Health Education England and the University of Manchester have developed and launched a free online course to explore AI in healthcare.The course is aimed at health and social care professionals who want to understand the basic concepts, challenges and opportunities of AI in their respective healthcare systems. The five week course […]
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Case Study: Transforming pathology services in Wales
NHS Wales implemented TrakCare Lab to transform clinical information sharing, leading to better decision making and higher quality of care. Before the implementation of the system, laboratory clinicians in Wales had to navigate 13 separate pathology systems. Results were collected across many systems and not easily shared between locations. Since […]
Oxford VR closes £10 million Series A funding
Oxford VR, a virtual reality technology in behavioural health has closed a £10 million Series A funding round. The VR therapy company will use the funds to accelerate US expansion of its evidence-based and VRtherapy solution and to continue to expand its treatment pipeline. Founded in 2017, Oxford VR is a spinout from […]
NHS England seeks national approach to digitising Lloyd George records
NHS England is seeking to develop a national approach to the digitisation of Lloyd George records in GP practices. As part of the GP contract there is a commitment to digitise these records to support a full patient record, free-up space in GP practices and to save staff time. The notice […]
Microsoft launches new $40m AI for Health
Microsoft has launched a new $40 million, five year program to leverage the use of artificial intelligence for health. Part of the AI for Good initiative, which recently announced its latest cohort, aims to leverage AI technology to empower researchers and organisations address many global health challenges. Brad Smith, president, Microsoft “Artificial […]
Electronic consultations being trialled in Coventry and Warwickshire
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust has launched a pilot to trial electronic consultations across three of its services. The trial started in December 2019 and will run until June 2020, to evaluate the technology and service. The technology is being provided by Block Solutions, a booking platform that will work […]
Rotherham Hospital benefits from electronic observations
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust has benefited from the introduction of electronic observations to wards and calculates the technology to save £22,828.63 per year. It started the roll-on in 2018 and is now live across inpatient and outpatient wards digitally recording blood pressure, pulse and temperature. The trust said “the benefits are clear; electronically gathered data […]
Interview Series: Paul Targett, Managing Director, RIVIAM Digital Care
This week we spoke with Paul Targett, Managing Director, RIVIAM Digital Care, and asked Paul a few questions. Can you tell me about RIVIAM? We first won a contract with an innovative GP Federation, BEMS+,in Bath. This was 5 years ago. They wanted to set up a weekend working service […]
HTN Voice: How the NHS Digital Exchange for Automation can transform service delivery
By Darren Atkins, Chief Technology Officer (Artificial Intelligence and Automation), East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) The rationale and drivers for greater automation within the NHS are beyond argument – increased demand for services, frozen or shrinking budgets and crippling skills shortages. Add in the often shockingly […]
Matthew Gould, NHSX: Regulating AI in health and care
Matthew Gould, Chief Executive Officer at NHSX and a group of senior leaders from regulators recently held a roundtable meeting to discuss AI in healthcare and how the organisation is set to regulate the field. In a blog post published this week, Gould said “Doing AI right means putting a […]
