Locala, a provider of NHS community healthcare services across West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester, has published a prior information notice regarding the planned procurement of AI transcribing software with the aim of enhancing efficiency and accuracy of medical transcription services. The procured service is required to be an “ambient” AI clinical […]
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HTN Now: developing a blueprint for an online mental health support programme
For a recent HTN Now webinar, we were joined by members of the NHS England Blueprinting Programme to explore good practice around implementing digital healthcare solutions, with a case study from the Support Hope and Recovery Online Network (SHaRON) programme, which offers online mental health support. Paul Charnley, chair of […]
Digital health and data across the ICS regions in 2024: South East
Digital health and data across the ICS regions in 2024: South East Over the past weeks we’ve been exploring digital and data across each of the ICS regions – from the Midlands to North East and Yorkshire, East of England to the South West, London to the North West. Now, […]
Applications open for Chelsea and Westminster Hospital’s innovation fellowship
Applications have opened for the latest round of the CW Innovation Horizon Fellowship programme, designed to encourage staff across Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust to share innovative project ideas around improving patient care and experience. The fellowship offers a range of support for staff, including provision for peer-to-peer […]
Royal Free London clinical strategy highlights plans around population health data, AI in imaging and diagnostics, and more
Royal Free London (RFL) NHS Foundation Trust has launched its new clinical strategy, highlighting the role of new technologies, EPR and improved data and digital services in helping to create a “blueprint to deliver world-leading healthcare”. The strategy is centred around three group clinical priorities: cancer, cardiovascular, and organ failure […]
HIMSS makes recommendations on engagement of diverse communities for system design
Healthcare Information and Management Systems (HIMSS) has delivered a series of recommendations on how to engage “diverse and underserved communities” in the design, development and validation of health IT tools and systems, including prioritising design thinking and scalable frameworks. The recommendations follow the Office of the National Coordinator’s (ONC) concept […]
Jas Purewal, cyber consultant at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital: “getting board and senior management buy-in has been key”
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital NHS partnered with cyber security specialist Cynerio to introduce its healthcare cyber security platform, to provide visibility, meet Data Security and Protection Toolkit targets and other requirements, and support network segmentation. HTN spoke with Jas Purewal, cyber consultant at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital, to […]
Planning approval for new digital and net zero hospital in NHS Lanarkshire
Planning permission has been granted for a new digital and sustianable hospital in Airdrie, Scotland, following a meeting of North Lanarkshire Council. The fully digital hospital is viewed as an opportunity to create a hospital fit for challenges now and in the future, using digital tech to “assist in clinical, […]
Call for increased international investment into AI tech to support suicide prevention
Liverpool’s Zero Suicide Summit, taking place this week, is to include a panel discussion focusing on AI machine learning and technology in suicide prevention practices, with panellist and Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust CEO Professor Joe Rafferty CBE to call for “further investment from all sectors to help with research”. […]
Patient data reportedly published online following cyber attack in London, with significant disruption expected
A cyber criminal group claims to have published data stolen as part of the attack earlier this month on Synnovis, a pathology laboratory which processes blood tests on behalf of a number of NHS organisations, with NHS England stating that it hasn’t “yet been able to verify what has been stolen […]
