NHS Digital and NHSX have announced GP Connect has been introduced to all GP practices to support the secure sharing of patient records across primary care. The organisations have also announced additional information will be added to the Summary Care Record during the Coronavirus pandemic. It introduces the ability to […]
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NHS Fife extends early warning system to community hospitals and paediatrics
NHS Fife has agreed a new five year deal with Alcidion for its Patientrack early warning system and will be extending its use across community hospitals and paediatric services. The bedside monitoring system will now be used in health services across fife to manage and respond to patients at risk […]
Health Tech Heroes part four
Each week as part of our Health Tech Heroes series we recognise and say thank you to those in health tech making a real difference. Here in the fourth part in the series, we cover some of the amazing work this week where teams across the country have been working […]
Bolton to use AI tech to monitor COVID-19 progression in patients
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust has turned to AI technology from Mumbai based Qure.ai to support medics monitor COVID-19 progression in patients. The company provides AI driven radiology software that automates the interpretation of COVID-19 proliferation from chest X-rays aiming to make it easier for healthcare professionals to monitor the extent and […]
Contact tracing app launched in Australia
The Australian Government has launched its contact tracing app COVIDSafe to citizens across the country. On a voluntary basis the app can be downloaded now and forms part of the Australian Government response to managing the spread of COVID-19. In Australia around 6,700 people have contracted coronavirus and sadly 82 people […]
Virtual reality as a psychological tool highlighted in NHSX blueprint
Automated therapy treatment using virtual reality from technology company Oxford VR, has been published on the Future NHSX Collaboration Platform. Part of the NHSX ‘Virtual reality as a psychological tool’ blueprint, it details how Oxford VR’s automated virtual reality therapy has been integrated into NHS IAPT Talking Therapy services. The technology uses ‘immersive […]
18 innovators successful to support vulnerable people during COVID-19
18 innovators have been announced as winners of TechForce19, a fund to support the roll-out of tech for the elderly, vulnerable and self-isolating during COVID-19. Earlier in the week Matthew Gould, CEO of NHSX announced the programme received over 1,600 applications, each applying for funding of up to £25,000. Gould said, […]
HTN Trends Series: How The Christie responded to the COVID-19 pandemic
As part of the HTN Health Tech Trends Series, sponsored by InterSystems, we explore how The Christie NHS Foundation Trust responded to the COVID-19 pandemic. In this article we hear from Eileen Jessop, Chief Information Officer at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust. The Christie initiated its business continuity plans before […]
RAF base hosts testing of Coronavirus NHS contact-tracing app
A North Yorkshire RAF base is hosting the testing of the NHS contact-tracing app that is planned to be used. The app works by using Bluetooth which is ubiquitous in all but 12% of smartphones in active use in the UK. Essentially, the app logs whenever the user is in close proximity to another […]
Q doctor closes £1.5million investment round
Q Doctor, a platform supporting healthcare providers with video consultations has raised £1.5 million from an investment round. The funding round, was led by global social innovation fund Nesta Impact Investments (NII) and supported by angel investors and retail investors represented by Seedrs. Q Doctor said it will use the funding […]
