2024 predictions: Digital Health leaders look ahead to new year for NHS
A group of NHS clinicians and digital leaders share their predictions and future aspirations for the health service in 2024 with Digital Health News.
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Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
Today’s briefing includes a study looking at the efficacy of mobile health apps and news that ICSs are working with housing providers to improve healthcare.
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George Eliot Hospital signs with Accurx for patient communication platform
Accurx has deployed its patient communication platform to George Eliot Hospital to help tackle waiting lists and transform cancer pathways.
Clinical Software
Labour’s Fit for the Future Fund to increase tech in the NHS
The Labour Party has unveiled its proposals for a Fit for the Future fund, which would help to cut waiting lists by equipping NHS trusts with scanning tech.
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Government to invest £30m in innovative technology for NHS
The Department of Health and Social Care said it will invest £30 million in innovative technology for the NHS to help cut waiting lists and speed diagnosis.
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ACE and NHS AI Lab develop AI tool to improve hospital outcomes
ACE and NHS AI Lab have collaborated to develop a tool that can identify those patients who are at risk of an extended hospital stay.
AI and Analytics
Norfolk and Norwich save over 29,000 appointments with digitised PIFU
An NHS England pilot at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals involving embedding PIFU has helped to avoid 29,000 appointments in one year.
Clinical Software
King’s Fund CEO: NHS satisfaction “dropped off a cliff” due to waiting times
Public approval of the NHS “dropped off a cliff” due to pressures leading to lengthy waiting times, The King’s Fund CEO said at Summer Schools 2023.
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University Hospitals of Leicester choose Accurx for innovation partnership
University Hospitals of Leicester has signed an Innovation Partnership agreement for joining up healthcare communications with Accurx, a software company.
Digital Patient
NHS programme uses tech to identify high-risk patients on waiting lists
A new regional NHS programme is using technology to begin identifying high-risk patients on waiting lists to help reduce their risk of deterioration.
Clinical Software