NHS Highland harness the benefits of robotic surgery
NHS Highland has carried out nearly 100 robot assisted surgeries since August 2021, when it introduced the DaVinci Xi robotic system.
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Digital Health’s monthly roundup of contracts and go lives
Digital Health’s monthly roundup of contracts and go lives brings you news of a digitisation project at Northampton General Hospital and more.
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NHS wants to stop ‘reinventing the wheel’ and involve public in digitisation
A panel of NHS digital leads have told the ConfedExpo audience that frontline digitisation of the NHS must involve the public and patients.
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Second NHS official to join Palantir as it guns for £360m contract
Harjeet Dhaliwal, deputy director of data services at NHS England and NHS Improvement will follow Indra Joshi, former NHSX director of AI.
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Delivering virtual wards described as the ‘right thing to do’
The ConfedExpo audience were treated to a session on virtual wards as panelists gave their top tips for delivering them in what is the “most fun job” to do.
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Homerton Healthcare signs deal with Sectra for enterprise imaging
Homerton Healthcare has signed a contract for Sectra’s enterprise imaging solution, which will improve the speed and efficiency at which diagnoses are made.
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NHS wants more undergrads and young people to pursue careers in digital and data
This year’s NHS ConfedExpo included a panel session called ‘Voices of the digital profession’, which focused on the importance of digital and data roles.
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Google’s health chief says the company wants to be ‘trusted’ by consumers
Dr Karen DeSalvo spoke about Google’s vision for the future of healthcare including how the company can help make data more interopeable.
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YouTube feature to help users find credible health information online
The video platform revealed health source information panels will be displayed on videos which have been certified as coming from an authoritative source.
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Digital Health and Care plan to form part of Sajid Javid’s NHS vision
The health secretary is due to outline how the government is planning to tackle the Covid backlog, improve social care and narrow health inequalities.
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