In our latest interview in the series, we head to Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust to chat to its Chief Operating Officer (COO), Ade Odunlade, about all things data. We find out all about his work with RwHealth’s data science platform and how he sees data analytics helping to support […]
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King’s College Hospital deploys AI engine
King’s College Hospital has deployed an AI engine called AIDE, providing anonymised patient data into one central solution to support the development of AI technologies. The trust said that, by analysing large quantities of patient scans and complex information, it has produced algorithms to assist with decision support, diagnoses and […]
Video: Ideal Health on navigating ICS organisational maturity at HTN Now
Jonah Aburrow-Jones, Director of Consulting, Strategy and Digital Maturity of Ideal Health, joined us live for the second session of our HTN Now Focus event on the topic of Digital Integrated Care Systems. Using the slot to look at what can be done practically to help health tech professionals to […]
NHSX announces 35 projects as part of its new Adoption Fund
NHSX has announced the winners of its new ‘Adoption Fund’ to support 35 projects with a share of £6.5 million in funding. The funding programme was launched to support initiatives covering gastroenterology pathways, musculoskeletal pathways, perioperative pathways, digital inclusion, and cardiology and cardiac surgery. Following 138 applications to the programme, a review panel […]
Leading charities push for national defibrillator database
A group of leading charities and health organisations have launched a new project with an aim to create a new national database of defibrillators. The programme, called ‘The Circuit’, is encouraging people who look after defibrillators in places such as offices, communities, shopping centres, leisure centres, and in public places, […]
4 AI projects to tackle health inequalities supported by £1.4m funding
The NHS AI Lab at NHSX and the Health Foundation have announced four projects to receive a share of £1.4 million in funding. Placing a focus on tackling health inequalities using artificial intelligence (AI), the winners include AI to investigate disparities in maternal health outcomes, and developing standards and guidance […]
Video: Alcidion discuss digital solutions to support ICSs at HTN Now Focus
The first of our seven live sessions on the ‘Digital ICS’ theme at the latest HTN Now Focus, a series of one-day events that feature talks from health tech experts on specific topics, was a presentation by the team from the healthcare informatics company, Alcidion. The panel for the opening […]
Sussex ICS to pilot tech in community diagnostic centres
A pilot of two technologies, Bleepa and CareLocker, has been commissioned by Sussex Integrated Care System, to take place at Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (QVH). To act as one of the Community Diagnostic Centres Exemplar sites, Bleepa and CareLocker will be used as the digital infrastructure to facilitate […]
News in brief: suicide prevention tool launched, HDR UK update, AI cancer care project
It’s that time of the week again, when we collect the best of the rest of the recent stories from the world of health tech and health innovation. In this latest edition we have a wide range of headlines, including a new free suicide prevention tool, an AI project to […]
Babylon and Microsoft to collaborate on AI and cloud projects
Babylon Health, the ‘digital first’ health provider, recently announced that it has formed a new partnership with tech giants Microsoft. The collaboration will see the two companies combine to find new opportunities in the fields of artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and cloud technologies. A release from Babylon stated that […]
