Brighton & Hove CCG reduce the strain on A&E by promoting realtime, localised information about alternatives to A&E for non-urgent conditions The “Great Choices Make Heroes” campaign was designed to encourage public understanding and awareness of urgent care alternatives to A&E for non-emergency conditions. Working in partnership with a specialist […]
Month: May 2017
A new Dashboard IT system is helping staff at the James Paget University Hospital
A new IT system is helping staff care for patients at the James Paget University Hospital – thanks to funds raised by a local music festival held in memory of a young woman who died from cancer. Development of the new ‘dashboard’ system at the Sandra Chapman Centre has been […]
SSSFT and BI company announce development partnership
South Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (SSSFT) has invested in Connexica’s business intelligence solution, CXAIR, to transform reporting and data insight within the Trust. The partnership will see the two Staffordshire-based organisations work in partnership to roll out a phased approach to improve and streamline data analysis and […]
Corporation Pop receive funding from Nominet Trust for augmented reality hospital app
Nominet Trust has awarded Corporation Pop £50,000 through its seventh round of Social Tech Seed funding. The award will enable the Manchester-based digital agency to further develop their Patient’s Virtual Guide, an innovative mobile app that accompanies child patients through the hospital system, improving the patient experience by providing relevant […]
People living with diabetes benefit from watching films online
A pilot service-evaluation study, undertaken by Swansea University, has shown that watching short health information films online helps people living with type 2 diabetes reduce their HbA1c – an established marker of diabetes control. The report, to be published in the May issue of the international journal Primary Care Diabetes, […]
Surrey to provide integrated care for over 1 million patients
Four CCGs in Surrey will start rolling-out Patients Know Best (PKB) records for integrated care for 1.03 million people across the area. All GP practices, Hospital staff of four NHS Trusts, Community and Mental Health Services health and social care staff in four Surrey CCGs will use PKB to see […]
New video clinic for cancer patients
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is piloting a telemedicine video clinic to help cancer patients. The telemedicine initiative is part of a clinical trial looking at treatment for myeloma cancer (cancer of the bone marrow.) The telemedicine pilot is running for 12 weeks and allows our patients to attend […]
Inhealthcare and Roche Diagnostics partnership brings new innovation to self-testing market
Digital health specialist Inhealthcare has developed a pioneering mobile app to bring a new level of sophistication to the home monitoring of long-term conditions by the NHS. The app, called My Inhealthcare, partners a Bluetooth-enabled self-testing device for NHS patients launched by Roche Diagnostics Ltd, the Swiss-based global healthcare company. […]
Healthcare giant Optegra partners with Doctify
Eye health giant Optegra is leading the way in healthcare by collaborating with enterprising platform, Doctify.co.uk. Optegra has announced their partnership with Doctify, a platform which revolutionises the way patients connect with medical specialists. In this digital age, healthcare must keep up with the ever-evolving tech sector – something that […]
Babylon announces £50m investment to build AI platform
UK based digital healthcare company, babylon announces circa US$60m (~£50m) investment to build the world’s most advanced artificial intelligence (AI) platform in healthcare, to support medical diagnosis and predict personalised health outcomes globally. babylon’s technology, available from any mobile device or connected computer worldwide, aims to put an accessible and […]
