AI screening technology is being used across NHS North East London to help identify patients with long term conditions and offer them “targeted, personalised phone-based clinical coaching from healthcare professionals trained in delivering preventative care and self-management techniques” with an aim to save on unplanned bed days. The three-year programme, […]
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DHSC proposes requirement for GPs to ensure patients can contact their surgery via electronic communications
The Department of Health and Social Care has proposed a new requirement for general practice to ensure patients can contact their surgery through electronic communications during core hours, as part of the “transition from analogue to digital in primary care”. The proposal comes as part of the new GP contract […]
Interview: “We’re rearchitecting Australia’s entire digital health ecosystem” – Peter O’Halloran, chief digital officer at the Australian Digital Health Agency
For a recent interview, we caught up with Peter O’Halloran, Chief Digital Officer at the Australian Digital Health Agency (the Agency), to learn more about current projects and priorities, what’s in the pipeline for digital and data across the next five years, progress toward Australia’s National Digital Health Strategy, and […]
Norfolk and Waveney ICB awards £250k contract for social prescribing digital platform
Norfolk and Waveney ICB has awarded a two-year contract worth £250,000 for a social prescribing digital platform to tech supplier Pungo. Utilising the Health Systems Support Framework, the ICB aimed to realise improvements in care for the local community by using the digital platform to “support resilience and maturity of […]
Pilot utilises tech to support access and health education for kidney patients in South Tyneside and Sunderland
A pilot project launched at South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust is utilising technology to support digital access for kidney patients, helping them to get online and find health information, with an aim to improve their confidence and skills in using digital tools. The launch provides a patient hub […]
Imperial College Healthcare outlines framework to future-proof approach to AI
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has published its framework and approach to future-proof the trust’s adoption and utilisation of AI. The framework outlines the aim of improving care for patients “from diagnosis to treatment to the administrative functions that keep our hospitals moving”; adding that it will be “vital” […]
HTN Now webinar discusses early preparation for EPR implementation and avoiding the pitfalls
For a recent HTN Now webinar focusing on the importance of baselining current position to inform EPR implementation, we were joined by Tara Athanasiou and Nick Robertson, director of advisory & strategic, and director of training & change at Ideal Health. Tara and Nick took us through a presentation discussing how […]
2024 HTN Now roundup – digital transformation, delivering innovative models of healthcare, the shift from reactive to proactive care, and more
This year we hosted a series of exceptional HTN Now webinars, covering everything from the role of digital and data in supporting transformation, new models of care and pathways, to putting the Lord Darzi report into action, tackling priorities and pressures. Reaching thousands of NHS professionals, the sessions focus on […]
£126 million in funding for DHSC’s “biggest investment into hospices in a generation” to overhaul IT systems
The Department of Health and Social Care has announced £126 million in funding to help support hospices in making improvements to IT systems and facilities, in what it has termed the “biggest investment into hospices in a generation”. The funding is part of the government’s Plan for Change, aiming to […]
Imperial College London and Edinburgh University develop brain scanning AI software
Imperial College London and Edinburgh University have developed an AI software said to read the brain scans of patients who have had a stroke, to understand when the stroke happened and whether it can be successfully treated. The AI algorithm was trained on a dataset of 800 brain scans where […]
