Health Education England and the University of Manchester have developed and launched a free online course to explore AI in healthcare.The course is aimed at health and social care professionals who want to understand the basic concepts, challenges and opportunities of AI in their respective healthcare systems. The five week course […]
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NHS England seeks national approach to digitising Lloyd George records
NHS England is seeking to develop a national approach to the digitisation of Lloyd George records in GP practices. As part of the GP contract there is a commitment to digitise these records to support a full patient record, free-up space in GP practices and to save staff time. The notice […]
HTN Voice: How the NHS Digital Exchange for Automation can transform service delivery
By Darren Atkins, Chief Technology Officer (Artificial Intelligence and Automation), East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) The rationale and drivers for greater automation within the NHS are beyond argument – increased demand for services, frozen or shrinking budgets and crippling skills shortages. Add in the often shockingly […]
Matthew Gould, NHSX: Regulating AI in health and care
Matthew Gould, Chief Executive Officer at NHSX and a group of senior leaders from regulators recently held a roundtable meeting to discuss AI in healthcare and how the organisation is set to regulate the field. In a blog post published this week, Gould said “Doing AI right means putting a […]
App Library launched across the Humber
NHS organisations across the Humber have come together to launch the Humber Health App Store, designed to help local residents find clinically reviewed, safe and secure apps to help monitor their health and wellbeing. The library humberhealthapps.co.uk contains a range of apps that have been subjected to seven stages of rigorous testing. The […]
16 digital adult social care projects awarded share of £4.5m
NHS Digital has announced 16 projects will be awarded a share of £4.5 million to support health tech and digitisation projects. The awards have been made to organisations that provide and commission adult social care services and include projects such as digital workflows, care planning, AI, interoperability and analytics. The […]
Health Tech Awards 2020 Launched!
HTN is delighted to launch the Health Tech Awards 2020 to celebrate great technology and innovation across health and care. The innovative awards, now in its fourth year, provide a great platform to showcase and share your work. There are 17 categories to choose from to enter ahead of the […]
Hancock “better tech is not a ‘nice to have’ but vital to have for the NHS”
In a speech delivered on Tuesday, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock raised technology higher on the agenda than ever before and spoke about the importance of people, standards, leadership and scalability. He talked about leadership and the importance of every CEO leading on digital transformation, backed by […]
Matt Hancock announces £140m AI Award open for applications
Matt Hancock has today announced a new £140m Artificial Intelligence Award to be run by the Accelerated Access Collaborative (AAC) in partnership with NHSX and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) now open for applications. It will make £140million available over three years to accelerate the testing and evaluation of the most […]
Feature: Driving health IT ROI with an electronic performance support system
Evidence is mounting that the training staff receive on major healthcare IT systems impacts on their deployment and adoption. Yet traditional classroom and e-learning won’t always provide what is needed. NHS organisations can improve the operational efficiency of their training efforts and increase end-user proficiency by adopting an electronic performance […]
