This Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Daniel Johnston, MRes, RN, Director Clinical Operations International at Imprivata, discusses how mobile devices can improve clinical care and why getting security right is essential for protecting data, systems, and patients. Mobile devices have become an important part of modern clinical care, giving clinicians greater flexibility […]
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Feature: Closer to home, why community digital is the missing link
By Gary Mooney, clinical solution executive at InterSystems Margaret is 84, she lives alone with frailty and heart failure. She is admitted to her local hospital by ambulance after a fall for the third time this year. Her district nurse had noted weight gain, her GP had changed a diuretic, […]
DHSC guidance on digitising adult social care, managing IT suppliers, using AI
New DHSC guidance on digitising adult social care has tackled how services can be fully digital, adopt AI, manage IT suppliers, and introduce digital champions. The DHSC advises that providers are considered to be “fully digitised care providers” if they are registered with the CQC, use an assured DSCR solution, […]
Digital patient monitoring system among innovative projects to improve cancer services across the Humber
Humber and North Yorkshire Cancer Alliance has awarded a share of £135,000 to three projects run by Humber Health Partnership aiming to improve cancer services and outcomes for patients. The funding is awarded as part of the Cancer Research and Innovation Awards, designed to help turn ideas into improvements to […]
Barts Health and Guy’s and St Thomas’ funding for AI digital twins of human tissue
An AI project from PharosAI, a collaboration between Barts Health NHS Trust, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), and King’s College London (KCL), has received funding from Innovate UK to explore the potential to develop digital twins of human tissue. PharosAI is focused […]
The Christie shares impact of AVT on patient experience
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust has shared updates on its use of ambient voice technology, offering an insight into how it is being used to support the patient experience. Earlier this year, the trust reported that a technical validation had been completed, with a phased roll out of the technology […]
Delegate registration opens for HTN X
HTN is delighted to open delegate registration for HTN X, an event to discuss, participate, challenge and focus on emerging technologies, AI, automation, innovation, data, and future tech for health and care executives leading the future. At a pivotal point for health and care, we’re hosting an event to provide […]
£5 million cancer innovation programme open call launches
The fourth round of the NHS Cancer Programme Innovation Open Call has opened for applications, with funding of up to £5 million on offer for innovations to support earlier diagnosis and treatment. According to the challenge brief, the programme is seeking innovations or new approaches that will improve productivity by […]
NHS England opens £6.7 million secondary care medicines data pre-market engagement
NHS England has opened a secondary care medicines data pre-market engagement, with high level objectives around achieving a reporting function on stock and daily issuance of medicines in secondary care, and a price comparison tool. With a total value of £6.75 million, the preliminary market engagement notice shares details of […]
HTN Now: Digital and delivering neighbourhood health
For a recent HTN Now webinar on the role of digital in delivering neighbourhood health, HTN was joined by an expert panel including Fay Johnstone, acute virtual ward matron at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells (MTW) NHS Trust; Mayur Vibhuti, chief digital, data and intelligence officer at Kent and Medway ICB […]
