NHSX has today announced a new national chief information officer, Sonia Patel. Sonia Patel was previously CIO at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust and will now take up the role working with Matthew Gould, CEO and CCIO Simon Eccles. The role was advertised at just over £130,000, and Sonia is […]
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NHSX launches Tech Plan call for engagement
NHSX has launched a call for engagement on its Tech Plan for health and care today. The unit has launched a programme called ‘Have your say on the Tech Plan for health and care’ as the first phase of five phases in its engagement programme. The next stage will look at […]
Matthew Gould ‘We want to do some important things differently’
July marked the official launch of NHSX, a new organisation to oversee digital, data and technology. The industry responded positively to the new unit and its initial announcement to focus on interoperability, standards and platforms. This week Matthew Gould published a blog to provide an update on what progress the […]
Royal Berkshire to go live with AI to support stroke patients
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is to go live with artificial intelligence software from Brainomix next month. The AI software analyses CT images of the brain and its blood vessels immediately after the patient has a scan. It automatically highlights the area of probable damage and the blocked blood vessel, […]
Boots to trial Doctor Care Anywhere digital prescription service
Boots has launched a new service in 20 stores across London to provide a digital prescription service using technology from Doctor Care Anywhere. The tech company supports thousands of GP consultations and will be providing its new prescription service so patients have the option to have their prescriptions sent electronically to a […]
Scientists discover antibiotic using AI
Using artificial intelligence scientists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have discovered a new type of antibiotic to kill dangerous drug-resistant bacteria. The team from MIT using a machine learning algorithm have identified a powerful new antibiotic compound. In laboratory tests, the drug killed many of the world’s most problematic disease-causing bacteria, […]
InterSystems ePMA saves North Tees 53 hours a day
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust introduced the InterSystems TrakCare electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA) system, removing the previous paper based process. The trust said in result nurses have saved more than 50 hours each day, or 19,345 hours a year, and have seen safer ways of working and a […]
AI study at University Hospitals of Leicester shows potential
A study at University Hospitals of Leicester using an algorithm developed by health tech start up Behold.ai has shown promising results in investigating AI’s ability to prioritise potential cancers in the lungs. The team worked with the trust to test the software which was run on the chest X-rays of 1,513 patients who […]
Citdel Group acquires Wellbeing Software for £103 million
Australia’s Citadel Group has acquired UK based Wellbeing Software for £103 million. Wellbeing Software specialises in radiology and maternity software solutions that manage patient workflow and data, and the acquisition bolsters Citadel’s strategy to expand into high quality software based recurring revenue streams. The company currently provides pathology and oncology software […]
Interview Series: Dr. Sanji de Sylva, Head of Clinical Adoption, Malaffi HIE
In our latest interview we had the pleasure to talk with Dr. Sanji De Sylva, Head of Clinical Adoption for Malaffi. Malaffi, (an initiative of the Department of Health – Abu Dhabi), is a Health Information Exchange (HIE) platform being implemented across the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. Malaffi is aimed […]
