Digital morphology: What advances mean for modern laboratories, and why continued innovation is imperative

  • August 17, 2023
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Advances in technology mean that moving from microscopes to digital alternatives can now be achieved without sacrificing image quality. But this isn’t about the technology. Professor Gina Zini reflects on the key benefits of digital developments, including better quality screening, saved time for busy morphologists, better clinical collaboration, improved training, and sharing expertise with developing […]

The Access Group announces Oysta acquisition

  • August 17, 2023
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The Access Group has acquired Oysta Technology Ltd, to expand its ecosystem of technology-enabled care (TEC).  Oysta Technology specialises in care tech solutions that enable safe, independent living for vulnerable individuals and relieve pressure on health and social care systems. Access Health, Support and Care (HSC) plans to integrate Oysta into its ecosystem of software […]

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School and college leavers invited to check out NHS and care careers as results day arrives – Digital Health Technology News

  • August 17, 2023
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With tens of thousands of young people in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes set to receive their A Level, NVQ and GCSE results over the next week, school and college leavers have been invited to consider a career in health and social care. There are more than 350 different careers in the NHS and care, […]

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Scotland’s digital health and care delivery plan focuses on access, data, leadership and more – htn

  • August 17, 2023
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The Scottish Government and the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities have published their digital health and care strategy delivery plan for 2023-24, setting out core aims to give citizens better control over and access to their data; to help staff to record and share information across the system; and to provide researchers, planners and innovators […]

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Amazon expands AWS HealthImaging service for medical data at scale – htn

  • August 17, 2023
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Amazon has announced the general availability of its AWS HealthImaging service, designed to help providers build cloud-native applications to store, analyse and share medical imaging data at petabyte-scale. The service is said to enable all of an organisation’s medical imaging applications access to “a single authoritative copy of data without duplication” as part of efforts to […]

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Technology procurement and developing specifications: NHSE guidance on virtual wards – htn

  • August 17, 2023
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NHS England has released guidance on the requirements of digital technologies supporting virtual wards across integrated care systems, focusing on the approach to procurement along with developing virtual ward specifications. NHSE acknowledges that the digital platform chosen to support virtual wards will depend on local need and maturity. The previously-released Digital Technology Assessment Criteria (DTAC) […]

Pig kidney keeps working for over a month in brain-dead man’s body

  • August 17, 2023
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Robert Montgomery, director of NYU Langone’s transplant institute, prepares a pig kidney for transplant into a brain-dead man in New York last month. Photograph: Shelby Lum/AP Robert Montgomery, director of NYU Langone’s transplant institute, prepares a pig kidney for transplant into a brain-dead man in New York last month. Photograph: Shelby Lum/AP Pig kidney keeps […]