New £1.4m AI funding aims to reduce racial health inequalities
The funding, from the NHSX AI Lab and Health Foundation, aims to ensure healthcare solutions don’t “exacerbate existing health inequalities”.
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Royal Berkshire extends avatar-led interactive programme following pilot
Royal Berkshire has expanded the roll out of an avatar-led interactive programme for people with chronic kidney disease following a successful pilot.
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Surge in digital health tools during Covid-19 ‘led to data divide’
The pandemic contributed to “worsening inequalities” with some people “left behind” in the surge in data-driven technologies, a new report has found.
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NHS should continue to invest in digital GPs, says Health Foundation
Digital GP services has proved popular during the pandemic but more research is needed to understand the impact remote consultations have on care.
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Health Foundation launches Networked Data Lab to improve healthcare
Five organisations have joined the Health Foundation’s lab, which brings together analytical teams from across the country.
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Health Foundation to explore impact of data analytics and technology
The independent charity has launched its Data Analytics for Better Health strategy, which aims to tackle real world problems that affect people’s health.
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Spending review ‘must find NHS cash’
The NHS needs a cash injection now, a transformation fund to support change, and a long-term review of its funding needs, think-tanks have told the Treasury in formal submissions to this year’s critical spending review.
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Scrapbook put on firm Foundation
An app created at NHS Hack Day Oxford is now being developed in association with the Health Foundation.
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Access denied
The government has promised that patients will have online access to their GP records by 2015; yet enthusiasm from GPs and patients is limited. Fiona Barr asks why.
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Power to the people?
Will the information revolution drive choice and quality in the NHS? Fiona Barr weighs up the evidence.
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