Kettering General Hospital NHS FT has published its cloud-first policy, part of the digital strategy for the organisation, outlining its plans to achieve a zero or minimal data-centre footprint by July 2024. Its cloud-first strategy highlights that from next year the trust will not look to procure new services that […]
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Royal Devon & Exeter NHS FT goes live with EPIC over the weekend
At 4:45am on Saturday 10th October, the Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust went live with EPIC, under the name MY CARE. The trust said the programme was the biggest clinical transformation programme they have ever undertaken, two and a half years in the making to the point of go-live. […]
Interview Series: Glen Burley, Chief Executive of South Warwickshire NHS FT, Wye Valley and George Eliot NHS Trusts
In our most recent edition of our popular Interview Series, we speak with Glen Burley, CEO across three NHS trusts: Warwickshire NHS FT, Wye Valley and George Eliot NHS Trusts. Glen described his entry to becoming a CEO, how his leadership style has changed and adapted during the pandemic, as […]
Southampton pilots AI software to support lung health checks
University Hospital Southampton NHS FT is running a pilot using artificial intelligence to help detect lung cancer at an early stage. The pilot is part of the NHS England Targeted Lung Health Check programme, a new initiative to improve early diagnosis and survival for those diagnosed with cancer. The programme at Southampton […]
Trusts go live with Apple Health Records app
Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS FT and Oxford University Hospitals NHS FT have become the first hospitals in the UK to enable patients to access medical data through the Health Records app on iPhone. Available from today (7th October), patients will be able to view their consolidated health care records directly on […]
Interview Series: Tracy Taylor, Chief Executive, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
In this interview in our CEO Series, we speak with Tracy Taylor, Chief Executive of Nottingham University Hospitals. We delve into how elements of her leadership have changed over the past 6 months, as well as discussing population behaviour and how this has come to the fore during the pandemic. […]
Part Two: Health tech experts reflect and share learnings
In the second part of our feature, HTN asked the health tech industry to reflect on some of their learnings this year. In part one of the feature contributors responded to our open brief with a variety of comments, touching on the importance of people and looking after your teams, […]
Interview Series: Caroline Palmer, ChatHealth Digital Development Clinical Lead, Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
In our latest interview in the series we speak with Caroline Palmer, ChatHealth Digital Development Clinical Lead at Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) to find out more about ChatHealth and future developments. Tell us about ChatHealth and the inspiration behind starting the service and what is the mission behind it? […]
NVIDIA to build supercomputer for healthcare researchers
NVIDIA has announced that it is building a supercomputer, Cambridge-1, to support healthcare researchers adopt artificial intelligence. King’s College London and Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust have been announced as founding partners of NVIDIA’s Cambridge-1. The company is leading the London Medical Imaging & AI Centre for Value Based Healthcare […]
COVID Symptom Study app research highlights delirium as a key sign of COVID-19 in older people
New analysis from researchers at King’s College London using information from the COVID Symptom Study app and patients admitted to St Thomas’ Hospital in London, has shown that delirium is a key symptom of COVID-19 in frail, older people. The findings have been published in the journal Age and Ageing, […]
