22 May 2019

AI needs quality NHS data to succeed, director of research centre says

Professor Reza Razavi also said patient engagement is vital if we don’t want to “sour the pitch” for other data-driven
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A shelf of medication at a pharmacy
21 May 2019

GPs burdened with responsibility of ‘policing’ online pharmacies

Situations where patients pick their medication “off the shelf” is dangerous but relying on GPs to OK the prescription is
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21 May 2019

Fast follower Pennine hospital rolls-out digital dementia tool

Using a blueprint from GDE Salford Royal Foundation NHS Trust the trust has now embedded the electronic screening into patient
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21 May 2019

Using AI to create our ‘digital twin’ will ‘improve precision diagnostics’

In a ten year period 8 trillion bytes of data are collected on an average patient - that data can
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20 May 2019

Outdated NHS cancer screening IT systems ‘woefully inadequate’

A report by the Public Accounts Committee also found the failing IT systems played a “fundamental role” in missed screening
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app round up
17 May 2019

Mobile health and apps news in brief

This month's mobile app news includes mental health apps topping the list of most frequently used in Salford Royal's own
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16 May 2019

NHS should ‘prescribe FitBits’ to prevent inequality in health tech

The Social Market Foundation report found access to improved health outcomes should not be limited by a person’s ability to
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16 May 2019

Innovation focus: Helping people with Parkinson’s to walk more easily

For people with Parkinson's disease, freezing episodes – in which it becomes impossible to move forward for several minutes –
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A female doctor texting on a smartphone
15 May 2019

Harrogate NHS Trust employs Ascom smartphones to ‘purge the pager’

The technology will enable the trust to send customised alerts and critical messages to clinical and support staff on the
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15 May 2019

Technological and information sharing allow nurses to take the lead

To mark International Nurses' Day Caron Swinscoe, NHS Digital’s acting chief nurse, encouraged nurses to continue taking the lead on
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