A series of health tech projects have been announced through the London Digital First Primary Care Automation Grant programme. Announced by the Health Innovation Network, and supported by NHS England, each project will receive up to £65,000 to pilot automation solutions that support primary care. 11 projects are to receive funding, with projects […]
Tag: Data4
NHS AI Lab and Health Education England call for healthcare staff to be trained in AI
New research has called for all health and care staff to be trained in using artificial intelligence (AI) in clinical practice. A report published by the NHS AI Lab and Health Education England (HEE) has advocated for training and education for providers in how they deliver and develop AI guidance […]
London Health Data Strategy programme invites applications for Improvement Projects
The London Health Data Strategy (LDHS) programme has announced that NHS organisations, academia and the healthcare industry are invited to apply to lead “pioneering Improvement Projects that will improve the health of Londoners using the power of data”. The LHDS will support up to ten new ‘data at scale’ projects […]
Free-text analytics platform CogStack deployed at University College London Hospitals
A paper entitled ‘Deployment of a Free-Text Analytics Platform at a UK National Health Service Research Hospital: CogStack at University College London Hospitals’ has been published in JMIR Publications, detailing the implementation of the technology and how it has been used to facilitate clinical research and service evaluation projects. The […]
NHS Transformation Directorate share rise in use of extended reality tech and future work
A team from the NHS Transformation Directorate including Neesa Mangalaparathy, Extended Reality Programme Delivery Lead, and Peter Treeby, the programme’s Extended Reality Project Manager, have shared their learnings about the current state of immersive technology use in healthcare in a new blog. The digital productivity programme aims to identify the […]
Interview: Luca Marciani, Professor of Gastrointestinal Imaging at University of Nottingham, on using technology in research
Our latest interview is with Luca Marciani, Professor of Gastrointestinal Imaging at the University of Nottingham. Luca chatted about the mechanical colon he has been using in his studies into the human gut and his thoughts on the future of medical technology and data in research. A physicist by background, […]
International researchers propose framework to improve use of healthcare data in studies
An international team of researchers have proposed a framework to improve the integrity and quality of studies using structured healthcare data from electronic health records, along with using the results for clinical decision support. Published in The BMJ, Lancet Digital Health and European Heart Journal, the approach was coordinated by […]
Case Study: Mid and South Essex ICS elective recovery programme
Case Study by Insource. Mid and South Essex ICS create a single waiting list across the integrated care system to speed up elective recovery and help drive down the backlogs. The project will give a single view for all clinicians and operational managers across the ICS of exactly who is […]
Featured interview: Open Medical’s Director of Innovation Piyush Mahapatra on cloud technology
This September, we’re taking a focus on cloud here at HTN. We spoke to Piyush Mahapatra, Director of Innovation at Open Medical, for a featured interview; Piyush discussed some of the cloud projects he has been involved in, how cloud technology can be used to support new clinical pathways and […]
DHSC publish secure data environment policy guidelines
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has this month published secure data environment policy guidelines, to “set out clear rules for how secure data environments will be used to access NHS health and social care data for research and analysis”. The new guidelines come after the ‘Data saves […]
