Tag Archives: Smartphones

Digital Social Care Pathfinders: the Social Care Programme (NHS Digital)

Posted on February 19, 2020 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary NHS Digital is funding sixteen “Digital Social Care Pathfinders” projects with £4.5 million, with the aim of developing solutions for bridging the data and technology “gaps” which may act as barriers to better integration between the NHS and social … Continue reading →

Babylon Health Applies Artificial Intelligence to Improving Integration of Care and Population Health in Wolverhampton (HTN / RWT / BMJ / Lancet / NHS England / BBC News)

Posted on January 26, 2020 by Dementia and Elderly Care 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, 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’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, British Medical Journal (BMJ), Cannock Chase Hospital, Co-Design, Co-Design: People-Driven Change, COVID-19 Care Assistant, 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, 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, IT Infrastructure, Joined-Up Care, Joined-Up Healthcare: Digital Technology, Merging the Interfaces of Primary and Secondary Care, Monitoring Patients Remotely, Net Zero, Net Zero NHS: Greener NHS Campaign, 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, 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, Vertical Integration (of Primary and Secondary Care), Video Consultations to Avoid Outpatient Attendances, Video or Face-to-Face Consultations, Wearable Technology, Wearables (Technology), West Park Hospital, Zesty: Digital Outpatients | Leave a comment

Outline National Strategy for Information Technology in Health and Care (DHSC / BBC News / NHS England / NIHR / HEE / WHO / SMF / CQC / HTN / NHS Digital)

Posted on October 21, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Matt Hancock, Health and Social Care Secretary, has announced the latest vision for IT modernisation in the NHS, This will involve moving applications / data to cloud-based services, and technical standards which will allow NHS IT systems to be … Continue reading →

The Dementia Citizens Project (Knowledge Hub / Nesta)

Posted on September 8, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts (Nesta) has launched the Dementia Citizens website. This project aims to bring together researchers and people with dementia (and their carers and families) with a view to discovering novel ways … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Alzheimer's Society, Alzheimer’s Research UK, Assistive Technology, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Scotland, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest, Wales | Tagged Active Citizens, Arts and Music in Dementia, Arts in Health, Assistive Technology (AT), Assistive Technology and Telecare, Assistive Technology Services, Assistive Technology Supporting Independence of People With Dementia, AT: Assistive Technology, Bangor University, Book of You (Nesta backed by Bangor University), Citizen Inclusion, Citizen Participation, Citizenship: Involvement and Participation, Cognitive Stimulation, Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST), Ctrl Group: Nesta Development Partners, Cultural Arts Interventions, Dementia and Social Citizenship, Dementia Research, Dementia Services Development Centre, Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC Wales): Bangor University, Dementia Services Development Centre Wales: Bangor University, Dementia-Friendly apps, Dementia-Related apps, Digital Arts and Older People, Digital Reminiscence Therapy, Glasgow Caledonian University, Health Information Technology, Health Technology, Healthy Living Apps, Information and Support for Carers, Information and Support for Patients and Carers, Information Pathways for Assistive Technology in Dementia Care, Information Technology, Investment in Information Technology, iOS apps, Knowledge Hub (Philippa Lynch), Life Stories, Life Story, Life Story Work, Life Story Work in Dementia Care, Maintaining Independence, Meaningful Activity, Meaningful Activity and Occupation, Meaningful Occupation, Meaningful Relationships, Music Therapy, Music Therapy for BPSD, Musical Interventions, Musical Therapies, National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts (NESTA), NESTA: National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts, New Technology, Participation in Research, Participatory and Citizen Involvement, Participatory Arts, Patient Activation, Patient Choice, Patient Control, Patient Empowerment, Patient Experience, Patient Involvement, Patient Involvement in Research, Playlist for Life (Nesta backed by Glasgow Caledonian University), Public Participation in Research, Quality Statement 1: Participation in Meaningful Activity, Regaining Independence, Reminiscence, Reminiscence and Sensory Stimulation, Reminiscence Arts, Reminiscence Services, Reminiscence Therapy, Significant Dates (Reminiscence), Significant Events (Reminiscence), Significant Others (Reminiscence), Significant Persons (Reminiscence), Significant Places (Reminiscence), Smartphone and Tablet Apps, Smartphone apps, Smartphone Mobile Applications to Monitor Symptoms of Mental Health Conditions, Smartphones, Technology and Social Care, Technology and the Arts, Tele-Interventions, Telehealth and Self Care, Telemedicine, Telemonitoring, Transformational Technologies, Transformative Technology, Use and Awareness of Assistive Technology in Community Care, Use and Awareness of Assistive Technology in Dementia Care, Wearable Devices, Wearable Devices for People With Dementia, Wearable Sensors, Wearable Technologies Innovation, Wearable Technology, Wearables (Technology) | Leave a comment

Updated Overview of General Practice in England (House of Commons Library / BBC News / RCGP / BMA / NHS England / BMJ Open)

Posted on July 6, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This briefing paper from the House of Commons Library covers many aspects of GP services. This update covers recent changes, including those relating to funding, commissioning and named GPs for the over 75s. Many other considerations are summarised, with … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged 2014 General Practice Patient Survey, 24/48 Hour GP Access Targets, 24/7 Urgent GP Services, 5000 More GPs by 2020 and Surgeries Open Seven Days Per Week ("Surreal Obsession" BMA Claim), 7 Day Primary Care, 7 Day Services, 7-Day NHS, Academic Unit of Primary Care: University of Leeds, Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (AoMRC), Access Targets for GP Appointments, Access to Dental Services, Access to General Practice, Access to GP Services, Ageing Population, Ageing Workforce, Alternative Provider Medical Service (APMS) Contracts, Alternative Provider Medical Services (APMS), APMS Contracts: Commissioning of Additional Primary Care Services From Independent Sector, Ask NHS 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Improved In Hours and Out of Hours Access to GPs, Improving Access to GP Services, Improving Access to GP Services (New Deal), Inappropriate Demand on General Practice, Innovative Models of General Practice: King’s Fund (2018), Integration Transformation Fund (aka Better Care Fund), Integration Transformation Fund (ITF), James Reason’s Swiss Cheese Model, Leeds Institute of Health Research: University of Leeds, Legal Limits on Administrative Burdens at the Hospital / GP Interface, Living Systems Institute: University of Exeter, Local Government Association: LGA, Locum GP Rates Linked to Deprivation (BMA Allegation), Locum GPs In Deprived Versus Affluent NHS Areas, Mandatory Breaks, Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), Maureen Baker: Royal College of GPs, Minimum Practice Income Guarantee (MPIG), Minor Injury Units (MIUs), Named GPs, Named GPs for Over-75s, National Association of Primary Care (NAPC), Nationally Funded Support For Practice Nurses, New Deal for General Practice, New Deal for 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Working at Scale in English General Practice, Workload in General Practice | Leave a comment

ALIP: Telecare eNewsletter April 2014 (Telecare LIN)

Posted on May 5, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The prodigiously informative April 2014 newsletter from the Technology Strategy Board (TSB), HealthTech Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) and the Telecare Learning and Improvement Network was released recently. Full Text Link Reference Assisted Living Innovation Platform (ALIP) Newsletter. April 2014. … Continue reading →

Posted in Assistive Technology, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Housing, Housing LIN, Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, National, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Ageing Well With Technology, Airedale Hospital Telehealth Hub, Aktive Conference, ALIP: Telecare eNewsletter, Alliance for Connected Care (USA), Assisted Living Innovation Platform, Assisted Living Innovation Platform (ALIP), ATHENE: Assistive Technologies for Healthy living in Elders: Needs Assessment by Ethnography, Australian Ageing Agenda, Barker Commission, Better, Better Care Fund, Better Care Fund Plans, Birmingham Policy Commission, Centre for Assistive Technology and Connected Healthcare (CATCH), Commissioning of Telehealth, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO): Australia, Comorbidities Framework, Connecting Assistive Solutions to Aspirations: CASA, DALLAS (Delivering Assisted Living Lifestyles at Scale), dallas Programme, Day-to-Day Co-Production of Ageing in Place, Digital Health and Care Alliance (DHACA), Floor Tiles: Monitoring Health of Older People, Flourish: Aspirational Aging, GP Access Fund, Grand National Challenge, Guardian Healthcare Network, Hospital Admissions, Hospitals Without Walls, Housing Learning and Improvement Network (LIN), i-focus, Improving General Practice, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies: European Commission, Integrated Telecare and Telehealth Code of Practice (TSA), International Telecare and Telehealth Conference, Inventya Ltd, Kaiser Permanente Discharge app, King’s Fund Barker Commission, Liverpool Community Health Services, Living it Up (LiU), Living Well for Longer, Long Term Care Revolution Programme, Measuring the Quality of Integrated Care, Mi (More Independent), Mobile Technology, NHS Improving Quality Newsletter, NHS Scotland's Innovation Portal, Nursing Technology Fund, One Precious Life, ParkinsonNet, Patient and Client Council, Philips Healthcare, Philips Lifeline, PM Challenge Fund, PM Challenge Fund Pilots, Poppins Project, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Prime Minister Challenge Fund Pilots, Prime Minister’s GP Access Fund, Prof. Heinz Wolff, Project RITA, Protecting Our Parents (BBC Series), Regional innovation Fund (RIF), Responsive InTeractive Advocate (RITA), Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, SALTC: Simulating Ageing and Long Term Conditions, Smartphone Mobile Applications to Monitor Symptoms of Mental Health Conditions, Smartphones, Social Care Commitment, SociBot: Social Robot, South Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, TaskRabbit, Technology Enabled Care Services (TECS), Technology Enabled Care Services Programme, Technology Strategy Board (TSB), Technology Strategy Board’s Assisted Living Innovation Platform (ALIP), Telecare Learning and Improvement Network, Telecare LIN, Telecare Services Association (TSA), TeleCoaching, Telehealth Physio Services, Telemedicine, Telemedicine in Arizona, Telephonic Medication Therapy Management to Reduce Hospitalization in Home Health Patients, TeleServices, Transforming Primary Care Report, Try (AT) Before They Buy, Tunstall Healthcare (UK), UKTelehealthcare, Unnecessary Hospital Admissions, Views on Telemonitoring Services, Warm Neighbourhoods, Year Zero | Leave a comment

On the Future of Mental Health (NHS Confederation’s Mental Health Network)

Posted on March 30, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This paper from the NHS Confederation’s Mental Health Network (MHN) discusses the challenges facing mental health services during the next ten to twenty years. It considers changes to population demographics, new technologies, increasing demand, financial constraints in the NHS, plus the … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Mental Health Network (NHS Confederation), Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NICE Guidelines, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Access to Mental Health Services, Adult Mental Health Services, Adult Mental Health Services (AMHS), Age and Ageing, Ageing and Dementia, Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, Attitudes to Mental Illness, Barriers to Integration, Big White Wall, Black and Minority Ethnic (BME), Black and Minority Ethnic Communities: Mental Health, BME: Black and Minority Ethnic, Buddy App, Care Integration, Centre for Mental Health, Changing Attitudes and Expectations, Clintouch, Commissioning and Funding, Commissioning for Recovery, Commissioning Older People’s Mental Health Services, Constrained Funding, Demand-Side Factors, Demographic Change and Public Services, Demographic Changes, Demographics, Digital Revolution, Digital Technology, E-Mental Health, Elderly Mental Health, Emotional and Psychological Wellbeing, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Expectations, Financial Constraints, Funding Gap (NHS), Funding Reform, Future of Mental Health, Generational Differences, Health and Social Care Integration, Health Inequalities, Health Information Technology, Health Technologies, Information Technology, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integrated Care and Support, Integrated Commissioning, Integrated Dementia Care, Integrated Physical and Mental Health, Integration of Health and Social Care for Older People, Investment in Adult Mental Health Services, Mental Health Act Commissioners, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Mental Health Care, Mental Health Care and Treatment, Mental Health Commissioning, Mental Health Foundation (MHF), Mental Health Inequalities, Mental Health Policy, Mental Health Recovery, Mental Health Services, Mental Health Strategies, New Technology, NHS Confederation’s Mental Health Network (MHN), NHS Funding Gap, No Health Without Mental Health, Population Change, Public Attitudes and Expectations, Recovery, Reducing Health Inequalities, Remote Mental Health Support, Rising Expectations, Smartphones, Social Epidemiology, Wellbeing and Recovery From Illness | Leave a comment

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