A UK based artificial intelligence radiology company is to launch a new pilot with Apollo Radiology International, part of the Apollo Hospitals Group, across India. The hospital group across India will be testing Behold.ai’s ‘instant triage’ AI-based chest X-ray technology to triage suspected COVID-19 patients. The technology is hoped to speed […]
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Oxford University spin-out raises £9m for workforce location tool
A hospital workforce AI platform, Navenio, a spin-out of Oxford University has raised £9m in series A funding. The company provides a location-based workforce platform, which can be used to assign tasks to healthcare teams based on their location. Termed Uber for Healthcare, the technology tracks smartphone devices to provide an indoor […]
Former Cambridge CEO to utilise COVID impact assessment tool across Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA) is to adopt a COVID-19 impact assessment tool from Draper & Dash to better understand its capacity needs. The tool helps healthcare providers plan resources and response strategies using local data such as pathology, radiology and live emergency department data and also pulls in […]
Bolton to use AI tech to monitor COVID-19 progression in patients
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust has turned to AI technology from Mumbai based Qure.ai to support medics monitor COVID-19 progression in patients. The company provides AI driven radiology software that automates the interpretation of COVID-19 proliferation from chest X-rays aiming to make it easier for healthcare professionals to monitor the extent and […]
Hancock confirms contact tracing app
Matt Hancock has today confirmed a new app for contact tracing to support measures to contain the spread of COVID-19. Should you get symptoms, then it could anonymously alert anyone you may have been in close contact with and then advise them to self-isolate. Hancock said “As we ramp up our […]
Microsoft Teams and MedXNote bot automates common tasks for UHS
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust has automated many tasks across its hospitals following the integration of its MedXNote platform with Microsoft Teams. The automation technology from MedXNote has now been integrated into Microsoft Teams to enable clinicians to ask questions using a chatbot to automate requests and alerts and […]
Industrial modelling techniques used by Cambridge engineers at Addenbrooke’s Hospital
Originally designed modelling tools to improve efficiency within factories are now being used by Cambridge engineers to support processes within Addenbrooke’s Hospital. The modelling techniques have been implemented to manage COVID-19 care. The hospital’s own modelling has been enhanced by the new modelling tools in providing insights into ‘how day-to-day’ […]
Oxford University publishes guidance on bluetooth contact tracing app
At Oxford University, a team of medical researchers and bioethicists have published results in Science that furthers understanding of coronavirus transmission. The mobile app concept would use a low-energy version of Bluetooth to log a memory of all the app users with whom you have come into close proximity over the last […]
PRSB publishes guidance on COVID-19 SNOMED CT codes
The Professional Record Standards Body has published guidance on COVID-19 SNOMED CT codes. In response to the current pandemic, the body has worked with NHS Digital to publish clinical information for COVID-19-related care and treatment and how it should be coded. The UK SNOMED CT codes for COVID-19 have been released […]
NHSX appoints Director of Standards and Interoperability
NHSX has appointed Irina Bolychevsky as its Director of Standards and Interoperability. The role reports directly to the Chief Technology Officer, David Turner who was recently appointed to the role and will join the unit next month. The Director of Standards and Interoperability role has a salary over £100,000 and has responsibility […]
