HTN Now January may have come to a close but, here at HTN, preparations are already underway for our next event in April! The second HTN Now event for 2021 will run from 13 – 16 April, and once again, offers speakers from across the industry the opportunity to discuss their […]
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Smartphone app for COVID patients piloted in West Mids
A smartphone app with remote monitoring technology is being piloted for COVID-19 patients by NHS Dudley Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG). The app – called MyDignio – aims to help relieve pressure on hospitals and potentially reduce unnecessary admissions by allowing patients to report symptoms from home. Developed by the Birmingham-based […]
Accelerated Access Collaborative and NHS England to launch MedTech Funding Mandate
Accelerated Access Collaborative and NHS England and Improvement are to launch its MedTech Funding Mandate on 1 April 2021. Initially planned to launch last year following a consultation process in December 2019, it explored at the time how the NHS could adopt MedTech innovations to provide a quick return on […]
New CCS Digital Capability for Health framework selects 12 suppliers
12 suppliers on the new Crown Commercial Service (CCS) Digital Capability for Health framework, for the next four years, have been announced. The framework, which is designed to help public health and social care organisations in developing ‘digital solutions’ went live on 27 January. It was created in collaboration with […]
County Durham and Darlington signs 10 year deal for integrated EPR
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust has signed a 10-year agreement to implement Cerner’s integrated electronic patient record (EPR) solution. At a Trust board meeting in December 2020, the board agreed to award the contract to Cerner. It comes after years of clinicians and support staff being involved in […]
Central and North West London utilises TPP’s medicines dashboard
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust has worked with TPP to introduce a new medicines dashboard for their mental health services. Using the clinical development toolkit in SystmOne, the Trust has developed the dashboard to provide staff with quick access to information, such as access to medication charts, […]
New study explores if AI can predict mental illness earlier using social media
A new study is exploring whether it is possible to use data from social media to spot the early stages of a severe psychiatric mental illness. The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research and IBM have come together to develop AI that aims to predict a patient’s psychiatric diagnosis more than […]
Manchester University NHS and Siemens Healthineers agree 15-year, £125m partnership
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) and Siemens Healthineers have agreed a 15-year partnership, representing a £125 million investment. The partnership covers the provision and replacement of key radiology equipment, including over 350 installations, across eight hospital sites, part of the Trust’s transformation journey. Catherine Walsh, Divisional Director of Imaging for […]
Video: Digital programmes across Cheshire & Merseyside
We began day two of the HTN Now 2021 series with a Tuesday morning talk from Paul Charnley, Digital Lead for Cheshire & Merseyside Health & Care Partnership. Paul shared his team’s learnings and processes openly, highlighting for context how Cheshire & Merseyside is a “large and complex system…second or […]
NEWS2 evaluated for prediction of severe COVID-19 study
Researchers at King’s College London have conducted a large scale study into the accuracy of National Early Warning Risk Score (NEWS) 2 as a scoring system for predicting severe COVID-19 outcomes in patients. The researchers found poor-to-moderate accuracy for identifying patients at risk of being transferred to intensive care units, […]
