South West London ICS has published its digital strategy for 2025 – 2028 setting out a digital vision prioritising citizen and health professional empowerment, joined up patient pathways, and the “seamless” provision of health and care services for all citizens, “supported by new technologies”. The strategy sets out five digital […]
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Interview: Dr Harvey Castro, AI expert and advisor to Singaporean Ministry of Health
For a recent interview, we caught up with Harvey Castro, AI expert and AI advisor to the Singaporean Ministry of Health, to learn more about current projects, learnings, and predictions for the future of AI. Harvey began by introducing himself, telling us about his current role as chief medical AI […]
The Reveal…HTN Now Awards Finalists!
Over the past couple of weeks, our experienced and fantastic team of judges have been busy meticulously evaluating and scoring the many entries in the HTN Now Awards! Thanks to their hard work, we can now reveal our finalists which you can find by visiting our dedicated page here. Learn more […]
Research study involving 350 experts from 58 countries offers recommendations to ensure inclusivity of datasets for medical AI
A research project reportedly involving more than 350 experts from 58 countries has seen the development of a series of recommendations with the aim of ensuring inclusivity in datasets used to train medical AI systems, hoped to allow “everyone in society to benefit from technologies which are safe and effective”. […]
£10 million national framework agreement opens for support in testing and validation of patient data
A framework, with the value of up to £10 million, has opened for a national agreement for the provision of data validation services, to enable NHS organisations to “access highly specialised support to enable the testing and validation of patient data, as part of the process of migrating from a […]
Plan for reforming NHS elective care in focus: empower patients, reform delivery, right place, align funding
The plan for reforming NHS elective care has been unveiled, with a foreword from Wes Streeting focusing on taking “the best of the NHS to the rest of the NHS”, rolling out “technological transformation to speed up processes”, and “busting bureaucracy”. Streeting underscores the key aim of returning to the […]
Citizen-facing digital services and digital investments outlined in Northern Ireland’s three-year plan for health and social care
In Northern Ireland, the publication of a new three-year plan for health and social care has outlined the focus to deliver a range of citizen-facing digital services and investments in digital capabilities, as part of a wider drive to “stabilise, reform, and deliver” health and social care services across the […]
National Data Guardian 2023-24 report presents health data use across the NHS
Dr Nicola Byrne, National Data Guardian for Health and Social Care has shared their annual report for 2023-24, highlighting the use of health data across the NHS, along with an update on the Federated Data Platform. Dr Byrne opened the report citing the renewed focus on health data following Lord Darzi’s […]
NHS board highlights digital in productivity, prevention, efficiency in service delivery, and data in supporting quality strategy
NHS England’s 5 December board meeting highlighted the role of digital in promoting prevention and efficiency in service delivery, as well as noting the role of data in supporting the development of a quality strategy aligning with the 10 Year Health Plan. Digital, data and productivity An update on NHS […]
Moorfields Eye Hospital awards £16.7 million EPR contract
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has awarded a £16.7 million EPR contract to Meditech via the NHS LPP Clinical Digital Solutions Framework Agreement. The contract will run from 30 October 2024 for an initial period of ten years, with the option to extend for a further five, making the […]
