As digital health technologies take over traditional mediums of cure and diagnosis, health care providers (HCPs) are seeking answers to several intriguing questions related to health apps By Patrick Richardson What do end users desire and demand from health apps? What technologies will assist in the growth of health apps? […]
Month: November 2016
Datix launches new cloud software
If one international healthcare software company has its way, the number of people who suffer globally from preventable patient harm is going to be significantly reduced. Datix, the world’s leading provider of patient safety software, has just released Datix Cloud IQ, an enhanced SaaS based application that enables healthcare organisations […]
NHS Digital CEO Announces Retirement
NHS Digital Chief Executive Andy Williams has announced to staff he will retire from his role on 31 March 2017. In a statement Andy said: “Making effective use of information, technology and data across the health and care system is an enormously important endeavour. We now have a strong portfolio […]
Interview: Ian Gallifant, Medelinked
We spoke with Ian Gallifant CEO of Medelinked, a UK health platform which provides an open health network that aims to increase health care efficiency and effectiveness and to continuously improve health outcomes. How did you come up with the idea? Based in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, Medelinked was founded by […]
South Devon NHS consortium trials NoemaLife ePrescribing solution
The South Devon consortium of NHS healthcare providers and commissioners, serving around 300,000 people in South West England, has announced a four-week trial of NoemaLife’s electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA) solution, Galileo Medication, on mobile and desktop devices for its member organisations. The NHS network’s move embodies the Wachter […]
B&NES, Swindon and Wiltshire Summary Sustainability Transformation Plan released
Health and care organisations across Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Swindon and Wiltshire have today (15 November) released a summary of their Sustainability and Transformation Plan ahead of full publication in the coming weeks. Overall, across B&NES, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW) the standard of health and care services compare […]
Life Alliance Organ Recovery Agency chooses Ideagen
US-based Life Alliance Organ Recovery Organisation (LAORA) is working with Ideagen to enhance document control, improve compliance and introduce smoother auditing processes. Based at the University of Miami, LAORA will implement Ideagen Q-Pulse, Ideagen’s flagship quality management software, to modernise policy and procedure management and overall document control. LAORA will […]
App for young onset dementia
A new resource has been developed by Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust for younger people who have been diagnosed with dementia. It is a digital “app” which can be downloaded free of charge on to a mobile phone or tablet computer. It brings together up to date information, advice, and inspiration […]
An online consultation service is saving GPs time
An online consultation service is saving GPs time and proving popular with a majority of the patients using it at 20 south London practices. A recent report from the Health Innovation Network South London on user feedback from a pilot of the service at the Hurley Group practices found that […]
Telemedicine Clinic warns of looming radiology capacity crisis for NHS in new report on European radiology
Telemedicine Clinic (TMC), Europe’s largest provider of teleradiology and pathology services, has today released a study that shows the NHS and other EU healthcare systems are facing a dramatic crisis unless something is done to bridge the radiology capacity gap in the short, medium and long term. The report found […]
