Welcome back to our podcast HTN Let’s Talk, sponsored by Spirit Health! For this episode, we interviewed Dr Janak Gunatilleke, director for healthcare data and analytics at KPMG UK. We discussed how AI can solve clinical problems, what is preventing AI solutions from being adopted, and his thoughts on to […]
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AI and digital tech regulations service launches
NHS England has launched an artificial intelligence (AI) and digital regulations service for health and social care. Through a multi-agency service, funded by the NHS AI Lab, it involves the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), Health Research Authority (HRA), and […]
Poll: Focusing on health and care data, what’s the most challenging area?
The latest question we posed to our health tech audience, as part of our Health Tech Trends Series sponsored by InterSystems, focused on data and the most challenge areas. We asked: Focusing on health and care data, what’s the most challenging area? Participants in the poll came from a wide […]
Feature: Civica on how flexible, responsive systems are the key to NHS data innovation
Nathan Gasco, Divisional Managing Director for Clinical Information Management at Civica, looks at the challenges and huge opportunities for smarter data use across the NHS. In the ‘Data saves lives: reshaping health and social care with data’ report, the UK government laid out plans to transform data use across health […]
Health Education England publishes AI and digital capability framework
Health Education England (HEE) has published a skills and capabilities framework to support health and care teams with artificial intelligence (AI) and health tech solutions. Entitled ‘Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Digital Healthcare Technologies Capability Framework’, it builds on previous digital literacy frameworks, and covers six primary areas: digital implementation; digital […]
9 projects secure funding through AI in Health and Care Award
The winners of the third competition of the Artificial Intelligence in Health and Care Awards, run by the NHS AI Lab in partnership with the National Institute for Health and Care Research and the Accelerated Access Collaborative, have been announced. Nine projects will receive funding across phases 2, 3 and […]
Scottish Government publishes health and social care data strategy
The Scottish Government has published its ‘Health and social care: data strategy’, following the consultation analysis covered by HTN last week. The strategy is described as setting the Scottish government’s “vision and ambitions to ensure that the data landscape is best placed to support key priorities”, with these ambitions to […]
Digital and data play key roles in Alder Hey Innovation’s new strategy
Alder Hey Innovation, a hospital-led innovation centre developed by Alder Hey Children’s NHS Trust, has published a strategy entitled ‘Today’s Child, Tomorrow’s Healthier Adult’ that aims to address healthcare challenges faced by children and young people. The strategy shares the centre’s ambitions going forward, existing work and developments currently taking […]
NHSE shares guidance and toolkit on building ICS intelligence functions
NHS England has published guidance on building an integrated care system intelligence function, highlighting the opportunity for ICSs to “unlock the potential of integrated data and population health analytics to develop a deeper understanding into the extend and nature of the health inequalities within their populations.” NHSE describes an intelligence […]
Mid and South Essex pilots prediction tech to reduce did not attend rate
NHS England has highlighted a pilot at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust where artificial intelligence (AI) technology is being used to predict likely missed appointments. The algorithm, created by Deep Medical, uses a range of external insights including the weather, traffic and jobs, to identify where and why a […]
