DigitalHealth.London has opened its Digital Pioneer Fellowship programme for applications, aiming to support professionals employed by NHS organisations in London to design and lead transformation projects. The 12 month programme is now in its third year, and aims to recruit up to 30 Fellows to focus on accelerating the pace […]
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HTN Voice: Getting digital inclusion onto the health and care agenda
The rapid deployment of healthcare technology has been one of the most commented features of the NHS’ response to the coronavirus pandemic. Yet a significant minority of patients cannot benefit from new, digital services; and risk being overlooked in the rush to go ‘digital first’ in a post-Covid reset. So […]
Babylon publishes research report on AI in primary care
A research paper has been published in Nature Communications by a team of Babylon scientists that has explored the use of machine learning in primary care. The paper, titled ‘Improving the accuracy of medical diagnosis with causal machine learning’, explores the use of AI, believed to be a first , […]
CCube Solutions launches Service Delivery Platform
CCube Solutions, a specialist in supporting healthcare providers with electronic document management, has launched a hosted document delivery platform to support remote working and the ‘new normal’. The new platform offers a secure hosted service for sending digital files and provides time-limited access to information, independently of any IT system. […]
Lumeon raises £22.9m to support US growth
Lumeon, the digital care pathway solution, has closed $30M in Series D funding led by new investors. The investment will be used to expand the care coordination platform into new markets, and follows a similar amount raised by the company in 2018. Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is […]
Feature: EPMA, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and Nervecentre Software
In this feature we go in depth to focus on Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (EPMA) and speak with University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and Nervecentre to explore the area further. University Hospitals of Leicester is adopting Nervecentre’s Next Generation EPR, which includes a fully integrated, closed loop EPMA. […]
NHS Tayside launches app to help people suffering from IBS
NHS Tayside has launched a new app in partnership with Inhealthcare to support people suffering from irritable bowel syndrome. The implementation is part of the Irritable Bowel Syndrome Pathway from the Scottish Government’s new Modernising Patient Pathways Programme. People are diagnosed within primary care and referred to NHS dietitians who then register […]
New app launched to coordinate support for most vulnerable in Greater Manchester
A new app has been rolled out across Greater Manchester to help match volunteers with vulnerable people in need of support during the Covid-19 pandemic. The app has been developed and launched to support an ongoing need for volunteers to support citizens with a range of duties from collecting medicines to […]
Feature: COVID-19 phase 3 recovery report
A letter issued by NHS boss, Sir Simon Stevens and Amanda Pritchard, NHS Chief Operating Officer, has explained the third phase of the NHS’s response to COVID-19 and the health service’s priorities which has raised concerns amongst health experts that targets may not be met, a report published today by […]
DHSC seeks new national data guardian
The Department for Health and Social Care is searching for a new national data guardian to be an independent champion for patients and the public when it comes to matters of their confidential health and care information. DHSC is offering up to £45,000 for two to three days per week, […]