British Journal of Healthcare Computing

25.06.2018

Apple taps RapidSOS to help emergency responders pinpoint iOS users' locations

Apple enters partnership with RapidSOS in the United States

22.06.2018

Twelve councils to receive funding for digital innovation in social care

Twelve councils will explore the role that technology could play in transforming social care with the help of new funding

21.06.2018

Independent review of DeepMind raises questions over company's business model, monopoly threat

The latest report from DeepMind's Independent Reviewers panel looks at the firm's relationship with Google and parent company Alphabet...

Genomics

21.06.2018

Innovate UK launches £5m competition to scale up genomic analysis technologies

Applicants need to prove that their projects would advance the UK's ability to manufacture and commercialise genomic analysis technologies...

20.06.2018

What to expect from the digital health world? Patents hold clues about Apple, Amazon, Google and Microsoft plans for healthcare

New report sheds light on the hundreds of patents filed by tech giants in relation to health IT

19.06.2018

Cutting-edge facility to use AI and develop new drugs for clinical testing within weeks

The new Rosalind Franklin Institute is investing £6m in ground-breaking initiatives that will disrupt the drug development process

19.06.2018

It’s time for a ‘digital first’ system, Lord Darzi Review of Health and Care warns

The final report says advanced technologies offer an opportunity to shift the model of care from 'diagnose and treat' to 'predict and...

Leadership

19.06.2018

Lord Darzi appointed as chair of the Accelerated Access Collaborative

Lord Darzi becomes the chair of a new collaborative aiming to speed up patient access to innovation

19.06.2018

Digital mental health platform Healios raises £2.2m

Healios will now use the money to grow the scale of its operations and enable the platform to be used more widely in the NHS

18.06.2018

Government determined to position UK ‘at the forefront of the AI revolution’ in healthcare

Prime Minister Theresa May says the UK has an opportunity to 'lead the world in the use of data and technology to prevent illness'...

18.06.2018

Cambridge University Hospitals trust signs £107m IT deal with Novosco

The seven-year contract with CUH will see Novosco provide IT infrastructure management and support services

18.06.2018

NHS Digital urges organisations to use dashboard as cervical screening coverage continues to decline

NHS Digital is calling on organisations to use new tool developed in partnership with Public Health England and Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust...

18.06.2018

BLOG: NHS70 Innovation

NHS Northern, Eastern and Western Devon CCG Chief Information Officer Nick Hopkinson calls for greater efforts to encourage innovation in healthcare

15.06.2018

Countess of Chester Hospital signs 15-year EPR deal with Cerner

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust turns to Cerner 20 years after using a Meditech EPR

Hot Topics from UK e-Health Week

14.06.2018

Union warns GP at Hand ‘will destabilise’ GP practices

Over 130 health professionals sign letter calling on the government to scrap the GP at Hand service

analytics

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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

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

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...

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.

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...

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

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