In 2020, the Health and Social Care Committee commissioned a review of the evidence for effective implementation and appropriateness of government policy commitments with regards to digitisation in the NHS. A report entitled ‘Evaluation of Government commitments made on the digitisation of the NHS’ was recently published to share findings. […]
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£500 million Digital Health Advisory framework to launch
NHS Shared Business Services is to launch a Digital Healthcare Advisory services framework for health and care providers, worth an estimated £500 million. The framework intends to provide specialist digital consultancy and advisory services, to include design, application, delivery and management of digital technologies. Acting on behalf of approved organisations, NHS […]
News in Brief: ICB People Digital plan contract, virtual reality therapy in Birmingham, AI pilot in Leeds, and more
It’s time for another news in brief. As always there has been lots happening in the health tech community – join us as we take a look at some of the digital stories from across the industry. £85,000 contract awarded to deliver ICB People Digital Plans A contract worth £85,000 […]
NHSE publishes Who Does What framework on maximising benefits of digital
NHS England has published Who Does What, a framework designed to support NHS and integrated care system leaders on how to move forward together to maximise benefits of IT infrastructure, with the aim of ultimately enhancing provision of care and achieving optimal value for money. “We will support ICSs in […]
HTN AI and Data: Peter Thomas, CCIO at Moorfields Eye Hospital, on building foundations for scaled AI implementation
At HTN AI and Data, we were joined by Peter Thomas, chief clinical information officer and director of digital medicine at Moorfields Eye Hospital, for a discussion on building the foundations of scaled AI implementation. Peter discussed the applications of AI in eye care, and considered how the broader healthcare […]
Eastern AHSN and Suffolk and North East Essex ICS on developing a culture of innovation
NHS England has shared a case study describing how Eastern Academic Health Science Network (AHSN) and Suffolk and North East Essex (SNEE) ICS have come together to fund a Head of Innovation role, as part of a shared vision to cultivate a culture of innovation across the health and care system. […]
HTN Now: Dr Hatim Abdulhussein on using artificial intelligence to improve health equity
We were recently joined by Dr Hatim Abdulhussein, national clinical lead for AI and digital media workforce at the Directorate of Innovation, Digital and Transformation at Health Education England (HEE). For his session, Hatim looked at how AI can be used to improve equity. He looked at why tools such […]
Special report: news and research on artificial intelligence
Next up in our special report series, we’re looking at all things AI. Artificial intelligence is currently at the forefront of health tech news. Since the new year, we’ve seen a wealth of stories hit the headlines, from Google Research and DeepMind researchers publishing an evaluation of an AI application […]
HTN Let’s Talk: Dr Janak Gunatilleke on AI adoption and tackling challenges
Welcome back to our podcast HTN Let’s Talk, sponsored by Spirit Health! For this episode, we interviewed Dr Janak Gunatilleke, director for healthcare data and analytics at KPMG UK. We discussed how AI can solve clinical problems, what is preventing AI solutions from being adopted, and his thoughts on to […]
Norfolk and Waveney ICS release digital transformation strategic plan and roadmap
Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care System (ICS) has released a digital transformation strategic plan and roadmap, following on from their engagement work in creating their clinical and digital strategies. The plans lays out the ICS’s digital roadmap, how it will invest in digital as an ICS, its clinical objectives and […]
