East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust has gone live with a Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) from Sectra. Earlier in the year HTN covered the news of neighbouring trust University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay using the platform. Since then, East Lancashire and University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay have connected PACS, […]
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Video: Beth Lawton, CDIO, Sussex Partnership: Keeping Digital Human
On day four of HTN Digital Week we welcomed Beth Lawton, Chief Digital and Information Officer for Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. Beth opened the sessions telling us how they have responded to Covid-19 through digitising, virtualising and mobilising. Beth explained how they increased VPN users from 125 to 4,000 + as […]
COVID-19 vaccine tech could be used for future pandemics
Professor Robin Shattock, from the Department of Infectious Diseases at Imperial College London, is leading the development of a potential coronavirus vaccine, alongside staff from the Trust. The vaccine is being tested in human trials to establish whether it can be well tolerated and produce an effective immune response against COVID-19. […]
Seven health tech SMEs join DigitalHealth.London Launchpad
DigitalHealth.London has revealed seven health tech SMEs joining its three-month programme, known as the DigitalHealth.London Launchpad. The programme will initially support companies launch new products or processes into the NHS. It provides companies with access to knowledge sharing events to help understand demand and how to bring the product or process […]
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust introduces IBM AI virtual agent
The Royal Marsden NHS FT is to introduce an AI virtual agent using IBM Watson to support key workers post lockdown. The technology, ‘Ask Maisie’, will use IBM Watson Assistant to provide key workers access to the latest COVID-19 HR related information, policies and workplace guidance as the country eases lockdown measures. It […]
St Patrick’s Mental Health Services launches Patient Portal
St Patrick’s Mental Health Services in Ireland, has launched a service user portal, an online platform that enables service users to access their own health-related information. Using technology from Patients Know Best the portal will provide service users online access to record, share and view their own health information. Service users […]
NHS Digital publishes regional coronavirus dashboard
NHS Digital has published a new regional coronavirus dashboard that includes cases and triage figures published. The data will present the latest available information to highlight trends and changes by location and is updated every day, with data available from 18 March 2020 to three days before the current calendar date. […]
£11 million funding to support AI research programme
A new research programme is to receive more than £11 million in funding to explore the use artificial intelligence to improve the diagnosis of lung cancer and other thoracic diseases. The funding from UK Research and Innovation, Cancer Research UK and industry, will provide the Oxford based research team the opportunity […]
Sherwood Forest Hospitals partners with Nervecentre
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has partnered with Nervecentre to further develop the Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration from the company. In 2019 the trust secured national funding to deploy an Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration solution and chose to deploy the technology from Nervecentre. The new partnership announced […]
Coventry & Warwickshire Partnership live with Imprivata
Coventry & Warwickshire Partnership Trust recently went live with the Imprivata Identity and Authentication management solution for remote working. The company provided the licenses for free to support more than 4,000 staff to work remotely, securely. The roll-out was completed the weekend before lockdown to support healthcare professionals conduct surgeries, hold […]
