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Innovation
17.08.2018

Now Healthcare Group opens £1.5m tele-pharmacy in Liverpool, eyes global expansion

The new tele-pharmacy 'super-hub' will create 30 new jobs in Liverpool and provide support for people with chronic conditions...
Innovation
16.08.2018

13 NHS hospitals start using new tech from California-based company HeartFlow

HeartFlow's technology is being fast-tracked into use through the Innovation and Technology Payment programme...
Innovation
16.08.2018

London-based FundamentalVR introduces new software platform for trainee surgeons

FundamentalVR has developed a new platform to address the experience gap for trainee surgeons.
Innovation
16.08.2018

Cambridge-based Healthera raises £3m in Series A round to accelerate expansion

Cambridge-based company raises funding to drive growth after connecting more than 800 pharmacies and GPs since the commercial launch of its platform
Data
15.08.2018

Former Skyscanner CTO joins NHS Scotland to build national digital platform in ‘world first’ initiative

Dr Alistair Hann joins the NHS as CTO of the new Digital Service based within NHS Education for Scotland
Interoperability
15.08.2018

Tech giants team up in 'historic moment' to remove interoperability barriers

Amazon, Google, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle and Salesforce pledge to remove interoperability barriers at the Blue Button 2.0 Developer Conference
Innovation
14.08.2018

Alder Hey Children's Hospital to introduce holograms in operating theatres

Alder Hey Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust will roll out Microsoft's HoloLens mixed reality headsets...
Data
14.08.2018

British Heart Foundation and Health Data Research UK unveil plans to create new cardiovascular data science centre

The British Heart Foundation plans to appoint a convenor that will drive efforts to inform the development of the new centre
Innovation
13.08.2018

AI system can diagnose eye disease as accurately as world-leading experts, new research indicates

New paper published in the Nature Medicine journal shows researchers have developed an AI system that detects eye disease as accurately as clinicians
Policy
13.08.2018

NHS Digital ramps up efforts to create competitive IT framework for primary care

NHS Digital plans to engage with suppliers to help create a more flexible and competitive market for IT in general practice
Cybersecurity
13.08.2018

OpenEMR vulnerabilities threaten the security of 100 million records

Cybersecurity researchers identify a number of vulnerabilities in an open-source electronic records management solution, OpenEMR
Interoperability
10.08.2018

Lack of interoperability continues to be a challenge for the growing medtech industry, report finds

New research from the Deloitte Centre for Health Solutions identifies a series of challenges that the medtech industry will need to address
Innovation
08.08.2018

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust on the lookout for healthcare finance innovation

Trust issues call for expressions of interest for companies developing innovative solutions that can be applied in healthcare finance
Outcomes
07.08.2018

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust signs up to deploy Allscripts' Sunrise EPR

The trust is already using the Allscripts Patient Administration System, and the new deal will see them roll out the Sunrise clinical suite
Genomics
07.08.2018

Sensyne Health extends its agreement with Oxford University Hospitals

Health tech company signs research agreement to use clinical AI to analyse anonymised genomic data

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23.05.2018

The importance of clinical engagement in healthcare’s digital age

Imperial College London's Naila Siddiqui Kamal says embracing digital in the delivery of healthcare services will underpin system-wide...
Hot Topics from UK e-Health Week
Exclusive
23.05.2018

Linking primary care to population health: Behind the Primary Care Home model

Nav Chana, Chair of the National Association of Primary Care, speaks to HIMSS Chief Clinical Officer Dr Charles Alessi at UK e-Health Week
Innovation
HealthTech Wire
18.05.2018

Varian Acquires Evinance Innovation, Inc.

Varian acquires Montreal-based clinical decision support software company to expand its portfolio.
Leadership
18.05.2018

GDE trusts light the way for NHS digital transformation at UK e-Health Week

Working with users, harnessing data, and learning from others were key takeaways from the GDE Zone at UK e-Health Week
Data
17.05.2018

BLOG: The power of data

NHS Digital Director of Data Daniel Ray gives an update on the agency's data science strategy...
Innovation
10.05.2018

Could GDPR scupper NHS plans for AI?

The race to see artificial intelligence ‘save’ the NHS needs to overcome the hurdle of GDPR.
Policy
26.04.2018

New board to drive implementation of Scotland’s digital health and care strategy

Scotland's new digital health and care strategy sets out a series of commitments to improve the use of information and technology across the...
Data
16.04.2018

NHS data could be of ‘immense value’ to AI research, says Lords committee

House of Lords Select Committee on AI looks at the ethical, social and economic ramifications of AI adoption
Interoperability
11.04.2018

NHS Wales Informatics Service partners with life sciences hub

The new partnership will be known as the Digital Health Ecosystem Wales network
Data
26.03.2018

‘The penny has dropped’ on the benefits of NHS data, says Health Minister

The NHS could improve care for patients and transform the life sciences sector if it leverages its data resource, Health Minister says
Innovation
21.03.2018

BLOG: How is AI transforming the nature of healthcare delivery?

Eleonora Harwich, Head of Digital and Technological Innovation at Reform, looks at the application of AI in healthcare in a new blog
Data
15.03.2018

Four Scottish health boards to link up health and social care data

The project will initially see the development of a shared care record across the North of Scotland

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