GPs face EMIS IT outage at busiest time of the week
An outage to the EMIS IT system caused “chaos” for GPs in England when access was cut off to appointment booking systems and patient records at the busiest time of the week.
EMIS is the…
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Trial finds digital avatars reduce distressing voices in psychosis
A trial at King’s College London has found that a novel therapy using computer-generated avatars can help people with psychosis reduce the distress and frequency with which they hear voices.
AVATAR therapy is a series…
Cheshire and Merseyside ICS selects cyber security platform
Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care System (ICS) has selected a healthcare cyber security platform to strengthen its defences following an increase in disruptive attacks on UK healthcare systems.
It follows multiple high profile cyber attacks…
NHS to roll out radiology AI across 10 health trusts
A collaboration between the Artificial Intelligence Centre for Value-Based Healthcare, King’s College London and Guy’s and St Thomas’ National Health Service Foundation Trusts aimed at accelerating the adoption and deployment of radiology AI has…
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NHS to trial AI tool that predicts health risks and early death
The NHS in England is to trial an AI tool that can predict patients’ risk of developing and worsening heart disease, and their risk of early death, using an electrocardiogram (ECG).
Researchers at Imperial College…
Reconfiguring Maternity through Comprehensive Maternal Health Screening – DigitalHealth.London
In this case study, Ellescope, an alumnus company of the Accelerating FemTech programme, shares how their maternal health screening software is helping clinicians address health disparities in maternity. Overview High rates of maternal deaths and…
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Digital health leaders react to 10 year health plan consultation
Prime minister Sir Keir Starmer, said that the NHS must make “much more use of technology”, as he launched a consultation on the future of the health service.
Speaking at an event in east London…
CQC pledges to fix ‘poorly performing’ IT systems following review
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has committed to fixing its regulatory platform and provider portal, following the publication of two reviews which identified their “serious adverse impact” on staff and providers.
An interim report, by…
SWL ICS and DigitalHealth.London announce the second cohort of the SWL ICS Digital Pioneer Fellowship – DigitalHealth.London
Today, South-West London Integrated Care System (SWL ICS) and DigitalHealth.London welcomes 30 new Fellows to Cohort Two of the SWL ICS Digital Pioneer Fellowship. The programme supports change makers employed by NHS, Local Authority…
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EMR implementation as a ‘science’
Demonstrating benefits to patients and clinicians will greatly drive interoperability, health information exchange and medical record digitalisation in Asia-Pacific.Dr Mahesh Appannan, Ministry of Health Malaysia’s head of digital health, Seyoung Jung, assistant professor and CIO of Seoul National…
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