Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) has launched two new projects through its Data Research, Innovation and Virtual Environments (DRIVE) unit. Two fellows from Faculty, an artificial intelligence company, have joined GOSH to explore how datasets can accelerate research and improve outcomes for patients. Doctor Omar Jahangir will be working on […]
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National Data Guardian shares views on the new health and care data strategy
The government recently released their new data strategy for health and care, “Data saves lives: reshaping health and social care with data”. We covered the strategy at HTN; click here to read our overview, or here to read industry views we curated. Now, the National Data Guardian Dr Nicola Byrne […]
Allied Health Professions new strategy with digital and data focus
An Allied Health Professions (AHP) strategy for England has been released entitled “AHPs Deliver” which is set to support the 14 distinct occupations of the AHP workforce. The purpose of the strategy is to provide a direction to the AHP community, with the aim of delivering quality care, improving health […]
BCS Health and Care releases report on building a clinical satnav
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, has published a report entitled “Building a clinical satnav for practitioners and patients”, produced by authors Jack O’Sullivan, Jeremy Wyatt and Philip Scott. The report calls for computer-driven support for diagnosis and other clinical decisions to become a mainstream part of the NHS. “There […]
Department of Health and Social Care publishes new data strategy
The Department of Health and Social Care has published a new strategy entitled “Data saves lives: reshaping health and social care with data”. It sets out the department’s vision for how data will be used to improve care for the population in a safe, trusted and transparent way, providing an […]
NHS AI Lab and HEE report on understanding healthcare workers’ confidence in AI
Health Education England and the NHS AI Lab at the NHS Transformation Directorate have released a new report that focuses on understanding healthcare workers’ confidence in artificial intelligence, and how it can inform training in this area. The report, titled ‘Understanding healthcare workers’ confidence in AI’, provides a framework for […]
Interview Series: David Newey, Chief Information Officer, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Next up in the HTN Interview Series, we explore bias with artificial intelligence and speak to David Newey, the Chief Information Officer at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust to hear about what bias is, the different types, and what the future of AI could look like… We start by […]
Mid and South Essex Health and Care Partnership goes live with single waiting list platform across the ICS
Mid and South Essex Health and Care Partnership has gone live with a data management platform from Insource, to provide a single system-wide patient tracking list. Part of the ICS’s wider elective recovery programme, the platform provides visibility of patients from referral to treatment waiting lists across three acute sites and […]
Feature: How is patient flow changing for the NHS?
Responsibility for patient flow is no longer just a nursing task – it is everyone’s responsibility. Katy Cain, clinical consultant for smart health technology provider Alcidion, explores changes in the way patient flow is being managed to respond to NHS pressures, maximise capacity and improve patient outcomes. As a senior […]
Feature: Open Medical Director Michael Shenouda on the importance of capturing granular data during the patient flow
As part of our Patient Flow feature series this month, we spoke to Michael Shenouda, Director at Open Medical, to get his thoughts on the importance of capturing granular data during patient flows, examples of their solution in practice, and the learnings and challenges Open Medical can take forward. To […]
