Over on LinkedIn, we asked our audience for views on where digital investment should go in the short term – to patient-facing technology; cross-organisational workflows; data, demand and visibility tools; or digitising/removing paper? We received over 130 votes and views were fairly spread out, with cross-organisational workflows taking the lead […]
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Feature: making virtual wards a success
Content by Access. Healthcare technology has come on leaps and bounds in recent years, as has the way in which care is designed, assigned and delivered. One of the drivers of this is the emergence of virtual care; a fully remote, practical and adaptable approach to providing care – improving […]
Digital Health and Care Wales seeks to procure £1.4 million medicines information solution and drugs tool
Digital Health and Care Wales has opened an opportunity stating its intention to procure a medicines information solution and drugs tool, at an estimated value of more than £1.4 million. The procured solution will be a single application interface, aiming to be easily accessible to staff, which will help bring […]
Key regulators asked to share update on AI strategy by April 2024
In a letter to the MHRA, the secretaries of state for health and social care and science, innovation and technology comment on plans to establish a regulatory framework for AI and note that a key area of feedback was “the need to ensure that regulators were taking the risks and […]
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals virtual wards supports A&E performance
Barking, Havering and Redbridge (BHR) University Hospitals NHS Trust has shared an update on the impact of its frailty virtual ward playing a role in helping to keep frail older people out of A&E. The trust notes how the latest national A&E figures, released this month, demonstrate “continued improvement” with 50.6 […]
Humber Teaching NHS plans redesign of mental health crisis referral pathways
Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust is participating in NHSE’s 26-week Clinically-Led workforce and Activity Redesign (CLEAR) project, which will see the “revamp” of mental health crisis referral pathways, building on existing CLEAR work on developing new models of care and aiming to reduce waiting times for CAMHS in Hull and […]
£10m funding from DHSC to support health tech companies in bringing innovations to UK market
The Department of Health and Social Care has announced the launch of £10 million in funding to be used in part to support eight selected health tech companies in bringing innovative solutions to market, including a device to identify liver cancer tumours; a portable blood test to identify stroke patients; […]
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS announces introduction of patient engagement portal
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust has announced the introduction of a new patient engagement portal, to be delivered in partnership with DrDoctor and due to roll-out across the trust in March. The trust says that the portal is intended to offer people more choice when booking appointments, and to […]
South Yorkshire Digital Health Hub receives Google investment in health tech research and training
The South Yorkshire Digital Health Hub has announced a three-year partnership with Google aiming to bring investment in the region’s health tech research and training, with a focus on tackling inequalities and driving economic growth. The first project to be borne from the partnership will be the PUMAS study, which […]
Thermometer app from Google utilises infrared sensor to allow users to take temperature using their phone
Google has shared insight into the development of its new Thermometer app for smartphones, which forms part of the January pixel feature drop for the Pixel 8 Pro and enables users to scan someone’s forehead with their smartphone in order to measure body temperature. The app uses an infrared sensor […]
