Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust and Teesside University have co-developed an augmented reality (AR) mental health crisis simulation training app.
The app, which the trust says is the first of its kind…
The transformation of the NHS App will give patients more power, but digital professionals must ensure no one is left behind, writes Vin Diwakar
During my decades working as an NHS doctor, I have…
New analysis by Future Health Intelligence (FHI) has found that despite efforts by successive governments to digitise patients records, the vast majority of NHS trusts still spend large sums to maintain paper medical records.
Government…
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has signed a long-term contract with TeleTracking UK to implement a care coordination centre.
The centre will be powered by TeleTracking’s integrated healthcare Operations Platform, Operations IQ and Location IQ…
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Facial recognition technology from PainChek has received funding to support a further 994 people in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes (BLMK).
PainChek recognises micro-facial expressions indicative of pain and uses AI…
Ming Tang and the three new chairs of the Digital Health Networks Advisory Panels have welcomed the government’s 10 year health plan, however the chairs have recognised the challenge and questioned how exactly the…
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Digital is at the heart of the new NHS plan, with big bets on the NHS App and Single Patient Record, but it is let down by significant omissions, no details on implementation and…
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Digital is at the heart of the plan but it is let down by bizarre omissions, unconvincing promises and a failure to reflect the “messy reality” of the NHS technology landscape, writes Jon Hoeksma
One…
Duchess of Edinburgh with patient Brayden and Lucy Dickinson, play specialist and VR lead at Leeds Children’s Hospital (Credit: Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust)
Virtual reality (VR) technology is being used at Leeds Children’s…
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The British Medical Association (BMA) has warned that allowing patients to book online GP appointments throughout the day could cause a spike in doctors’ workloads and create waiting lists.
Under changes to the GP contract…
