Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
👇 News
🖥️ Canon Medical launches innovative CT system, Aquilion Serve SP, to support healthcare professionals in managing increasing workload, complex imaging needs, staff shortages, and financial constraints. The system reduces workflow steps by 40%, saving time, alleviating staff pressure, and improving patient care. Featuring INSTINX, Canon Medical’s comprehensive workflow solution, sets new standards in efficiency and consistency.
💡 DXS successfully implements SMART referral forms for an NHS Infertility Service, cutting wait times in half to 22 weeks from 44 weeks, streamlining access to specialized healthcare services.
📢 UNICE, a blockchain-based AI messaging service, becomes a global VC ecosystem project, aiming to develop an AI capable of handling early disease diagnosis, treatment, and surgery. UNICE analyzes user data to provide customized healthcare solutions.
📑 Share for Better Care campaign by CQC and HWE encourages feedback on healthcare experiences, particularly targeting underserved communities who may not provide feedback on their care experiences.
❓ Did you know that?
Claims.co.uk study reveals NHS Gloucestershire has the longest wait times for GP appointments in England, affecting 12.29% of appointments, significantly higher than other regions.
Second on the list is NHS Dorset, with 9.57% of appointments experiencing long wait times, indicating a need for improved access to primary care services.
📖 What we’re reading
Tomorrow’s World Today – AI Could Soon Help Surgeons in the Operating Room
🚨 This week’s events
22 March, online – The role of the independent sector in healthcare delivery
