Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has recruited the first robotic patient into an international clinical trial. The trial aims to improve the outcomes of patients having minimally invasive surgery for rectal cancer. When undergoing rectal cancer surgery, there is the potential for a leak from where two parts of the […]
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Digital transformation of health care must involve nurses
The RCN warns that the digital transformation of health care will remain a pipe-dream unless nurses are involved. Today the RCN is launching the results of a consultation with nurses and midwives on what is needed for nursing to play its full part in the digital transformation of health care. […]
HTN Digital Week Agenda Sneak Preview
HTN is delighted to announce a sneak preview of the agenda for HTN Digital Week, an innovative week to celebrate, share and showcase your work across healthcare technology. The event takes place 21st July – 25th July and will be completely digital, ranging from webinars, to ebooks, opinion pieces to blogs […]
My Possible Self joins NHS Apps Library
My Possible Self, the new mental health app, will join the NHS Apps Library after successfully demonstrating that it meets NHS technical, clinical and safety standards. My Possible Self is based on content developed by the world-renowned Black Dog Institute that is proven to reduce stress, anxiety and depression in […]
St Helens reduces patient mortality risk with digital fluid balance project
St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust for their use of Patientrack an electronic observations system, have been praised following their important work around rapid response for deteriorating patients. The Acute Kidney Injury Team drew on their clinical expertise to enhance how staff use Patientrack to monitor fluid balance, with […]
Spirit Digital announced as Cloud-Software Provider on G-Cloud 10
Spirit Digital the company who develops evidence based digital health services helping people to stay out of hospital and improving clinical outcomes has been recognised as a supplier on the Crown Commercial Service’s (CCS) G-Cloud 10 framework. The G-Cloud framework is an agreement between the government and suppliers who provide […]
NHS App Library reaches 70 apps in honour of the NHS birthday
Since the launch of the Apps Library, NHS Digital has worked with more than 350 developers to include new apps. This inspired the milestone of 70 apps in honour of the 70th birthday celebrations of the National Health Service. The library will continue to grow and cover many more health […]
MindMate and Leeds CCG to launch Snapchat campaign
Six ambassadors from MindMate have been turned into digital caricatures of themselves and will feature on filters within the popular Snapchat photo messaging app. The filters are being promoted at various events and locations in Leeds in the coming months including university open days, festivals, concerts and sporting events. Ten […]
Dorset Care Record adds Alerts and Encounters from Dorset County Hospital
Alerts and encounters from Dorset County Hospital (DCH) have this week been added to the Dorset Care Record (DCR). It will mean that additional data from DCH including inpatients, outpatients, Emergency Department encounters and alerts are now registered on the DCR. Up to 5,000 messages a day will go through the […]
Apps and algorithms may ‘support but will never replace’ GPs, says RCGP
Responding to new claims by technology-firm Babylon that a new algorithm can demonstrate clinical knowledge on par with clinicians, Professor Martin Marshall, Vice Chair of the Royal College of GPs, said: “The potential of technology to support doctors to deliver the best possible patient care is fantastic, but at the […]
