Surgeons at East Kent Hospitals are investigating ways to improve patient outcomes by using 3D printed models and advanced image augmentation of body parts. The tools being tested are said to be able to show the location of tumours such as prostate cancer, blood vessels and other structures, with urology […]
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Great Ormond Street launches new artificial intelligence projects
Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) has launched two new projects through its Data Research, Innovation and Virtual Environments (DRIVE) unit. Two fellows from Faculty, an artificial intelligence company, have joined GOSH to explore how datasets can accelerate research and improve outcomes for patients. Doctor Omar Jahangir will be working on […]
Health Technology Wales search for new digital solutions
Health Technology Wales, a national body within NHS Wales to support partner collaboration, has commenced a ‘digital open topic call’ to identify new digital health technologies for Wales to solve current health and care challenges. They are inviting different professionals from health and social care, technology developers and members of […]
Virgin Media switches on 5G hospital in London
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has partnered with Virgin Media O2 Business to become a 5G-connected hospital. The programme is part of Maudsley Digital Lab’s series of digital health and innovation trials funded by NHS Digital. The trials are investigating the efficiency, safety and security benefits of using smart, 5G-connected […]
Two Cheshire trusts to share electronic patient record system
Two NHS trusts in Cheshire have revealed plans to share an electronic patient record system. East Cheshire NHS Trust and Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS FT plan to introduce one system, known as the Digital Clinical System (DCS), across the two trusts. The trusts have signed a contract with electronic patient record […]
Sussex ICS adopts new data tool to support bowel cancer screening
Sussex Integrated Care System (ICS) has worked with South, Central and West (SCW) to adopt a new tool to support its bowel screening programme. The ICS has been working with SCW’s geospatial team on a web application to identify hotspots of low bowel screening uptake and high cancer positivity rates within […]
Newcastle Hospitals digital initiative tackles waiting lists, audiology team new digital pathway
Digital transformation is happening across Newcastle Hospitals, with an initiative to tackle waiting lists, a virtual trial for patients with irritable bowel syndrome, and a digital pathway for the audiology team. The trust’s strategy, taking them through to 2024, states that they are “committed to becoming a fully digitally enabled […]
£20 million framework for digital flexible staff pools in primary care
NHS England has opened a £20 million framework procurement for local systems to deploy digital flexible staff pools to support clinical capacity in primary care. Suppliers who offer a digital solution are now being invited to apply to the framework, initially focusing on the deployment of GPs, to enable practices to post […]
Roslin Institute develops heart attack prediction model from data
The Roslin Institute, a research centre at the University of Edinburgh, has developed a model to predict heart attack risk by studying retinal images of Biobank data from participants who experienced a heart attack. Scientists calculated the model using branching patterns of retinal blood vessels, using data from the UK […]
In focus, the new plan for digital health and social care published
The Department of Health and Social Care has published “A plan for digital health and social care”, setting out their vision for a digitally-enabled health and social care system, collating existing digital strategies, plans and guidance into a single action plan. In the foreword Secretary for Health and Social Care Sajid […]
