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Tag Archives: Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Babylon Health Applies Artificial Intelligence to Improving Integration of Care and Population Health in Wolverhampton (HTN / RWT / BMJ / Lancet / NHS England / BBC News)
Summary Babylon Health and the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust have announced a ten year partnership to explore the application of an artificial intelligence app to delivering joined-up digital care for Wolverhampton’s population. Full Text Link Reference Babylon agrees 10 year … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Assistive Technology, Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, New Cross Hospital, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Nuffield Trust, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest, Wolverhampton
Tagged Access to Personal Health Records Online, Access to Primary Care, Adoption of Innovations, Ageing and Long-Term Care, Ageing Population, AI Health Assistant: Medical Information and Triage Advice, AI Symptom Checkers, Ali Parsa: CEO and Founder of Babylon, Anticipatory Care Planning and Integration, Applications of Big Data, Apps, apps for Smartphones or Tablets, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Artificial Intelligence Enhanced Anticipatory Care, Ask A&E: Free COVID-19 Care Assistant (Powered by Babylon), Babylon, Babylon GP at Hand (BGPaH) Evaluation Studies, Babylon’s AI Symptom Checker, Babylon’s Artificial Intelligence, BBC Health News, BBC Technology News, Beyond Integrated Care: Population Health Systems, Birmingham and Solihull, Blurring Boundary Between Primary and Secondary Care, BMJ, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, Booking Appointments, Bristol Medical School: University of Bristol, British Medical Journal (BMJ), Cannock Chase Hospital, Centre for Academic Primary Care: University of Bristol, Co-Design, Co-Design: People-Driven Change, COVID-19 and NHS Use of Digital Technology, COVID-19 Care Assistant, Department of Population Health Sciences: University of Bristol, Digital Care Plans, Digital Care Records, Digital Change in Health and Social Care, Digital Health, Digital Health Innovations, Digital Innovation, Digital Interventions for Health System Improvements, Digital Maturity, Digital Outpatients, Digital Patient Portal, Digital Service Transformation, Digital Services, Digital Services for Patients, Digital Suppliers, Digital Technology, Digital Technology and Innovation, Digital-First Integrated Care, Digital-First Primary Care, Efficiencies and Productivity Gains, Efficiency and Effectiveness, Efficiency Opportunities, Electronic Booking, Electronic Consultations (eConsults), GP at Hand (Babylon), GP at Hand app (Babylon Health), Greener NHS Campaign, Health and Care Infrastructure, Health and Care of Older People, Health Assessments, Health Information Technology, Health Innovation, Health Management, HTN: Health Tech Newspaper, Innovation and Co-Design, Integrated Digital Care: An Information Revolution, Integrated Digital Health System (Wolverhampton), Integrated Digital Health Systems, Integration of Primary Community and Secondary Healthcare, Integration of Primary Secondary and Community Care, Ipsos MORI Social Research Institute, IT Infrastructure, Joined-Up Care, Joined-Up Healthcare: Digital Technology, Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR), Merging the Interfaces of Primary and Secondary Care, Monitoring Patients Remotely, Net Zero, Net Zero NHS: Greener NHS Campaign, NHS Hammersmith and Fulham CCG, NHS Hammersmith and Fulham Clinical Commissioning Group, Optimising Benefits of Digital Technology, Optimising Patient Outcomes Using Digital Technology, Patient Access to Records, Patient Activation, Patient Choice, Patient Control Over Appointment Booking and Prescriptions, Patient Empowerment, Patient Facility to Watch Consultations Again (Improving Adherence to Clinician Instructions), Patient Facility to Watch Consultations Again (Improving Health Literacy), Patient Facility to Watch Consultations Again (Improving Memory of Instructions), Patient Records, Personal Clinical Records, Personalised Care Plans, Population Health, Primary and Secondary Care, Private Video-Consultation Services in Primary Care, Professional Record Standards Body (PRSB), Reducing Unnecessary Admissions, Reducing Unnecessary Travel, Reducing Unnecessary Trips to Hospital, Reducing Waste in the NHS, Remote Appointments, Remote Care Monitoring, Remote Consultations, Remote Health Monitoring, Remote Support, Remote Technologies for Healthcare Quality Improvement, Self Care (Technology-Supported), Self-Management (Technology-Supported), Service Transformation, Smartphone apps, Smartphones, Sultan Mahmud: Director of Integration Innovation and Research at RWT, Technological Trends, Technology and Innovation, Technology-Supported Self-Management, Telecare (Remote Collection of Patient Data), Telehealth (Remote Monitoring), Telehealth to Monitor Patients Remotely, Telemedicine, Telemonitoring, TeleTracking, Text Messaging, Transformative Health Technology, Transformative Technology, Treating Patients Closer to Home, University Hospital Birmingham (UHB) NHS Foundation Trust, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, University of Bristol, Vertical Integration (of Primary and Secondary Care), Video Consultations, Video Consultations to Avoid Outpatient Attendances, Video or Face-to-Face Consultations, Wearable Technology, Wearables (Technology), West Park Hospital, York Health Economics Consortium, York Health Economics Consortium (YHEC), Zesty: Digital Outpatients
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Robotics in Social Care (Houses of Parliament Library POST Note PN 591)
Summary A recent Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) research briefing note covers the potential impact of robotics on the costs and quality of social care. It explores all aspects of the possible uses of robots in social care. Full Text … Continue reading
Posted in Assistive Technology, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Management of Condition, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Ageing Population, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Artificial Intelligence: Assisting People With Dementia, Assistive Intelligent Robots, Care Robots, Emotional Robots, Examples of Robots in Social Care Practice, Home Care Robots, Houses of Parliament, NHS Data Security and Protection Toolkit (DSPT), Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST), Pepper Robots, Pets (Robotic), Physical Assistance (Robotic), POST: Parliamentary Office of Science & Technology, Robotic Care for the Elderly, Robotic Support for Care Workers, Robotics, Robotics in Social Care, Robotics in Social Care (POST Note PN 591), Robots, Social Assistance (Robotic), Social Care, Wearable Robots
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European Antibiotic Awareness Day (PHE / BBC News / NHS Choices / Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy)
Summary European Antibiotic Awareness Day (EAAD) 2014 is planned for November 18th 2014. Public Health England (PHE) is attempting to encourage restraint in the overprescribing and overuse of antibiotics. There is a potential public health crisis as existing antimicrobials become … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, National, NHS, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), NHS England, Pharmacological Treatments, Practical Advice, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Antibiotic Guardian, Antibiotic Guardian Campaign, Antibiotic Guardian Pledge Campaign, Antibiotic Prescribing in Primary Care, Antibiotic Resistance, Antibiotic Stewardship, Antibiotic-Resistant Bacterial Infections, Antibiotic-Resistant Hospital Infections, Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infections (ARHAI), Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare-Associated Infection (ARHAI), Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control (Journal), Antimicrobial Stewardship, Antimicrobials, ARHAI Antimicrobial Pharmacist Network, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Awareness Campaigns, Awareness Raising, BBC Health News, Behind the Headlines, Bladder Infection (Cystitis), British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, BSAC: British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control: Public Health England, Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education, Coughs and Colds, CPPE, CPPE: Centre for Postgraduate Education, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), Department of Health’s Expert Advisory Committee on Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infections (ARHAI), Department of Healthcare Associated Infection and Antimicrobial Resistance, Department of Infection and Population Health: University College London, EAAD 2013 Evaluation Report, European Antibiotic Awareness Day (2013): Evaluation, European Antibiotic Awareness Day (2014), European Antibiotic Awareness Day (EAAD), European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Farr Institute of Health Informatics Research, Field Epidemiology Service: Public Health England (Birmingham), GPs, Halicin, Health and Wellbeing Boards (HWBs), Health Protection Agency (HPA), Healthcare Infection Society (HIS), Inappropriate Prescribing of Antibiotics, Infection of the Middle Ear (Otitis Media), Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Local Authorities, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Overprescribing, Overuse of Antibiotics, Pharma Mix Group Ltd, Pharmacy Voice, PHE: Public Health England, Public Health, Public Health England (PHE), Real-Time Syndromic Surveillance Team: Public Health England (Birmingham), Reducing Inappropriate Prescribing of Antibiotics, Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), Royal College of General Practitioners Research and Surveillance Centre, Royal College of General Practitioners Research and Surveillance Centre (Birmingham), Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Greet Britain (RPSGB), Scottish Antimicrobial Prescribing Group, Self Care Forum, Sore Throats, Standing Medical Advisory Committee (SMAC) Sub-Group on Antimicrobial Resistance Report (1998), Start Smart Then Focus, TARGET Toolkit, UK 5 Year Antimicrobial Resistance Strategy 2013 to 2018, United Kingdom Clinical Pharmacy Association (UKCPA), University College London (UCL), Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs)
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