An artificial intelligence tool is to be rolled out across 30 GP practices in the South West to help identify vulnerable patients at risk of emergency admission. The roll-out follows a pilot project that saw integrated teams using the AI tool to provide proactive care in this cohort and as […]
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MHRA regulatory roadmap to support access to medical tech shares plans for 2024-2025
The MHRA has published its Regulatory Roadmap, intended to “protect patient safety and enable access without delay for UK patients to innovative medical technologies” including implantable devices, healthcare AI and software, and diagnostics for the early detection and prevention of disease. These technologies, according to the MHRA, “all demand a new […]
Data reviews and targeted services take focus in strategy from Cambridge University Hospitals
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s ‘CUH Together 2025’ strategy highlights the role of digital and technology in improving care as well as outlining plans around the development of targeted services, virtual wards, patient portals, digital consent and more. The strategy summarises key commitments across patient care, supporting staff and […]
Mid and South Essex NHS FT chief exec Matthew Hopkins on implementing a system-wide EPR, investing in foundational tech, and more
We recently heard from chief executive at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, Matthew Hopkins, on the digital landscape at his trust in 2023 as well as his hopes and aims for 2024. “I’m very proud of our ambition at Mid and South Essex NHS FT for what can […]
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s publishes tender for EPR integration and data migration services
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust has published a tender for EPR programme data migration and integration services, to support the implementation of the trust’s Epic programme. The procurement is for the development, deployment, and management of integration between the trust’s legacy systems and EPR, with the trust aiming […]
Electrocardiographic imaging vest developed by UCL and Royal Free researchers supports 800 patients
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust has shared insight into an electrocardiographic imaging (ECGI) vest developed by their researchers alongside a research team from University College London, which sees electrical data from 256 sensors combined with MRI images to generate 3D digital models of the heart and its electrical activity. […]
NHS Scotland’s chief data officer on the “transformative power of data and AI”
NHS Scotland’s chief data officer Albert King has shared insights into Scotland’s ambitions and potential for digital and data across health and care, highlighting Scotland’s “pioneering approach to data and AI in healthcare”, as well as its partnerships with global consultancies and technology companies in demonstrating its “progressive and advanced” […]
Roadmap for “better adult social care data” from DHSC highlights planned actions for 2024 – 2028
The Department of Health and Social Care has published guidance and a roadmap for better adult social care data, focusing on increasing the quantity and quality of available care data by “joining up health and social care records and harnessing digital technologies”. In the opening chapter, DHSC highlights key principles […]
North Lancashire and South Cumbria pilots AI and teledermoscopy tech
A pilot programme combining AI and teledermoscopy with the aim of diagnosing and treating people with skin cancer earlier is underway in North Lancashire and South Cumbria, and is hoped to enable clinicians to “review more suspected cancer cases in a shorter space of time”. In partnership with medical technology company […]
29 suppliers named in NHS SBS £250m framework for intelligent automation
NHS Shared Business Services (SBS) has formed a procurement framework worth £250 million including 25 suppliers in order to establish an agreement allowing NHS organisations and public sector bodies to purchase intelligent automation solutions. The framework “provides a contractual vehicle” to support adoption, development and implementation of intelligent automation, with NHS […]
