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Digital Health Rewired returns to re-connect everyone working across all parts of the digital health community with a reimagined, in-person conference and exhibition next year.

The revamped event will run on March 15 and 16 2022 and will once again bring together leaders from across the NHS IT and UK digital health sectors.

Held at the Business Design Centre in London, Rewired 2022 will form the centrepiece of a week-long festival celebrating the best of digital, data and innovation in health and care that will include an exciting new virtual fringe. This year we have two co-headline sponsors, TPP and System C.

The Rewired 2022 programme will focus on national policy, integrated care, digital transformation, AI and data, and innovation, plus an ambitious new Digital Nursing Summit.

Pitchfest, the hugely popular quick-fire start-up competition showcasing the best digital health start-ups in the UK and Europe, also returns to the Rewired 2022 show.

New for 2022 will be the launch of the Rewired Awards, specifically created to recognise the achievements of different teams working across the sector.  The Rewired Awards will be announced at a gala networking evening on March 15, rounding off day one of the show.

Jon Hoeksma, CEO of Digital Health, said: “Rewired will once again hold up a mirror to the very best of current and future use of digital and data across UK healthcare and beyond.

“The new look Rewired 2022 is designed to provide an attractive mix of opportunities for sharing best practice, education and networking and making connections that count, that will be open to everyone working in the sector who has an interest in digital.

“For instance, we are inviting all nurses and AHPs who are curious about how digital can help them better care for patients to come along and find out more.”

An online open call has been launched for digital best practice presentations and case studies, with health professionals from across all parts of UK invited to suggest sessions for inclusion next March.

The programme, which will once again be curated by an independent programme group drawn from the leaders of Digital Health Networks, will focus on national policy, best practice and innovation with educational sessions accredited for CPD.

Early registration is now open, with tickets free to everyone working in the NHS, public and third sectors.  Tickets are also free for all start-ups and independents.

In the virtual edition of Rewired 2021 there were more than 300 different presentations showcasing the amazing work underway across the NHS.

“Rewired 2022 will make a very welcome return to live, but we are committed to retaining the best parts of virtual events, which enabled new audiences to take part, and will be running an extensive programme of virtual fringe events either side of the live two-day show,” Hoeksma added.

Confirmed partners on Rewired 2022 include NHS Digital, NHSX, DigitalHealth.London, TechUK, NHS Providers, FCI and Fed-IP and ABHI, with further announcements to follow.

Register for your place at Rewired 2022 here.

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A new coalition formed from members from Royal Colleges, health charities and patient groups, is working to ensure the interests of patients are a key focus in the deployment of policy surrounding digital health technology.

The Patient Coalition for AI, Data and Digital Tech in Health is the first of its kind to champion the patient perspective by bringing together a diverse range of stakeholders.

Its formation is particularly timely. Recently we saw the General Practice Data for Planning and Research be postponed, due to concerns over whether patients had been given enough time to consider the changes to how their data is used.

Similarly, the government’s data strategy – Data Saves Lives: Reshaping health and social care with data – which aims to give patients more control over their health, also came under fire from patient groups as campaigners were quick to call for NHS patients to be put ahead of the demands for profit.

The newly formed coalition is aiming to ensure these kind of mistakes don’t happen again – particular as the adoption of digital health technology accelerates at pace.

It is formed of:

• Asthma UK
• Boehringer Ingelheim
• British Lung Foundation
• British Heart Foundation
• Diabetes UK
• Fight for Sight
• Parkinson’s UK
• Patient Information Forum
• Patient Safety Learning
• The Patients Association
• Royal College of Pathologists
• Royal College of Radiologists
• Stroke Association

United by common belief

Rachel Power, chief executive of the Patients Association and chair of the Patient Coalition for AI, Data and Digital Tech in Health, said: “We are delighted to be launching this vital new coalition particularly after such a challenging year.

“The reason why all these fantastic partners from across the health landscape have agreed to join this coalition is because we are all united by the common belief that more needs to be done to put patients at the heart of digital health. It really is an issue of collaboration and making sure that patients are consulted throughout the policymaking process and that their priorities and interests are at the core of policy decisions.”

The coalition will act as an independent campaigning coalition, actively engaging to help influence Government and NHS policies. Its overarching goal is to ensure patient interests are at the heart of digital health tech policy.

Putting patients at the heart of the agenda

Coalition members have committed to tackling issues like:

• Examining health inequalities and calling for the prioritisation of access to digital health.
• Sharing best patient-centric practice in digital health
• Ensuring the patient perspective is embedded in policy and government strategies.

Uday Bose, country managing director and head of human pharma at coalition member Boehringer Ingelheim UK and Ireland, added: “This coalition is a fantastic example of a cross sector group bringing their diverse perspectives and experience to focus on the patient perspective in digital health.

“Our priority at Boehringer Ingelheim is and always has been patient centricity and we are very supportive, as a key member and sponsor of the coalition, of the ambition that digital health technology is shaped and developed together with the patient to ensure critical aspects of design, access and building confidence are considered.”

The coalition’s first report into lessons learned from the Covid-19 pandemic concluded that the UK must build on progress made to digitise the NHS, while drawing on best practice examples that helped facilitate service improvements, such as virtual self-referral and clinician communication support.

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South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust has teamed up with Allocate Software to replace its legacy electronic workforce management systems.

The trust (SCAS) will install Allocate’s HealthRoster Platform to bring together the multiple rostering systems currently in place.

The upgrade of its workforce management systems will mean the trust is better able to support its response to patients; can improve the management and reporting of worked hours; support legal compliance with Working Time Directives; and align pay and rostering systems into a single system for all staff groups, according to the trust.

The move to Allocate – which was acquired by RLDatix this summer – will modernise the current situation of three disparate systems used to roster the substantive, private provider, bank and agency staff.

It is hoped the the single integrated platform will resolve some of the inconsistencies the trust currently experiences around resources and aligning working processes across multiple NHS environments.

The trust is tasked with handling frontline operations and clinical coordination centres for 999, NHS 111 and patient transport services across four counties. It also provides patient transport services across Surrey and Sussex, thanks to its 3,300-strong workforce.

Steve West, director of planning and performance forecasting for the trust, said “This is a great opportunity to further develop our systems, for the benefit of our staff and of course our patients across all our services. In doing so improving and streamlining our process allowing us to better plan our resources.”

Staff within SCAS will also have access to a workforce and engagement app which is fully integrated with the HealthRoster platform. Loop will give staff greater visibility and control over their working hours. It will also provide a more connected engagement experience, as staff can interact with messages and content at an organisation, team and peer level.

Nick Wilson, CEO of Allocate said: “Ambulance trusts have always been under a lot of pressure and nevermore so than during the recent pandemic. Yet, they manage to deliver an amazing service that helps their communities and saves lives on a daily basis.

“Allocate is truly proud to work with SCAS and bring them fit-for-the-future technology that will help the trust manage their workforce effectively, enable staff to get a better work experience and ensure that they are compensated for all of their hours worked.”

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During the early years of implementing electronic health records in hospitals, nearly 15 years ago, I recall an intensivist in the CCU warning that EHR systems are a disaster.

The reason? An inherent order form within the application prevented the physician from prescribing medicine in the dosage he required. Technology has its glitches, and all those who have been part of EHR implementations during those years will remember the challenges they have had to face.

Fast forward 15 years, and today, the electronic health record has become the central hub for all digital developments in healthcare. With the stabilization of the EHR systems, the demand to make healthcare more user-friendly has only increased.

The introduction of FHIR APIs and the interoperability ruling has further opened the market to a slew of consumer-friendly healthcare services that rival Uber and Amazon. The two decades of digital transformation have been expedited in the last two years due to COVID-19, which has made change management easier than it previously was.

Technology has proved to be a blessing for consumers who today have a plethora of care options and improved access to care. This is not the case with frontline caregivers who continue to suffer from clinician burnout and fatigue.

This article explores the impact and effects of digital transformation on frontline caregivers – clinicians, physicians, nurses, therapists, and other healthcare practitioners – what they want from digitized healthcare to make a difference in their lives as caregivers.

How are digital workflow changes affecting frontline caregivers’ ability to execute their jobs? Does the pandemic’s massive shift in digital transformation meet the needs of healthcare providers?

Digital transformation for frontline caregivers – workflows and what they need

Digital health has improved patient access to care, patient engagement, and care delivery but has done very little for the frontline caregivers. Frontline caregivers are burdened with administrative jobs like order entry, navigating through screens to view previous reports and prescriptions and fill clinical documentation forms.

They must use different solutions for in-person consultations, video consultations, and then documenting notes in the EHR. While this may not sound much, note that using software optimally involves a learning curve and time frame. Not to mention that the management may suddenly decide to change some or all of it, a few years down the line.  All these leave a question for us on the table – Is it worth the trouble?

The primary digital touchpoints during the different phases of a clinician workflow include:

Clinical consultations. A good diagnosis requires attentive listening and a meticulous physical examination during an in-person or virtual session. Physicians are frequently distracted when required to record notes and findings into a system that is not intuitive to use.

According to Dr. Yaa Kumah-Crystal, assistant professor of biomedical informatics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, the new era of using voice technology can become instrumental in making queries and commands in the EHRs to retrieve information during in-person visits.

This improves patient engagement, and the provider is not distracted by having to pull away and go to their computer screen to enter orders or record notes. However, there are limitations, such as the inability to comprehend differences in language and speech and privacy concerns. While Google transcribing solutions and comparable technologies are gaining traction, they have yet to establish themselves as reliable tools for documentation.

During a virtual consult, the physical examinations are aided by temperature sensors, pulse oximeters, and others. Remote patient monitoring devices and platform companies collaborate to create a continued experience of virtually conducting examinations and entering notes directly within the EHR.

This is one area where acceptance and implementation rates have been relatively high amongst clinical users. Therefore, scaling RPM and telehealth programs by integrating devices, telehealth platforms, and EHRs to meet consumer demands is an area that is getting attention.

Orders and clinical documentation. Once the consultation is done, the next stage is entering orders and completing documentation. A physician, nurse, or clinician interacts with clinical content such as computerized provider order entry order forms from within the EHR.

This involves moving through order entry, flowsheets, and clinical documentation screens. The forms for order entry and documentation are often poorly structured. They are designed not considering the ways of working and documenting and prescribing styles or norms of the frontline clinicians.

Such unplanned or generalized form designs trigger unnecessary warnings for drug-drug interactions or drug doses, leading to confusion and distraction. There have been instances when physicians have placed the dosage and route of administration of medications in special instruction fields of order forms due to a shortage of text space or the non-availability of required dosages and routes inside the order form itself.

Integrating voice technology into EHR screens and AI to comprehend what the clinician is saying can help eliminate an additional layer of post-work documentation time.

Viewing reports from ancillary systems and the importance of interoperability. A significant part of diagnosis often involves prescribing and reviewing patient reports. According to a poll taken in 2019, about 90% of ambulatory clinics and mid-sized health organizations still send reports through fax.

Even today, diagnostic centers fax or send pdf copies of the reports to clinics. Clinics hire additional staff to extract key observations and values from the faxed reports and place them in relevant areas of the EHR for reporting purposes simply because the systems are not integrated.

This is a waste of time, effort, resources and may also be prone to errors. This also delays diagnosis as doctors have to wait for the reports to be faxed or emailed and then for somebody to extract relevant insights from them.

By ensuring that radiology and laboratory information systems are interoperable with EHR systems and have bi-directional communication, frontline clinicians can focus on their primary job of caregiving.

Terminologies in clinical documents

The exchange of information between two disparate systems is meaningful only when both systems can understand the information contained in the documents. Clinical terminologies include a wide range of topics, and various specialties document them in distinct manners. PID can refer to Pelvic Inflammatory Disease for a gynecologist or a Prolapsed Intervertebral Disc in the case of an orthopedic surgeon.

The core of the information is lost until coded correctly in the backend with the correct terminology. Physicians’ speech and writing are coded with computer-readable terms to improve communication within systems.

For many categories of clinical data, the USCDI has established data class standards for different types of clinical data. By adhering to these data class standards, systems must ensure data interoperability for a seamless workflow for clinicians.

Meaningful implementation of digitized healthcare for frontline caregivers

Due to the numerous drawbacks of technology deployment in healthcare, clinicians are cautious of adopting any technology unless they are convinced of its ease of use and reliability. The “first, do no harm” concept is firmly ingrained in frontline clinicians.

Clinicians frown upon technology innovations that challenge their usual ways of functioning. The technology is all available, and it is the implementation that must be done right. According to Jim Beinlich, former chief data information officer at Penn Medicine, it is a lot less about engineering now and more about doing the implementation correctly.

A progressive strategy that builds end-user confidence by addressing thoughtful implementation during the consulting, ordering, documenting, and viewing reports can help physicians accept the digital transformation and align with their organization’s digital vision.

Digitize the existing processes and not alter the way clinicians or frontline caregivers work. Digitize to make their life easy, even if it means transforming one process at a time, however small or short process it is. 

Dr. Joyoti Goswami is a Principal Consultant at Damo Consulting.

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Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust (TSDFT) has been selected as one of a small number of hospital trusts to take part in a national trial which involves Microsoft HoloLens 2 and Dynamics 365 Remote Assist.

The first pilot trial within the trust is taking place at Torbay Hospital’s Breast Care Unit to support the nurse-led dressing clinics.

HoloLens2 is a mixed reality headset which uses multiple sensors, advanced optics and holographic processing. Within the Breast Care Unit, clinical specialist nurses can send high resolution video feeds to consultations, who will be able to add digital markers and annotations live on to the video to guide the nurse’s view where it’s needed.

The system will replace the more time-consuming process of emailing static images to consultants and enable immediate feedback and advice to be given. The use of the technology will be supported by the platform Dynamics 365 Remote Assist.

Jacqueline Rees-Lee, consultant oncoplastic breast and plastic surgeon at TSDFT, said: “Extended Reality (XR) Technologies are undoubtedly going to play a big part in patient care, and staff and healthcare education in the future. The HoloLens 2 mixed reality headset will help us develop digital technology to bring benefits to our patients and staff in the hospital and out in the community.

“We are a busy service and cannot always be in the breast care unit, this technology allows me to assist other clinicians and support our support our nursing staff from anywhere. I am able to talk and interact with patients and so am able to gather crucial information throughout the appointment process.”

The system works over Microsoft Teams and is easy-to-use and secure. All information being transmitted is encrypted and none of it is stored.

The technology has already been deployed in other settings. In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital turned to the mixed reality solution to help clinical staff collaborate when needed.

The pilot trial forms part of the Digital Futures Lab at TSDFT – an innovation space where staff can directly experience a range of technology and creatively explore how they can be used to enhance healthcare delivery.

Nick Peres, head of digital technologies at TSDFT, added: “It is wonderful to have the HoloLens 2 pilot project as part of the Digital Futures work as we always want to be sure there is real value being added with any new technology.

“The HoloLens works alongside the current platform we use for virtual collaboration and videoconferencing, but it is paramount that those using new devices and equipment feel comfortable and confident in doing so.”

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The NHS app is reportedly collecting and storing facial recognition data under a contract with a private tech company – sparking concern among privacy campaigners.

Biometric verification company iProov was awarded a contract by NHS Digital in 2019 to manage user verification on the app.

The company’s technology is used to ensure people are genuinely present when using NHS login to access the NHS App, done through a series of lights shined onto a user’s face. New users of the app are asked to prove who they are to gain access to its services.

But it has caused concern among privacy campaigners who have called for transparency on how data is used and stored, according to The Guardian.

NHS Digital told Digital Health News the company does not “receive, process or store” personally identifiable information on app users.

The contract between iProov and NHS Digital has not been published, which NHS Digital said was for “security reasons”.

Phil Booth, coordinator at privacy group medConfidential, told Digital Health News the decision not to publish the contract was “unnecessarily undermining trust”.

“The official assertion that a biometric of someone’s face is anything other than identifiable data, however, is as ludicrous as it is insulting to patients’ intelligence,” he said.

While privacy group Big Brother Watch said it was “deeply concerned” about the secrecy surrounding iProov’s use of data, but NHS Digital stressed all data was anonymous and access to data was subject to special panel reviews.

Jake Hurfurt, head of research and investigations at Big Brother Watch, said: “We’re deeply concerned by the secrecy surrounding facial verification and data flows in the NHS app, particularly given the involvement of a private company.

“It raises questions about how private and secure anyone’s information is when using facial verification and the NHS login. Anyone who sends personal information to a private company, at the encouragement of the NHS, has a right to know exactly what happens to their data.”

The NHS App reached more than 12 million downloads this year since Covid-19 passports were added to the service.

The NHS App allows users to access a range of NHS services on their smartphone or tablet. It was launched in 2018 and offers services including symptom checking and triage; appointment booking; repeat prescription ordering; access to patient records; national data opt-out; and organ donation preference.

The app already allowed users to check their vaccination record if permitted by their GP, but since May has also included Covid-19 vaccination status.

By default, the app asks some users for video facial verification. It involves new users recording a video of their face which is then sent to iProov to compare the facial data with anonymised photo IDs held by the government.

The app also asks users for their date of birth, postcode, phone number and photo of their passport or drivers license for verification during the sign-up process.

In cases where a user has submitted a photo to prove their identity the information is checked by the NHS login identity checking team or through the NHS login automated identity verification journey, NHS Digital said.

It is possible to opt out of providing video facial verification.

Cori Crider, director of tech justice firm Foxglove, told The Guardian: “So long as this system to log into the NHS app is optional then it may be fine but officials definitely shouldn’t be ‘nudging’ patients to log in with their faces to access healthcare.

“We should all also reflect on whether we’re heading towards a world where people have to use their faces just to walk into the supermarket or the pharmacy or the nightclub.”

A spokesperson from iProov told Digital Health News its technology is “highly secure” and uses encryption to protect patient data.

“This secure verification process helps the NHS to prevent a login being wrongfully set up using another person’s identity. iProov technology is highly secure, simple to use and deploys techniques such as a privacy firewall and strong encryption to protect user data.”

A spokesperson for NHS Digital added: “We use facial verification software when people decide to use the app to access their confidential patient data, as part of our NHS login identity verification process which is clearly explained to app users.

“This means people using the NHS App can trust that their data will be safe and secure.”

iProov has previously worked with HM Revenue & Customs and the Home Office, as well as providing its software to Eurostar, several banks and the US Department of Homeland Security, according to The Guardian.

The company is also linked to Tory donors through private equity group JRJ, which provided iProov with financial backing and had a seat on its board when it received its first NHS contract, according to The Guardian.

Two JRJ partners, Jeremy Isaacs and Roger Nagioff, have made a total of 41 donations to the Tory party and its MPs between 2004 and 2021.

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Healthcare communication platform accuRx has secured £27.5million in funding which will go towards expanding the company and helping build more products. 

The company partnered with Lakestar, who led the Series B funding round, and with existing investors continuing with their support and British Patient Capital was welcomed as a new investor.

According to the company, 98% of GP practices are already using accuRx’s core products to communicate with patients – including its Chain SMS text service. It is now focusing on building a patient-centred platform to ensure that everyone involved in a patient’s care can communicate with each other.

Writing in a blog post, Laurence Bargery, co-founder of accuRx, said: “Product-wise, we want to go deeper into GP practices to offer more value and broaden our offering into secondary care. Healthcare is complex, and requires leaps of faith at times.

“We have some strong beliefs about our product roadmap, but some of the decisions we take will be wrong and some could be quite costly in terms of time spent. We hope this funding allows us to double down on making our current products even better, as well as taking some big bets.

“If some of these big bets come off, we’ll really increase the impact we have.”

The company wants to grow the adoption of the technology into hospital and care home settings to connect communication across the health and social care system. The funding will also be used for improving current products, growing the team and expanding office space.

Bargery concluded: “We’ve built a great foundation and we’re building products fast and at scale, which are incredibly reliable and user-focused. We’ve got an exciting roadmap to deliver more value to general practice and grow our adoption across the healthcare system.”

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The latest Digital Health Unplugged is now live – this time exploring the importance of user experience when designing digital health tools.

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust have employed four design teams to look at the way tech is used, and received, by the end user.

The aim is to ensure all digital health tools rolled out across the trust are easy to use and provide what the end user, whether that be clinicians or patients, actually need.

Tune in to hear from:

• Helen Potter, head of pathways and EPR development, Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
• Nitesh Bali, clinical pathways product manager for digital, Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Potter and Bali explain the process of setting up the design teams, the work they are undertaking and the future aims of the teams.

And, of course, there’s discussion on the successes the design teams have had – including saving nurses five weeks of time per year using technology solutions.

Digital Health Unplugged is published fortnightly on Spotify, iTunes and Apple Podcasts. Follow us to stay up-to-date with the latest news.

You can also download the podcast from digitalhealth.podbean.com or through the Podbean app.

Got a podcast suggestion? Email podcast@digitalhealth.net.

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The NHS App has hit a milestone as more than 12 million people have downloaded it since Covid-19 passports became available.

The surge in downloads take the app to more that 16 million users in total. The app, which allows people to download and view their Covid-19 vaccination status, also signposts users to organ donation and other NHS services.

More than 1.5 million people have now used the app to manage their organ donation preference, with 265,000 of these registering their organ donation for the first time via the app.

Speaking at London Tech Week health secretary Sajid Javid said: “The benefits of technology are enormous. Nowhere has tech transformation proved its worth more than in health and care.

“We all owe so much not just to our doctors, nurses and colleagues on the front line but also the coders, developers and innovators who helped our NHS stay so strong.

“We’ve seen what healthtech can do at a time when health systems around the world were under incredible strain. We must build on the progress that we’ve all seen and deliver this long-awaited digital revolution.”

Further figures reveal that since Covid-19 passports became available on the app in May, almost 3.2 million repeat prescriptions were ordered and more than 268,000 GP appointments booked via the app.

Matthew Gould, chief executive of NHSX, said: “This is tech saving lives. By making it easier for people to set their preferences for organ donation, we have thousands more people whose organs might now be used to save others.

“We will be developing the NHS App so people can use it to drive their own care, set their own preferences, and stay healthy.”

Alex Hudson, head of the NHS organ donor register at NHS Blood and Transplant, added: “By enabling people to check, amend and update their organ donation decision, the NHS app makes it easier than ever for people to manage and control their own organ donation decision.

“Even though organ donation has changed to an opt out system, it is important for people to be aware that families will still always be approached before organ donation goes ahead. When a person has proactively registered their organ donation decision, we know this provides great comfort and reassurance for families at what is an incredibly difficult time.”

Hudson urged more people to download the app and register their preference during Organ Donation Week from September 20-29.

The NHS App was launched in 2018 and offers services including symptom checking and triage; appointment booking; repeat prescription ordering; access to patient records; and national data opt-out.

Covid-19 passports have been available through the app since May 17. It allows people to prove their vaccination status if required for international travel and also allows users to check their vaccine record, including how many doses they have had and which jab they received.

Previous figures showed between May 17 and 20 more than 11,000 people registered an organ donor preference using the app, with a daily average of 2,870. It marked a ten-fold increase in the number of people registering an organ donation preference in April, which averaged about 300 per day.

Last week Javid scrapped plans to introduce Covid-19 passports as proof of vaccination for nightclubs and large events in England.

The NHS App is separate from the NHS Covid-19 app which was designed specifically as a contact-tracing app.

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Telehealth company, TytoCare, has expanded its presence in the NHS after signing a deal with 14 trusts within Yorkshire and Humber.

The deal follows TytoCare’s successful pilot with Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which was the first trust in the UK to partner with TytoCare in 2019. The pilot involved TytoCare’s hand-held, all-in-one device for remote examinations being used for chronic paediatric respiratory patients, paediatric patients with ENT conditions and paediatric palliative care.

The expansion will see the company’s telehealth solution being used as part of the region’s Virtual Wards Project which involves 26 projects.

TytoCare’s platform enables the sharing of exam data, live video exams and scheduling of visits. TytoCare’s solutions also feature a cloud-based data repository with analytics and built-in guidance technology and machine learning algorithms to improve accuracy, ease of use for patients and the resulting insights for healthcare providers.

The devices can be used to examine the heart, lungs, skin, ears, throat, abdomen and body temperature. This can be deployed during video visits by professionals at the healthcare setting – which now includes Leeds Children’s Hospital, Sheffield Children’s and nearly 70 care homes.

At Leeds Children’s Hospital the device is being used to take high quality images and videos of babies’ mouths by the cleft lip and palate team. The images can be viewed by a surgeon for diagnosis, the planning of surgical options and post-op care all without the need for outpatient appointments.

Doctors at Sheffield Children’s are using the same tool to carry out physical checks during community visits for the NHS FT Home Ventilation Virtual Clinic. It intends to expand its use to the NHS FT Paediatric Palliative Care Team so children and their families can benefit from improved virtual support at home.

“We are honoured that the NHS has chosen to implement our telehealth solution across NHS trusts,” said Dedi Gilad, CEO and co-founder of TytoCare.

“TytoCare’s solutions deliver convenient and accessible healthcare without compromising quality, all from the comfort of home. We look forward to continuing our work with the NHS to expand its incredible telehealth programs across the UK.”

Kate Lodge, head of strategic partnerships at Yorkshire and Humber Academic Health Science Network, added: “New digital tools like TytoCare help to design services around individual patient and family needs as well as reduce the need for hospital visits and admissions.

“We look forward to continuing our journey of digital innovation with TytoCare, providing opportunities for many individuals, from babies to the elderly with comprehensive virtual care, as well as giving clinicians the tools needed to safely care for, diagnose, and treat more patients remotely.”

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