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People at the heart of tech at the heart of the NHS

  • July 29, 2024
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Highland Marketing advisory board member Natasha Phillips led a discussion on nurses, midwives, and allied health professionals, and the skills and competencies they will need to lead and thrive in a digitally-enabled healthcare system. “If the NHS is going to become more productive, we need to put the nursing and midwifery workforce at the heart […]

Open Standards: The debate continues but the benefits shine through

  • July 29, 2024
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Andy Wilcox, Senior International Marketing Manager, and Andrew Harrison, Principal Product Manager, both of Imprivata, discuss approaches to open standards.   David Hancock, co-chair of INTEROPen recently penned a blog about the clear benefits of open standards and the challenges of delivering them. He remarks at the end of the blog “Open standards are vital for […]

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NHS England publishes pre-procurement notice for digital weight management programme – htn

  • July 29, 2024
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NHS England has published a pre-procurement notice for a digital weight management programme worth an estimated £23 million, with the aim of delivering a behavioural lifestyle intervention over a 12-week period for people living with obesity. The procured service will provide dietary and physical activity advice and content, aligned to NHS guidelines; a programme build […]

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Report calls for more human oversight of GenAI

  • July 29, 2024
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Most consumers want businesses to employ human oversight and establish guardrails for the use of generative AI (GenAI) tools like ChatGPT, new research has found. Smart Communications’ research, which surveyed 2000 consumers worldwide regarding their opinions on customer communications from financial services, insurance and healthcare companies, shows that Over three-quarters (77 per cent) of consumers […]

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Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust deploys DrDoctor technology to transform waitlist management – Digital Health Technology News

  • July 29, 2024
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DrDoctor, the UK’s leading patient engagement platform (PEP) supplier, has today announced a new integration partnership with Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust to empower operational and clinical teams to manage and scale hybrid patient pathways within the Trust. The partnership – which will see DrDoctor’s Patient Engagement Platform (PEP) integrate with CareNotes Electronic Patient Record (EPR) […]

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Report on CQC operational effectiveness highlights “significant challenges” with portal, platform and data use – htn

  • July 29, 2024
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An interim report has been published into the operational effectiveness of the Care Quality Commission (CQC), providing a high-level summary of emerging findings designed to “inform the changes needed to start the process of improving CQC”. The report follows a request made to Dr Penny Dash earlier this year to carry out a review of […]

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Personalized mental health care company neurocare group announces acquisition of Smart TMS clinics in the UK – Digital Health Technology News

  • July 29, 2024
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Munich, Germany, and London, UK  – neurocare group  (“neurocare” or the “Company”), a leading innovator in personalized mental health care, today announced the acquisition of Smart TMS, UK’s broadest provider of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) treatment. Smart TMS currently runs nine clinics across the UK and Ireland. This acquisition not only marks an expansion of neurocare’s […]