VitalityHealth launches GP app for customers
Through the Vitality GP app, customers can set up video consultations with their GP, get onward consultant referrals if needed, arrange physical and psychological therapy sessions and find verified health information.
Digital Patient 5
AI platform designed to help diagnose stroke gains US regulatory approval
A platform which uses artificial intelligence to help clinicians identify certain types of stroke has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
AI and Analytics
The CNIO interview: Kevin Percival, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Today we are talking to Kevin Percival, who is chief nursing information officer at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust. Kevin talks his belief in the importance of the CNIO role, explains why he thinks Florence Nightingale would be a perfect dinner party guest, and reveals his student nursing days nickname.
CCIO Network
Jeremy Hunt promises £75m for e-prescribing acceleration
A report by Department of Health and Social Care has recommended the roll-out of e-prescribing systems in NHS hospitals needs to be ‘accelerated’.
Clinical Software 20
Industry news in brief
This month’s industry roundup features news that Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust has joined a global health research network that could allow patients to have easier and faster access to new therapies.
News
Emergency departments report time savings through EPR speech recognition integration
Two emergency departments in which speech recognition is being used within the electronic patient record have reported significant time savings as a result.
Clinical Software 4
NHS could save £81m a year though new tech designed to prevent strokes
More than 6,000 devices designed to prevent strokes are to be rolled out as part of a national campaign that could save the NHS £81 million a year.
Digital Patient 7
Kandu aims to link up health tech startups with mentors
A free matching service that links up health technology startups with experienced mentors has been launched to help identify what they are likely to need as they move from idea, build, launch and growth and investment stages.
Digital Patient
First students accepted into NHS Digital Academy
The first students of the NHS Digital academy have been chosen, with a number of successful applicants taking to Twitter to confirm the news.
Infrastructure 1
Quiz aims to help understand the fear of finding out medical conditions
An online quiz has been launched to help understand what lies behind the fear of finding out about medical conditions – or ‘FOFO’.
Digital Patient