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Emergency departments across the UK that have prepared for severe winter pressures will find delays in radiology remain a major barrier to safe and timely patient flow, according to teleradiology company Hexarad. “As trusts prepare for the months ahead, technology that accelerates imaging and reduces operational friction is vital for maintaining patient safety,” the company […]

At the heart of the project is a single, crucial question: can the use of AI reduce the number of unnecessary patient contacts within the NHS? Radiobotics is proud to announce that its collaboration with Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH) has received official approval to begin the UK’s first – and world’s largest — randomised controlled […]

First of four NHS sites roll out head CT AI to highlight critical head injury scans. A pioneering new multi-NHS site initiative has gone live, aiming to improve radiology report turnaround times for non-contrast CT head scans by creating prioritised reporting worklists of critical findings. This will allow emergency department (ED) clinicians at the Queen […]

With a trauma bag from Terumo UK are staff nurse Le Xu, radiology sister Elaine McKnight and assistant practitioner Jackie Greenhalgh. Terumo UK’s endovascular division has worked with Salford Royal and Manchester Royal Infirmary, two of the centres in the Greater Manchester Major Trauma Centre Collaborative, to create a method to ensure essential equipment is […]

London’s Air Ambulance doctor Dan Roberts uses GE Healthcare’s Vscan. Five pocket-sized visualisation devices that can help physicians identify fluid presence and other life threatening conditions have been trialled by London’s Air Ambulance charity. For an eight week period, GE Healthcare’s Vscan, roughly the footprint of a smartphone with ultrasound technology, enabled London’s Air Ambulance […]