Health Education England (HEE) has commissioned a new artificial intelligence (AI) roadmap and interactive dashboard from the company Unity Insights, which provides bespoke analytics and evaluation services to the NHS. As well as ‘exploring the use and impact of AI in the NHS’, the report ‘examines the effects on workforce […]
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GP IT system suppliers awarded contracts in Wales
Digital Health and Care Wales has announced three GP IT suppliers have been awarded contracts on a new framework to supply systems and services for primary care in Wales. The national health body for Wales has awarded Cegedim Healthcare Solutions, EMIS Health and TPP contracts as part of a five-year deal. Following […]
News in Brief: Royal Papworth introduces GP Connect, remote robotic surgery research, Scotland’s app to access free period products
Welcome to our first news in brief round-up for February. This week has already seen HTN HQ announce the Health Tech Awards 2022 – now open for entries – while, in other news, the Department of Health and Social Care has published a ‘prior information notice’ for its Tech Innovation […]
Ramsay Health Care goes live with MAXIMS EPR
Ramsay Health Care UK, a private healthcare provider, has now gone live with the MAXIMS Electronic Patient Record (EPR). The two companies have announced the roll-out of the EPR, which is now fully live and operational in all 35 of the Ramsay hospital sites. Ramsay says the move makes it […]
Health Tech Awards 2022 key dates revealed
HTN is delighted to launch the Health Tech Awards 2022 to share and celebrate digital teams, programmes, innovations and health tech suppliers that have made a difference throughout the year. The innovative awards, now in their sixth year, provide a great platform to showcase and share your work. There are […]
Video: The dangers of bias in artificial intelligence and how it adversely affects communities
At our latest HTN Now event, we welcomed David Newey, Deputy Chief Information Officer at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust to talk about bias in Artificial Intelligence (AI). Considering the recent advances in studying and utilising AI within the health and care sector, David discussed a hugely topical issue, […]
DHSC publishes Tech Innovation Framework notice for GP IT
The Department of Health and Social Care has published a ‘prior information notice’ for its Tech Innovation Framework, to advise the market of a forthcoming opportunity for foundation electronic patient record solutions and associated capabilities, for primary care. The new Tech Innovation Framework hopes to ‘encourage innovation’ and ‘news ways of […]
New guides released for NHS video consultations
NHS England has published a new set of video consulting guides – produced by the University of Oxford – to support patients, staff and NHS trusts to implement and embed video consultations. The collection of resources include: an illustrated A4 guide for patients in English; illustrated guides for patients in […]
Humber, Coast and Vale ICS launches online mental health support
Humber, Coast and Vale Health and Care Partnership has launched a new online support programme to support individuals across the area with their mental health. The ICS has introduced Qwell by Kooth, a free online mental health and emotional wellbeing support service, providing anonymous online counselling that can be accessed anywhere. […]
NHSE shares case study of musculoskeletal video consultations in North Tyneside
NHS England (NHSE) has released a case study which shares the challenges, results and learnings from the implementation of video consultations in the North Tyneside Integrated Musculoskeletal Service (NTIMS). Part of the Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, the NTIMS delivers physiotherapy rehabilitation and advanced musculoskeletal (MSK) practitioner clinics, acting as […]
