Rotherham gets £12m Digital Aspirant funding for ‘join the dots’ approach
Rotherham is the only area to receive funding on a place-based approach which will focus on partnerships and levelling up all of health and care.
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NHSE MedTech funding mandates AI for heart disease
Heartflow Analysis will be adopted in English hospitals from April 2021 under the NHS England and Improvement MedTech funding mandate.
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Three mental health trusts deploy electronic records from TPP
The EPR aims to enables secure sharing of data that allows for more comprehensive, consistent and well-informed patient care, TPP said in a statement.
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Digital Health Unplugged: What does good look like
In this episode we take a look at the NHSX programme ‘What good looks like’ and the steps it needs to take to encourage digitisation in the NHS.
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Pennine deploys PACS from Sectra in new region-wide approach
Pennine is the first of eight trusts in the Greater Manchester area to deploy the technology from Sectra which aims to support faster diagnoses.
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All health and social care bodies required to appoint Caldicott Guardians
All health and adult social care bodies are expected to have a Caldicott Guardian in place following a consultation by the National Data Guardian.
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NHSX develops national Covid-19 image database to train AI
It is hoped the database will speed up diagnosis of coronavirus, ultimately leading to quicker treatment and less pressure on the NHS.
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University Hospitals Southampton deploys digital Covid-19 vaccine solution
The system allows frontline staff to digitally consent to Covid-19 vaccines as well as receive reminders about their appointment.
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NHSX to launch new framework for digital social care records
The Dynamic Purchasing System is due to launch in April 2021 and will give social care providers a list of suppliers capable of delivering shared records.
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Live testing of digital Covid-19 immunity passport launched
The Covid-19 passport was part-funded with £75,000 investment from Innovate UK following a call for innovative technologies to manage the pandemic.
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