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Reporter: Stuart Littleford Public sector organisations as well as businesses including banks, airlines, telecommunications companies, TV and radio broadcasters, train companies, have been affected by a mass global IT outage today. GP surgeries are reporting difficulties accessing patient data and appointment systems with many resorting to using hand written notes and manual filing Continue reading Global IT outage affecting public sector organisations and companies
Health and Social Care Secretary, Wes Streeting, has just said: “After a second constructive meeting, I am pleased to announce that my department will enter formal negotiations with the BMA junior doctors’ committee on Tuesday. “This is a crucial step forward, as we work to end this dispute and change the way junior doctors Continue reading Health and Social Care Secretary quote on junior doctor negotiations
The UK’s largest independent provider of mental health services will benefit from medicines supply and pharmacy services alongside further development of the newly implemented e-Works electronic prescribing and medicines management solution Priory has signed a new, five-year agreement with Ashtons that underlines its commitment to improving the management of medicines, following the roll-out of Continue reading Priory signs a new five-year agreement with Ashtons
Whichever party forms the next government will find a health and social care system facing enormous challenges. Highland Marketing asked its associates and clients what role health tech and med tech can play in addressing them. Highland Marketing asked some of its associates and clients what they hope the general election will mean for Continue reading What do health tech leaders want from the general election campaign?
Health Innovation East, the innovation arm of the NHS in the East of England and Cogniss, a no-code ecosystem for digital health solutions, have announced a strategic partnership to launch the Health Innovation East Digital Hub. A no-code ecosystem is an online collection of tools, ways of working and learning resources that help people Continue reading Health Innovation East partners with Cogniss to help drive the democratisation of digital health
Health tech provider C2-Ai has formally launched a new ‘observatory’ system to help hospitals gain a better understanding of risks, outcomes and safety within maternity and neonatal services. Announced at the annual NHS ConfedExpo, the new system will equip hospitals and frontline teams with a detailed picture of individual health trajectories for women, and Continue reading Maternity tech launched to help NHS measure and enhance safety
There is considerable excitement about the potential of AI to deliver more accessible, efficient, and high-quality healthcare; alongside concern about data privacy, bias, and how these new tools will be used in clinical practice. The key to realising the benefits and addressing the concerns is the adoption of standards for the development and implementation Continue reading Why standards are key to building trust in AI
NHS trust is adopting new recruitment software to streamline processes, improve experience for managers and candidates, and address equality, diversity and inclusion Somerset NHS Foundation Trust is working with Oleeo to help to support its recruitment processes and deliver a better experience for recruitment managers and candidates. The trust, which employs 14,000 Continue reading Somerset NHS Foundation Trust works with Oleeo to streamline recruitment
We need to focus on solving the right problems with technology, and facilitate better conditions, in order to improve smart healthcare adoption at scale in the NHS, writes Dr Paul Deffley, chief medical officer for Alcidion. Where would you position the NHS in relation to other countries, when it comes to the adoption of Continue reading Is ‘smart health tech’ solving the right problems for the NHS?
UK trade association AXREM and health tech specialist agency Highland Marketing have formed a new partnership, to help support a sector that serves vital healthcare services. Sally Edgington AXREM represents member companies that collectively provide UK hospitals with most of their diagnostic medical imaging technology, and radiotherapy equipment. Mark Venables The association has seen Continue reading AXREM and Highland Marketing partner to support diagnostic health tech industry
With Mental Health Awareness Week started, senior leaders and mental health experts have joined forces to launch the Trauma Toolkit for Teachers, a comprehensive resource aimed at helping schools support students through trauma-informed teaching strategies. With a staggering 500,000 children in the UK currently waiting for mental health support, the need for early intervention Continue reading TAMING THE TIGER: EDUCATORS & MENTAL HEALTH LEADERS JOIN FORCES TO LAUNCH TRAUMA TOOLKIT FOR TEACHERS
Scotland’s largest construction trade body, SELECT, says the Scottish Government needs to set minimum standards of competence for installers as well as installations as it seeks to implement new domestic heating standards. The campaigning electrical association also says that any new plans also have to take into account the capacity of the energy network Continue reading SELECT warns that the competence of installers is paramount as the Scottish Government seeks to introduce new Heat in Buildings standards
The former NHS CNIO for England has joined the Highland Marketing advisory board. Here, she talks to GPSJ about her passion for transformation, the role of technology, and her mission to put nurses at the heart of debate about both. Natasha Phillips is on a mission. “I want to bring the nursing view to Continue reading GPSJ Interview with Natasha Phillips
An NHS first for public cloud: Homerton Healthcare achieves milestone with Sectra imaging technologyHomerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has become the first organisation anywhere in the NHS to deploy Sectra’s enterprise imaging service using public cloud. The deployment has shown that NHS patient imaging can be efficiently accessed from a secure public cloud environment, just as quickly as when data is stored on-premise. This has proven important Continue reading An NHS first for public cloud: Homerton Healthcare achieves milestone with Sectra imaging technology
A systemic cause of patient harm could be better avoided with the help of technology, following the launch of Miya Results Tracking by health tech company Alcidion. The new digital solution is designed to reduce the risk of test results not being followed up. It has been built to help healthcare professionals in hospital Continue reading Alcidion launches Miya Results Tracking in response to patient safety challenge
By David Trossell, CEO and CTO of Bridgeworks In 2023, generative AI became steadfastly part of the lexicon. The applications for the technology are potentially vast, but this was also overshadowed by concerns about the impact that artificial intelligence may have on society. Elon Musk, an investor in AI, was among the people calling Continue reading WAN Trends 2024: The Need for AI and WAN Acceleration Remains in the Public Sector
Former national CNIO and founder of Future Nurse will bring passion for digital transformation to debates and discussions Natasha Phillips has joined the Highland Marketing advisory board, to contribute her passion for nursing and digital transformation to its debates on health and care technology and the guidance it provides to the agency and its Continue reading Highland Marketing welcomes Natasha Phillips to its advisory board
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