NHS Digital has announced a new trial to use machine learning techniques to plan and manage COVID-19 treatment resources. The system developed by NHS Digital and University of Cambridge is to help predict the upcoming demand for intensive care (ICU) beds and ventilators needed to treat patients with COVID-19 at individual hospitals […]
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UCL to use supercomputers to research COVID-19
University College London researchers are to use supercomputers to support ‘urgent investigations’ into COVID-19 disease. The aim is to be able to accelerate the development of vaccines and antiviral drugs by using the most powerful supercomputers commonly used for high intensive tasks such as quantum mechanics and climate research. A consortium […]
App developed in 48 hours to support 2 trusts
Earlier this week joint CIO of London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust and The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS FT, Sonia Patel, set out a challenge on Twitter calling for any SME to support the organisations deliver an app for virtual visits. The app needed to be developed within 48 hours, help patients […]
NHSX and NHS Digital to fast track COVID-19 apps and similar tech
NHSX and NHS Digital are to fast-track and evaluate apps and technology that support the response to COVID-19. The organisations will assess solutions based on its current Digital Assessment Questionnaire, which looks into technical and policy details such as whether the technology is inline with national standards, regulations and industry […]
Facebook steps up efforts to tackle misinformation
Facebook has stepped up its efforts to tackle fake news online by sending warnings to users who may have seen news that is not accurate. The platform will show messages in the news feed to users who have interacted with content that has been reviewed and considered misinformation. Whether a […]
Yeovil Hospital connects to Dorset Care Record
Yeovil Hospital for the first time is now able to view data from the Dorset Care Record, the platform used to share key patient information across providers. The hospital typically takes 30% of emergency patients from across Dorset CCG, and now can view GP records and other datasets for these […]
HTN Trends Series: System Wide Digital in Cornwall
As part of the Health Tech Trends Series sponsored by InterSystems, we explore how Cornwall IT Services working with the teams at Kernow CCG, Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust responded to the COVID-19 pandemic. In this article we hear from Kelvyn Hipperson, Chief Information Officer, […]
National Data Guardian programme to explore health data sharing
The National Data Guardian for Health and Care has partnered with Understanding Patient Data and Sciencewise to explore how people weigh up the benefits and disadvantages of health and social care data sharing for research. The project was initiated months before the COVID-19 pandemic, however the programme will explore the […]
HTN Webinar Learning Series: Healthcare interoperability and supporting pathology during the COVID-19 pandemic
In our webinar last week as part of the HTN Learning Series, John Mitchell, Implementation Consultant with Lyniate explains how the integration platform Rhapsody and their partner Clinisys are helping with the COVID-19 pandemic by assisting with the large volume of pathology testing as a result of COVID-19. To view […]
myGP partners with GPDQ to increase video consultation capacity
iPlato, the creator of myGP, the software used to support a digital first primary care has partnered with online GP service provider GPDQ. The partnership means GP practices using myGP can increase their capacity when needed and utilise the GPDQ medical team for patient video consultations. A team of remote […]
