NHS England has published a blog post by Ming Tang, chief data and analytics officer at NHS England, to highlight it expects to announce the successful supplier for its procurement of software to connect data across the NHS in a “federated data platform” in autumn. Considering the case for ensuring […]
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Guy’s and St Thomas’ data tool identifies risk-factors to support prioritisation
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust has developed a new IT platform capable of identifying “high risk” diabetes patients from waiting lists, with the trust sharing how the platform is “enabling them to be prioritised for urgent care and contributing to a reduction in health inequalities”. A data informatics […]
News in brief: neonatal EPR launch in Calderdale, new funding for tech-enabled care qualification in Scotland, patient support websites in London, and more
It’s time for another news in brief round-up – let’s take a look at some of the stories that caught our eye recently. New EPR launches for neonatal patients at Calderdale and Huddersfield The neonatal unit at Calderdale Royal Hospital has recently gone live with electronic patient record, BadgerNet, which […]
Sussex trusts open tender for dental patient management software service
Sussex Community NHS Trust and East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust have opened a joint tender to procure a dental patient management software service over a three-year contract, with the estimated value for each trust standing at £25,000 to £250,000 for the full contract length. The procurement has launched as the […]
Primary care recovery plan update: more than 1,000 practices sign up for digital telephony
More than 1,000 general practices have signed up to upgrade their phone systems from analogue to digital as part of the government’s plans to modernise NHS primary care services, according to an update from the Department of Health and Social Care on progress made around the primary care recovery plan […]
Wales to begin testing electronic prescription service in primary care
Live testing of a new electronic prescription service (EPS) is about to begin in Wales, which will see prescriptions sent electronically from a GP practice to a patient’s pharmacy of choice, negating the need for paper forms. The transition from paper-based processes to a digital service is being described as […]
Retinal imaging study uses machine learning to identify Parkinson’s markers
Researchers at the Moorfields Eye Hospital and the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology have discovered “markers that indicate the presence of Parkinson’s disease in patients on average seven years before clinical presentation”, in “the largest study to date on retinal imaging in Parkinson’s disease”. In a study published in the Neurology […]
Health tech assessment recommends virtual ward technologies for acute respiratory infections
The Health Technology Assessment Innovation Laboratory programme at NICE has conducted an early value assessment to support and inform the expansion of virtual ward provision and other intermediate care areas. The draft guidance highlights recommendations on virtual ward technologies for monitoring patients with an acute respiratory infection (ARI) from their own […]
Draft guidance from NICE recommends four digital weight management platforms
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has shared draft guidance indicating that four digital programmes can be used to help the NHS in delivering specialist weight management services, with platforms Liva, Oviva, Roczen or Second Nature enabling specialists to provide virtual care via an app or computer. […]
£3.1 million funding raise for children’s speech therapies tech
Mable Therapy, a digital health platform for children’s speech and language therapy and counselling services, has secured £3.1 million in Series A investment from Gresham House Ventures. The funding is set to help Mable expand its technology offering including the development of an intra-therapy app and school screening tools to […]
