An article published in npj digital medicine journal has evaluated the potential for the fusion of data collected from wearables to present “an effective data fusion framework” to contribute to more holistic approach to monitoring health, with the authors highlighting that “combining information from distinct sensor systems enhances the dimensionality […]
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Swansea Bay University Health Board on the benefits of Welsh Nursing Care Record, EPMA and Signal
Swansea Bay University Health Board has reported on the outcomes of the Welsh Nursing Care Record (WNCR) and Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (EPMA) being rolled out across the area, sharing how they are “saving time and improving efficiency, bolstering patient safety and quality of care, and saving money for […]
NHSE shares progress made against digital clinical safety commitments
NHS England has shared an update on the implementation of 2021’s Digital Clinical Safety Strategy, which aimed to improve the safety of digital technologies for health and to identify where technologies can be used as solutions to patient safety challenges, with the update focusing on how technology is being used […]
Focus on GM Care Record, data integration and cloud-based telephony in new five-year-plan from NHS Greater Manchester
NHS Greater Manchester (GM) has launched a five-year plan designed to improve access to primary care services, with digital highlighted as an enabler with roles across all themes set out in the blueprint and key aims around reducing variation in the deployment of digital tools, improving inclusion, training the workforce, and […]
Central London Community Healthcare publishes annual review on technology use
Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) has published its annual review on the use of digital technologies in health and care across London and Hertfordshire, in areas such as wound management, appointment management and hospital-at-home services. Here, we take a look at some of the feedback and figures shared by the […]
News in brief: MS detection tool, online cancer hub, wearables to support communication and more
Let’s take a look at some of recent stories across the health tech community. This week, we’re taking a look at some digital news from NHS trusts in Leeds, Sunderland, London and Barnsley. Multiple sclerosis detection tool invented in Leeds Staff at Leeds Teaching Hospitals have developed a new tool […]
Draft guidance from NICE recommends digital technologies to help lower back pain
New NICE draft guidance has recommended seven digital technologies to help people with non-specific lower back pain, including apps to support communication with a multi-disciplinary team; to provide guided exercise advice with video demonstrations; ‘nudge functions’ to remind people to complete their exercises or fill in questionnaires on their progress; […]
Projects, progress and learning following five years of GOSH DRIVE
Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) has released a report which marks five years since the launch of its Data Research, Innovation and Virtual Environments (DRIVE) unit in 2018, highlighting how the unit has supported more than 300 data research projects over the last five years, and has “captured over 100 […]
London Care Record linked to neighbouring areas to support visibility of data
Work is underway to expand the London Care Record with the aim of supporting health and care staff in neighbouring areas with visibility of relevant information when people from outside London are referred for treatment and care in the capital. Records from Oxford University Hospitals and providers in Bedfordshire, Luton, […]
NHS England opens £300 million procurement framework for digital pathways in primary care IT
NHS England has opened a procurement framework for the provision of digital pathway solutions to support primary care IT with an estimated value of £297,600,060. The scope of the digital pathways services and systems required will cover care navigation; online consultations and online patient/service user request reporting; cross-organisational appointment booking; […]
