The National Data Guardian, Dr Nicola Byrne, has shared a blog in which she discusses the planned NHS federated data platform along with the topic of public trust in data. Dr Byrne begins by highlighting how the NHS has amassed “comprehensive cradle-to-grave information about tens of millions of us, whatever […]
Other News
UHB CEO to become regional strategic director for digital health and care
The chief executive at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) is to move to a regional digital health and care role. Professor Dave Rosser will leave UHB at the end of the year to become strategic director for digital health and care across the West Midlands. The role will […]
NHS England CIO recruitment launches
GatenbySanderson has launched a recruitment campaign to find the next Chief Information Officer (CIO) for NHS England. The recruitment is seeking a CIO to “be accountable for the provision of digital technology both for the wider health system and for NHS England itself,” including accountability for a £400m IT and Digital budget. […]
NHS England publishes case study on improving access to primary care through technology
NHS England has published a new resource entitled ‘Ensuring new technology provides primary care access for all’, in which they examine the case study of Swan Medical Practice in Birmingham, where an AccuRx online consultation system was introduced in November 2020 in order to manage triage and develop more efficient […]
Barts Health NHS trust makes changes to improve diversity in research
Barts Health NHS Trust is working to increase the participation of Black communities in health research after data showed that only one in 50 people involved in the COVID-19 clinical trials was Black. While this number for Barths Health is higher than the national average, Barts have acknowledged that more […]
News in Brief: bionic arms for amputees, digital hub for long COVID in Lincolnshire, new radiology theatre in South Tees and more
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 […]
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 […]
