It’s time for another news in brief and as always there has been plenty happening in the health tech community… NHS launch new bionic arm prosthetics to aid amputee patients NHS England has announced that amputee patients across England will now be offered access to bionic arms. The prosthetics are […]
Other News
Pain assessment app partners with InterSystems
PainChek, a smartphone-based pain assessment and monitoring application, has partnered with InterSystems to utilise InterSystems IRIS for Health™ to integrate with electronic medical record systems. One of the aims of combining the companies’ platforms is to facilitate a global market entry for the pain assessment app, including integration with the healthcare information […]
Researchers explore methods to automatically create discharge summaries
A group of researchers from King’s College London, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and University College London have studied methods and models to automatically produce discharge summaries. The researchers explored different approaches to automatically create and populate Brief Hospital Course (BHC) summaries from inpatient documentation, noting that, if realised […]
Health and Social Care Secretary Steve Barclay announces launch of new adult social care fund
Today, Health and Social Care Secretary Steve Barclay has delivered a speech at the NHS Providers Conference in Liverpool, covering a number of pertinent topics for the NHS at the present time, including social care, capacity, workforce and access. One of the topics raised in the speech was the launch of […]
HTN Now: Inhealthcare on virtual wards for integrated care systems
For our November edition of HTN Now, we were joined by Jamie Innes, Product Director for Inhealthcare, for a discussion on virtual wards and how ICSs can keep them as simple as possible. Jamie began the session by providing some brief background on Inhealthcare, explaining that their digital health solutions […]
Phototherapy tech helps premature babies with jaundice in Birmingham
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is using portable phototherapy blankets to aid recovery for premature babies with jaundice. The blankets, known as ‘biliblankets’ or cocoons, are designed to keep babies warm and treat neonatal jaundice or hyperbilirubinemia. The trust describe biliblankets as “a glow up blanket”; they shine full spectrum […]
GOSH scientists engage with public on value of data
Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (GOSH) has been engaging with the public on research, data and the environment as part of a local culture, arts and science festival with University College London (UCL). The festival’s theme was ‘breathe’, to investigate local and global environments, and to develop the […]
Northumbria Healthcare Health Index goes live
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has developed and launched a new local Health Index tool to provide insight into population health at a ‘much more local level’. The trust has developed the tool using the Office of National Statistics (ONS) Health Index and data from Northumbria Healthcare, Northumberland County Council, […]
Nottingham University Hospitals appoints new CDIO and launches maternity app
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are going live with an app for pregnancy notes this week. The trusts will use the Badger Notes app to replace paper-based maternity notes, in a joint project between the two trusts. As part of the transition to the new […]
North Middlesex University Hospital NFT achieves HIMSS Stage 5 rating
North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust (North Mid) has achieved official accreditation for the HIMSS Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM) Stage 5 rating. The HIMSS EMRAM rating system is an international quality standard measuring the adoption and maturity of a health facility’s inpatient EMR capabilities. Stage 5 means that […]
