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Public sector workers 'eager' to embrace AI

By Liz Wells 31 January 2025

Public sector workers are eager to embrace AI to help them calculate the productivity and value for money of their work, data skills provider Multiverse says.

TECHNOLOGY

Centre of Excellence to encourage digital health innovation while safeguarding users

By Liz Wells 29 January 2025

A new Centre of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation (CERSI) in Transformative Digital Health and AI is to be established.

TECHNOLOGY

Kent clinicians take part in voice recognition technology trial

By Liz Wells 29 January 2025

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is taking part in a three-month pilot of AI-assistant TORTUS to help increase face-to-face time during community paediatric service appointments.

GREAT WESTERN HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Wiltshire trust transitions to digital maternity record system

By Liz Wells 27 January 2025

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has introduced a new digital maternity record system.

THE HEALTH FOUNDATION

Harnessing public perception to drive responsible AI in healthcare

27 January 2025

Nell Thornton, improvement fellow at The Health Foundation, looks at the importance of public and staff perceptions of innovations like AI

EYE CARE

Boots Opticians launches eye-scan that can detect serious health conditions

By Liz Wells 23 January 2025

Boots Opticians has launched eye-scan technology that can detect serious health conditions, including diabetes and hypertension.

UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS PLYMOUTH NHS TRUST

Joint Devon EPR takes Epic step forward

By Liz Wells 23 January 2025

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust and Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust have signed a contract for an EPR with Epic.

TECHNOLOGY

Public support NHS digital transformation, poll reveals

By Liz Wells 21 January 2025

Three-quarters of people would welcome the use of their digitised and anonymised health records by the NHS if it provided faster, safer and more efficient care as a benefit, new research reveals.

UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH

AI tool aims to use high street eye tests to spot dementia risk

By Liz Wells 21 January 2025

Data scientists and clinical researchers are working with high street opticians for the first time to develop a digital tool that can predict a person’s risk of dementia from a routine eye test.

TECHNOLOGY