Part 1: How can NHS use technology to reduce winter pressures?
As the NHS grapples with a winter crisis, can technology help in alleviating some of the pressures? In this first article of two-part series, we look at how some of the global digital exemplars are using digital to address the demands on the health service.
Feature 1

Imperial and Edinburgh selected to deliver NHS Digital Academy
Imperial College, Edinburgh University and Salford Royal NHS FT, together with Harvard University have been chose to deliver the £4m NHS Digital Academy.
Health CIO 5

Salford Royal wants to create a digital control centre
GDE Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust is looking to find a supplier to create a “digital control centre” that focuses on data analytics and digital health.
AI and Analytics 2

Salford CCG picks health tech innovations in Dragon’s Den pitch
Health tech companies and start-ups pitched to Salford CCG in a Dragon Den’s style contest to win funding and a pilot for their products.
Digital Patient

Salford Royal will upload wearables data to personalise treatment
One on England’s most digitally advanced trusts, Salford Royal, will start using patient wearable generated data to personalise treatment.
Digital Patient 2

EHI award winners announced
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and Dr Masood Nazir won the trust of the year and the CCIO award last night, as the EHI Awards 2016 recognised trusts and companies for great work in ten categories.
News

Health IT rethink needed amid “colossal” financial challenge
Sir David Dalton has called for a radical shake-up in the way that NHS IT is bought and deployed in a health select committee report that warns the NHS is facing a “colossal” financial challenge.
News

Salford plans to put CareInMotion
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust has bought Allscripts’ CareInMotion dbMotion population health management platform, for the replacement of the Salford Integrated Record.
Interoperability

Salford urges move to digital pathology
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust has called for the whole of Manchester to use digital pathology services, following a successful pilot with Sectra.
Clinical Software