Amazon has announced its latest move into healthcare, through the acquisition of One Medical, a “technology-powered U.S. primary care organisation”. The deal for £3.25bn ($3.9bn) will see Amazon acquire One Medical, a subscription-based service where people can have access to doctors through in-person, digital, and virtual care services, for a monthly […]
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North East telemedicine project expands for stroke patients
The North East Ambulance Service alongside the Integrated Stroke Delivery Network in the region are expanding their telemedicine project, where ambulance clinicians video call the stroke units directly. The organisations have been working together to improve emergency stroke care by implementing audio visual calls from the ambulance. The technology in place will allow […]
HTN Festival: David Kwo on population health and patient conversation in an ICS digital strategy
Last week we were joined at HTN Festival by Digital Health Care Consultant David Kwo. With experience from working as a Chief Information Officer for various NHS trusts, David considered population health and patient engagement channels in an ICS digital ecosystem, with topics including the importance of case management in managing […]
HTN Festival: Alcidion on balancing patient care and service demand with flow management
For our next live session at HTN Festival, we were joined by Alcidion to discuss the potential for positive impact of flow technology on NHS services. The session was led by UK Commercial Director Tom Scott, Chief Medical Officer Dr Paul Deffley and Head of Clinical Consulting Katy Cain. The […]
Wales to evaluate AI pain management tech
A funding programme in Wales is to support a pilot phase and evaluation of an artificial intelligence (AI) powered pain assessment tool. Life Sciences Hub Wales, with the Gwent Regional Partnership Board via its Technology Enabled Care Programme, will be providing funding for 12 months to pilot the PainChek tool in care environments […]
NHS England seeks early adopters to trial heart failure @home approach
NHS England is looking to trial an innovative approach to managing heart failure at home using remote monitoring and self-management tools. Intended to support virtual ward programmes currently in place or to provide an opportunity for teams to embrace elements of the @home approach, NHS England is seeking early adopter […]
Interview: Generated Health’s Chief Medical Officer Dr Jonathan Serjeant on approaches, projects and Florence – Intelligent Health Messaging
On 3 August, our digital primary care event will be headlined by Generated Health. Generated Health is a technology organisation providing psychology-based, two-way health messaging that engages patients continuously to change their behaviours and create better, sustained outcomes, along with supporting its customers to create solutions based on real-life learning […]
Automation Cafe: challenges with robotic process automation
Darren Atkins, Chief Technology Officer for Intelligent Automation at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, has set up a series of live interactive sessions for all professionals working in automation, called the ‘Automation Cafe Live!’ The sessions have been set up in his own time, Darren said, “so that people […]
NHSE opens procurement for delivery partner to support frontline digitisation programme
NHS England’s Transformation Directorate has opened a procurement process to partner with a delivery supplier to support its Frontline Digitisation programme. The programme aims to provide national support for locally led digital transformation, with the aim of this procurement to find a delivery partner for the provision of advice, support, expertise […]
Wales to establish £100m hospital electronic prescribing framework
Digital Health and Care Wales, on behalf of NHS Health Boards across Wales, is to establish a new multi-vendor framework for electronic prescribing and medicines administration solutions. Aiming to establish a framework agreement where NHS organisations on a local basis can call off their requirements, the scope will include software […]
