The NHS has announced the roll-out of gammaCore – a ‘headache-busting’ gadget that can relieve pain for patients with ‘cluster headaches’ – across the country. According to NHS England, when held against the neck the ‘small, portable devices’ deliver a low-level electric current to block pain signals. Patients can use […]
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User engagement: The King’s Fund panel tackles questions on patient-centric digital during and post-pandemic
In March, independent health think tank The King’s Fund ran a digital session on ‘patient and user engagement in the delivery of virtual care’. Supported by NHS South Central and West CSU, the event featured a panel of presenters who discussed whether the acceleration of innovation during the COVID-19 pandemic […]
NHS e-Referral Service integrated into the NHS App
The NHS e-Referral Service (e-RS) has been integrated into the NHS App, to allow patients to book and manage appointments easily and securely online. This additional functionality is aimed at reducing non-attendance and saving time for GPs, who can now email appointment booking details directly to patients with an NHS […]
Interview Series: Andy Callow, Group CDIO at Kettering and Northampton hospitals
As part of our interview series, we recently caught up with Andy Callow, Group Chief Digital Information Officer for Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust. Having stepped up to his current role only a few months ago, and his previous one just before the start […]
East Lancashire Hospitals signs up for early warning technology
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust has signed a deal with smart health tech provider, Alcidion, to secure early warning technology that will help detect patients who are deteriorating. The tools will help staff enhance patient safety across five hospitals in East Lancashire, including the Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital, Burnley General […]
Going digital: Midwives get electronic record keeping guidance from RCM
Midwives are finally having their digital moment. There has been a welcome wave of digital developments for maternity services and professionals recently, with the latest including electronic record keeping guidance published by the Royal College of Midwives (RCM). In the last two weeks alone, HTN has also reported on RCM’s […]
HEE publishes 10 year data driven workforce report
A new report titled ‘Data Driven Healthcare in 2030′, commissioned by the Health Education England Digital Readiness Programme, has been published. The report aims to help identify the capacity and capability challenges facing the NHS digital technology and informatics workforce in the next 10 years, with a particular focus on […]
AI Centre for Value-Based Healthcare to open source AI platform
A new partnership between London Medical Imaging, the AI Centre for Value-Based Healthcare and digital transformation consultancy Answer, has been confirmed this week. It hopes to provide the NHS with an open-source solution with the ability to access machine learning models, and provide models that can be trained using a […]
Oxehealth eyes US expansion
Oxehealth, a provider of vision-based patient monitoring and management systems, has been granted clearance by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to launch its solutions across all US states. The company is now looking to expand its vital signs solutions across the US, with a focus on skilled nursing […]
Health Foundation announces funding to support research into AI and ethnic inequalities
The Health Foundation has launched a new funding call to support research into artificial intelligence and racial and ethnic inequalities. Supported by the NHSX AI Lab and the National Institute for Health Research, £1.55 million will be made available across two categories. The first category aims to understand and enable the […]
