An annual report from Ireland’s Health Service Executive (HSE) has shared health tech updates including outcomes from initiatives such as virtual wards, cyber security and the national EHR programme. Following on from the publication of its Digital Health Strategic Implementation Roadmap in July 2024, HSE sets out progress on the […]
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South East Coast Ambulance Service progress on data platform, cloud, AI, auto-dispatch
South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAMB) NHS Foundation Trust has shared insights and upcoming milestones from its digital transformation programme, noting details of work around data, AI, and auto-dispatch. The service sets out a series of priority workstreams for clinical productivity, including auto-allocation of calls (hear & treat), with emergency […]
HTN partners with NHS Transformation Directorate to showcase remote monitoring blueprint
HTN has partnered with the NHS England Transformation Directorate to share insight into a remote monitoring technology for discharged surgical patients at Liverpool Heart and Chest NHS Foundation Trust. For this webinar we welcome the NHS England Blueprinting programme to provide a national update on blueprinting and we’ll focus on […]
University Hospitals Birmingham awards £1.5 million for obesity pathway tech
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust has awarded a £1.5 million contract to DDM Health Ltd to deliver part of its obesity pathway innovation programme. The procurement supports the regional BRIDGE programme, a new partnership across Birmingham and Solihull and the Black Country ICB cluster to develop an innovative, digital […]
North West Secure Data Environment accelerator funds seven projects
The North West Secure Data Environment (SDE) has made seven funding awards through its data accelerator fund for novel and emerging assets, designed to support “better use of health and care data”. Funding of between £36,000 and £132,000 has been awarded to seven NHS trust and University-led projects, with recipients […]
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board progresses towards integrated health record
The board of Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board has highlighted its focus on scoping a business case for an integrated health record, and has set out work on its new digital and data strategy. Board approval was granted back in July of 2024 to proceed with the preparation of […]
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS moves to “full mobilisation” for EPR programme with 2027 planned go live
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust has progressed its EPR programme, moving to “full mobilisation” following confirmation from NHS England. The trust board reported delivering a full business case to NHS England for its SystmOne EPR, with implementation plans “well underway”. At that time, it shared that six Listening into […]
Humber and North Yorkshire ICB expansion of data dashboard with inclusion of new metrics
Humber and North Yorkshire ICB has announced the expansion of a data dashboard developed in partnership with York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority, aiming to support a “more coordinated approach” to improving health and helping people into work. The People Story Dashboard aligns data with the boundaries of York and […]
AI enabled breast cancer screening supports Harrogate and District NHS
AI enabled breast cancer screening is reportedly helping patients at Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT), thanks to the introduction of a new scanner funded by £40,000 from the Harrogate Hospital & Community Charity. The AI enabled HER2 tissue scanning system works by capturing high resolution digital images of […]
Health Service Executive Ireland shares virtual care initiatives and future plans
As part of its new innovation framework to guide innovation in Ireland, HSE has reflected on its virtual care initiatives exemplifying successful innovation following local adoption with the potential to be scaled nationally. These include a virtual obstructive sleep apnoea identifier pathway, the community and acute respiratory excellence virtual ward, […]
