HTN Summit 2020 Day Two, we were joined by Paul Volkaerts, CEO at Nervecentre, Andy Carruthers, Chief Information Officer at Leicester’s Hospitals and Graeme Hall, Chief Pharmacy Information Officer at Leicester’s Hospitals, for a session focusing on the EPR programme at the trust. The session explored Leicester’s Hospitals digital strategy, including their EPR Programme, electronic prescribing and medicines administration system and […]
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Video: Henrietta Mbeah-Bankas, Health Education England discusses digital capabilities
For Day Two of HTN Summit 2020, we welcomed Henrietta Mbeah-Bankas, Head of Blended Learning and Digital Literacy Workstream Lead at Health Education England. Henrietta presented a session on ‘digital literacy’ and the importance of digital capabilities in the delivery of health and social care. Henrietta said: “Health Education England is embarking on a massive piece of work […]
Protect Scotland contact tracing app downloaded 600,000 times
Scotland’s COVID-19 contact tracing app launched yesterday on Apple’s App Store and Google Play. Since going live the app has been downloaded by 600,000 people as part of Test and Protect measures in Scotland. It uses Apple/Google technology similar to the app being trialled on the Isle of Wight, in Newham, […]
Interview Series: David Probert, Chief Executive, Moorfields Eye Hospital
The latest in our Interview Series we speak with David Probert, CEO of Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS FT. We talk about the role of technology during the pandemic, innovations to their service, maintaining staff wellbeing and morale, and plans for a recovery phase. What did Moorfields learn during Covid-19? Some […]
5 AI suppliers join NHS AI Lab for testing and evaluation
5 health tech suppliers have been named as part of phase 3 of the AI in Health and Care Award programme, part of the NHS AI Lab. Phase 3 aims to support real-world testing in health and social care settings to develop evidence to support further adoption. 42 suppliers were announced today […]
Case Study: Lincolnshire – leading the healthcare information revolution
Lincolnshire is using the latest technology to enable healthcare professionals to share patient records Many of the challenges facing the NHS are writ large in Lincolnshire. The second largest county in England, over half of its population live in rural locations and, with one in ten residents over the age […]
Interview Series: Nick Hulme, CEO, East Suffolk & North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
In the third edition of our CEO Series, we interviewed Nick Hulme to gain insight into how he has led the trust through Covid-19 and discussed what technologies he thought were crucial in working through the past few months. Nick also shared with us his advice for aspiring leaders and what learnings […]
Addenbrooke’s becomes UK first to offer new radiotherapy tech
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS FT has installed a new technology to support precision radiosurgery and radiotherapy for patients with cancer and other conditions at its Addenbrooke’s Hospital. The technology uses an advanced form of Surface Guided RadioTherapy (SGRT) and x-ray monitoring, combining 4D thermal-surface camera technology with real-time x-ray tracking, resulting […]
Video: Kelvyn Hipperson, CIO, Cornwall, 6 months in health tech
In June as part of HTN Digital Week we were joined by Kelvyn Hipperson, Chief Information Officer at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust. Kelvyn presented how the trust responded to Covid-19 and discussed what was next for the organisation over the coming months. He said: “A […]
Barts Health adopts AI for high risk colon cancer patients
Barts Health NHS Trust has implemented an artificial intelligence platform to help identify and prioritise patients at high risk of developing colon cancer. The tool from Medial EarlySign is being used to identify patients most likely to benefit from further evaluation and intervention. The company said the algorithms help to identify patients by […]
