHS Oxfordshire and NHS Buckinghamshire Talking Therapies services have introduced an AI-powered chatbot, from Limbic, as part of their ongoing commitment “in meeting the demand for mental health support”. The chatbot was trialled over a period of six months with the aim to provide patients with “interactive, supportive, and non-judgemental” […]
Imperial College Healthcare trials remote MRI approach
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is trialling an approach to reduce patient waiting times and promote the ability for staff to work more flexibly around times that suit patients, with extended opening hours to midnight reportedly allowing the trust to see “306 extra patients” in its first month. By using […]
Grow Digital Health Midlands programme invites applications from UK health tech innovators
A collaboration between Health Innovation East Midlands and Health Innovation West Midlands has seen the launch of a new programme designed to support UK tech companies in the development and scaling of “high-potential digital health innovations”. The Grow Digital Health Midlands programme, formerly known as the East Midlands Digital Health […]
Norfolk and Waveney Acute Hospital Collaborative awards contract for IT audit and asset register
Norfolk and Waveney Acute Hospital Collaborative has awarded a contract to healthcare and consulting service provider, Arca Resourcing, to provide an IT audit and create an asset register for all devices within the trust. This comes before the implementation of its integrated electronic patient record, which is to be used […]
Accurx on a digital front door: the future of primary care
Helena Brown, Interim Head of Customer Success, Accurx For a long time now, many GP practices have been overwhelmed with patient demand. But what we hear and see from our GP community is that much of this demand could be better managed in a different setting, or even entirely self-managed […]
Interview: Peter van Ooijen – professor of AI in Radiotherapy, coordinator of Machine Learning Lab at University Medical Center Groningen
We caught up with Peter van Ooijen – professor of AI in Radiotherapy and coordinator of the Machine Learning Lab at University Medical Center Groningen, and former president of the European Society of Medical Imaging Informatics (EuSoMII) – for a recent interview, to talk about new technologies and future directions […]
HTN Now: Alder Hey Children’s and Harrogate and District NHS share strategies to reduce follow-ups and increase clinical productivity
For a recent HTN Now panel discussion, we were joined by a panel of experts from across the health sector to talk about approaches to streamlining patient care, including strategies to reduce follow-ups and increase clinical productivity with targeted technology deployments. Panellists included Damien Yeo, consultant paediatric ophthalmologist at Alder […]
NHS Kent and Medway opens procurement for £2m cancer information system
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust together with the Kent and Medway Cancer Collaborative, have open a procurement for a cancer information system, aiming to support the management of their cancer pathway. The trust plans to introduce the platform across the entire cancer pathway, providing the ability to manage referrals […]
HSE Health app launched in Ireland offering “digital front door” for patients
The Health Service Executive (HSE) Health App has been launched in Ireland, offering patients a “digital front door” to health services. The public launch has been welcomed by the Minister for Health as “an exciting milestone” in the journey to digitise patient health records and to “make it easier for […]
