A smartphone app that utilises AI is set to help NHS patients transmit test results to GPs within ‘minutes’. The ‘pioneering’ technology from Healthy.io – called CKD Early Detection Service – transforms a smartphone camera into a ‘clinical-grade tool’ that detects early kidney disease. The tech is part of the […]
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Video: Whittington Health tips on electronic prescribing roll-outs
As we continue recapping our HTN Now 2021 series, our next talk topic surrounds electronic prescribing roll-outs. Chandni Khanderia, Lead Electronic Prescribing Pharmacist at Whittington Health NHS Trust, and her colleague Joseph Grayson, Electronic Prescribing Pharmacy Technician, presented a helpful session on their processes, providing tips and learnings drawn from […]
Royal Bolton NHS FT deployment of AI to support chest imaging
Royal Bolton NHS Foundation Trust has been much praised for its deployment of AI in the fight against Covid-19. Rizwan Malik, divisional medical director of the trust and managing director of South Manchester radiology, spoke to the Highland Marketing advisory board about the project and the lessons that other trusts […]
Surrey and Borders FT partner with ORCHA to launch new app library
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (SABP) has launched a new app library, which focuses on people’s mental health and wellbeing. The new digital service, created in in partnership with ORCHA (the Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Apps), aims to enable quicker and easier access to […]
Microsoft HoloLens introduced in Kendall to connect care homes to GPs
A mixed reality headset has been introduced across Kendall care homes to support nurses at the bedside and connect with a GP remotely. Introduced in October 2020 for 60 care home residents who have skin conditions or are bedfast, a nurse using the Microsoft HoloLens 2 can connect with a GP without the […]
Team of doctors launch app to support hospital cardiac arrests
A team of doctors have launched a new app, called iALS, to act as a support tool for trained Adult Advanced Life Support (ALS) providers. The app has been designed and developed by clinicians who are regularly involved in cardiac arrest, to help healthcare professionals in the situation, which the […]
Innovate UK’s £2.1 million funding for pharmacy dispensary software
Innovate UK has announced a £900k boost – which brings total funding to £2.1 million – for Invatech Health, to help develop its cloud-based pharmacy dispensary software. The extra financial support will see the company work on new features for Titan PMR, its ‘cutting-edge’ system that aims to make dispensing […]
North Staffordshire Combined opts for cloud document management
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust has upgraded its electronic document management system, moving from on-premise to the cloud. The Trust has utilised the system from software supplier CCube Solutions over several years to manage and deliver patient electronic records around the organisation with the system deployed locally. It has […]
Video: Exploring Sussex Partnership FT’s digital journey
During the midway point of our first HTN Now Series of the year, we aired a fantastic talk by Beth Lawton, Chief Digital & Information Officer at Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (SPFT). Working for a large mental health and learning disabilities trust with over 6,000 staff, Beth was keen to […]
Cardiff Uni announces ‘pioneering’ support app for fertility struggles
Cardiff University has developed what it calls a ‘pioneering research-based app’ to provide support and advice for people who are unable to fulfil their wish to have children. The app – MyJourney – is from the University’s Fertility Studies Research Group at the School of Psychology. Created in collaboration with […]
