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Leeds council and health leaders join a national project to use data to improve health and social care in the UK. The Networked Data Lab is a collaborative of advanced analytical teams from across the UK. The teams are working together on shared challenges and promoting the use of analytics to improve health and social care. [...]
Software powered by artificial intelligence (AI) is helping staff at the UK's Milton Keynes Hospital diagnose and treat stroke patients quickly. The software analyses CT (computerised tomography) scans and automatically flags any signs of possible damage to the brain to doctors. Doctors are also able to instantly review and share the CT scans remotely from [...]
Ava, a global medical technology company focused on women's reproductive health, has welcomed Dr Maja Rudinac as its chief technology officer. Dr Rudinac brings more than 15 years’ experience in designing and bringing to market AI and robotics-driven healthcare applications, including AI-enabled homes for safe senior living and autonomous healthcare systems for people with [...]
The NHS has sent more than 65,000 home blood pressure monitors to patients in the UK. The devices are being made available to 220,000 people who have been diagnosed with uncontrolled high blood pressure. Patients wrap the small machine around their upper arm to measure their blood pressure reading and send the reading to their [...]
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) will develop tools and training to reduce brain injuries at birth, UK health bosses have announced. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said RCOG will develop tools to monitor and respond to a baby’s wellbeing during labour and to manage complications with babies’ positioning during [...]
Customised respiratory protection for healthcare workers with a comfortable close-fitting seal, that is suitable for nearly 90% of face shapes and sizes, can be mass produced, researchers from King's College London have found. Providing adequate filtering PPE for frontline healthcare workers has been a major challenge since the start of the pandemic, and the key [...]
Researchers based in Manchester, UK, are working to make prescribing of medication safer for people in prison The researchers searched electronic health records to uncover how many people in prisons have been affected by a potential problem related to their prescribed medication. The team worked with prison pharmacists who conducted searches of the electronic healthcare records [...]
‘Telemedicine’ is less diagnostically accurate than in-person consultations and could increase health inequalities and barriers to accessing appropriate care, a study of rheumatology patients and clinicians has found. The study, led by the University of Cambridge in collaboration with experts at the Universities of Birmingham and East Anglia, found that there are inherent risks and [...]
UK cloud telephony specialist X-on has completed two deployments of its Surgery Connect cloud-telephony system, extending take-up to a further 120 general practices in London and most recently Greater Manchester. In Stockport, Greater Manchester, all the area’s 36 practices have now moved to Surgery Connect. This follows an earlier deployment in 80 GP practices within North Central London Clinical Commissioning [...]
The UK's Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) will provide the NHS with £248m to invest in technology. Health bosses say this will deliver more diagnostic tests, checks and scans to help provide faster diagnosis of health conditions, earlier treatment and reduced waiting lists. A spokesperson for DHSC said the investment will reduce the [...]
