INDEPENDENT EVALUATION REPORT Bleepa: 87% reduction in referral response times at the Northern Care Alliance 12 November, 2023 08:15am Independent evaluation of Bleepa demonstrates time and cost efficiencies for patients, clinicians and the wider healthcare system The safe and efficient management of patient referrals can play a key role in […]
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News in brief: 64 trust receive AI funding, PIDMAS system launches, care planning tool for Southern Health, and more
Let’s take a look at some of the health tech news that have caught our eye recently. 64 trusts receive funding for AI solutions to support lung cancer diagnosis The UK government has shared that the previously-announced £21 in funding for artificial technologies to support the NHS has now been […]
MHRA announces ‘regulatory sandbox for AI developers’ will officially launch April 2024
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has announced that it is progressing with a new “regulatory sandbox”, AI-Airlock, a partnership between government, regulators and industry “which will see advanced AI technology used in NHS settings safely ahead of regulatory approval”, in order to allow NHS patients to benefit […]
Health tech supplier partners with UK Brain BioLink, supporting consent-gathering for neuroscience research
A health tech start-up with links to the University of Oxford, OX.DH, has been named as the industry partner for UK Brain BioLink – aiming to tackle the “fragmented” nature of consent gathering for research projects by implementing a digital consent and community outreach programme, with funding from the Medical […]
NHSE publishes latest stats on GP appointments including percentage of video consultations
NHS England has published the latest statistics on general practice appointments from September 2023, sharing that 23.8 percent were carried out via telephone (estimated to include around 7 million appointments) and 2.1 percent through video conferencing software (approximately 651,000 appointments) during the month. These figures demonstrate a slight drop from […]
Journal shares recommendations to support data infrastructure transformation
A journal article published in The Lancet Digital Health has set out recommendations to support data infrastructure transformation, with the authors also producing a website intended to “promote transparency and showcase NHS data assets” following a mapping exercise involving “all electronic patient data flows across England, from providers to more […]
Roadmap and priorities for Greater Manchester in new digital transformation strategy
Health Innovation Manchester has published The Greater Manchester Health and Care Digital Transformation Strategy on behalf of Greater Manchester NHS and social care partners, highlighting five key ambitions to deliver integrated, coordinated care; enable efficient and productive working; empower citizens; understand and act upon population health needs; and accelerate research […]
Government proposes £100 million AI investment for healthcare and life sciences
The Departments for Health and Social Care and Science, Innovation and Technology have shared a proposal for the AI Life Sciences Accelerator Mission, subject to a full business case, which would involve funding of £100 million to be invested across areas where rapid deployment of artificial intelligence is viewed to […]
Five guiding principles for machine-learning-enabled medical devices from MHRA, FDA and Health Canada
MHRA, along with international partners the FDA and Health Canada, has published five guiding principles for the development of predetermined change control plans (PCCPs), with the aim of removing “the regulatory burden for developers of machine-learning-enabled medical devices”. The guidance highlights that PCCPs allow manufacturers to demonstrate the changes and […]
Journal highlights potential of data fusion from wearable devices
An article published in npj digital medicine journal has evaluated the potential for the fusion of data collected from wearables to present “an effective data fusion framework” to contribute to more holistic approach to monitoring health, with the authors highlighting that “combining information from distinct sensor systems enhances the dimensionality […]
