OpenAI, the AI research and deployment company responsible for ChatGPT, has launched a new benchmark for evaluating the capabilities of health AI systems, built in partnership with 262 physicians practicing across 60 countries. The company shares findings that large language models (LLMs) “have improved significantly over time and already outperform […]
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EPR rolled out at Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS
The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (RJAH) has completed the roll-out of its Apollo EPR system, which replaces the trust’s current patient administration systems with an integrated digital record. The EPR, which is supplied by System C, has involved the largest single investment the trust […]
University College London Hospitals integrates digital dentistry programme with Epic
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has completed the integration of its digital dentistry programme with Epic, replacing the use of traditional dental impressions with intra-oral scanners which capture a precise digital image. UCLH highlighted how the programme addresses a need for a digital solution to tackle inefficiencies and […]
iClipPro EPR goes live at St George’s, Epsom and St Helier Hospitals
The iClipPro EPR has gone live across St George’s, Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, integrating multiple systems across the trusts’ sites, and covering more than 17,000 colleagues with an aim of minimising duplication and streamlining administrative tasks. Planning for the go-live involved the migration of patient information from “a number […]
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT pilots EPMA system
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust recently began recording and administrating medical information through the electronic prescribing and medicines administration (EPMA) system, MedChart, as part of their ongoing “strategic initiatives” to increase digital adoption. The system has been piloted by the trust’s EPR team with support from colleagues on Ward […]
Interview: Will Monaghan, group CDIO at University Hospitals of Leicester and University Hospitals of Northamptonshire
HTN caught up with Will Monaghan, group chief digital information officer at University Hospitals of Leicester (UHL) and University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN), to chat around some of the group’s recent projects, ongoing priorities, and work on AI. “I’ve been at UHL and UHN since August 2024, and before that […]
HTN Now: The advantages of digital transformation from within at Leeds Teaching Hospitals
For a recent HTN Now webinar on building local digital capability in the NHS, we were joined by Clare Green, transformation manager at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT), and Mike Odling-Smee, CEO of Aire Innovate, who talked us through how LTHT engages clinicians to shape its in-house electronic health […]
Five year digital and data transformation strategy launched at Bradford Teaching Hospitals
A new five-year digital and data transformation strategy from Bradford Teaching Hospitals (BTHT) has launched this week, highlighting the trust’s focus and plans around interoperable care pathways and systems, AI and automation, the modernisation of digital services, and digital literacy. Five strategic areas of activity are outlined, covering people, digital […]
Encompass patient record system goes live at Southern and Western Health and Social Care Trusts
The encompass patient record system in Northern Ireland has gone live at the final two trusts, said to provide a single digital care record for every citizen in receipt of health and social care, and granting service users across the region the ability to access health information online via the […]
HTN Now: The role of the CNIO in digital transformation
Our most recent HTN Now panel discussion focused on the role of the CNIO in digital transformation, both now and in the future, considering its importance in driving digital transformation, and its value in linking digital with clinical operations. Our expert panellists, Sarah Hanbridge, CCIO at Leeds Teaching Hospitals (LTHT); […]
