Last week we caught up with Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust to understand how they are going to become paperless and they said: “As a trust we are supporting the paperless NHS initiative, currently this is an ongoing journey however some key changes have already been made: Our board meetings […]
Month: November 2016
Interview: North Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent CCGs
What digital challenges do we face? What TECS projects are we working on at the moment, and what benefits do we expect to achieve? Over the past year which TECS project are we most proud of? Like many CCGs North Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent CCGs cover diverse areas of urban and […]
Opinion piece: IMS MAXIMS CMO Prof. Michael Thick
Achieving service transformation: resolve the digital paradox Initiatives to accelerate innovation to the frontline are welcome, but details around funding, technology assessments and integration need ironing out to make rapid health transformation a reality, says IMS MAXIMS chief clinical information officer and chief medical officer Prof. Michael Thick. Accelerating the […]
Google DeepMind announces five year partnership with the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
The five year partnership builds on the successful year-long joint project to build a smartphone app called Streams, which alerts clinical teams as soon as test results show that a patient is at risk of developing acute kidney injury (AKI) , providing them with the necessary contextual clinical information to help them […]
Outcomes Based Healthcare Platform selected to join NHS Innovation Accelerator by NHS England
NHS England Medical Director Sir Bruce Keogh and Professor Robert Wachter, select Outcomes Based Healthcare (OBH) technology as one of eight innovations to benefit millions of patients. A technology developed in the UK has been selected for a national NHS acceleration programme to help measure if care is making a […]
Interview: Ray Hart, Valuing Care
The cultural change of using technology to purchase CHC placements: are we ready? Ray Hart, director at Valuing Care, discusses the cultural change of using technology to improve the purchasing process for CHC placements. He discusses the benefits, and explains why training is essential to its success. In most industries, […]
Proof of ID may be needed for NHS care; Dr Saif Abed comments
Imprivata, the healthcare IT security company has stated that biometric patient identification could replace passport ID. In response to today’s story on BBC News that proof of ID may be required for NHS patients in order to combat health tourism. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38060432, Dr Saif Abed, Medical Director EMEA at Imprivata commented; […]
Inhealthcare launches a new app to help NHS patients track, monitor and manage long-term conditions
Digital health specialist Inhealthcare has launched a new mobile app to help NHS patients track, monitor and manage long-term conditions including high blood pressure, diabetes and obesity. The app, My Inhealthcare, allows people to send health readings to their doctor or nurse and receive dosing instructions. This means patients can […]
Easier tracking of prescriptions for St Helens Millennium Centre Pharmacy
St Helens Millennium Centre Pharmacy has been using the EMIS Health, Medicines Manager module as part of Pharmacy Access since mid-2015. More than a year on, and they’re finding it easier to manage repeat prescriptions and communicate with their local GP practice than ever before. Stuart Ellis, Superintendent Pharmacist and […]
STP published for better health and care in the Black Country and West Birmingham
Andy Williams, Black Country Sustainability and Transformation Plan Lead: “In the Black Country and West Birmingham we have a diverse and changing population and demand for health and care services is growing and evolving. We need to work together to meet these challenges within a tight financial envelope. The Sustainability […]
