NHS Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group has awarded a contract to Docobo to support the delivery of telehealth at scale. The service uses a combination of education, remote monitoring, automated alerting rules, plus access to experienced nurses to support people living with lung conditions, heart failure or diabetes. With the new Docobo platform, […]
Month: January 2018
How can the NHS afford to digitise?
Tackling the real questions from NHS finance leads, IMS MAXIMS Leesa Ewing provides a commercial director’s honest reflections on recurring hurdles Ongoing news of an NHS ‘cash flow crisis’ has continued to appear in the media in recent weeks, despite new funding pledges from the government in November’s budget. Arguably […]
NHS supports 138 entrepreneurs design new tech
The NHS has selected 138 entrepreneurs to design and deliver new technological solutions and innovations in healthcare. This includes the appointment of five healthcare scientists, tackling conditions including sickle cell disease and allergic reactions. The Clinical Entrepreneurs Programme, run by NHS England, supports NHS workers to work with, and learn from, […]
Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary improves outpatient clinics
NHS Dumfries and Galloway has launched the first phase of an IT project that will help hospital staff to run more efficient outpatient clinics and better manage the flow of patients at its newly opened Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary. The health board has installed patient self check-in kiosks across […]
NHS Digital to launch GP IT Futures programme
NHS Digital has launched a new consultation opportunity for IT suppliers with an aim to explore new ways of system design in primary care. The GP IT Futures programme is looking to collaborate with suppliers interested in delivering a proof of concept of a fresh approach to primary care systems […]
Highland Marketing: Predictions for 2018
What is the coming year likely to hold for NHS and IT? And what will that mean for marketers, companies and trusts working with healthcare technology? Highland Marketing looks ahead. Lyn Whitfield, strategy and content director, on NHS finance and policy in 2018 The NHS received a five-year financial settlement […]
Cindy Fedell, CIO, Bradford Teaching Hospitals: Data migration, matters
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has just gone live with a Cerner Millennium electronic patient record in a joint deployment with Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust. Data migration was a key part of the project, and one that other organisations can learn from, says chief information officer Cindy […]
King’s roll-out Q-Pulse from Ideagen
King’s Interventional Facilities Management (IFM) is working with Ideagen to roll-out its Quality Management System, Q-Pulse. King’s IFM is a Limited Liability Partnership controlled by King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (KCH) and provides fully managed services including procurement, equipment and the supply chain for diagnostic and treatment facilities for the Trust. […]
PwC survey says majority of public have never accessed their own health records
In a survey last month from PwC asking 2001 UK Adults, the results found: 80% of UK public have never accessed their health records and 88% of them don’t know how 92% of people happy for health records to be shared between different parts of the healthcare system Concerns remain […]
Newcastle is first for Fujifilm FDR nano
Nuffield Health, radiology department in Newcastle-upon- Tyne has chosen the Fujifilm FDR nano. The company says the unit looks nothing like any other mobile x-ray unit and said it’s small size conceals uncompromising image quality and functionality. Amanda Cumersdale, Radiology Manager at Nuffield Health Newcastle. “The staff love it. The […]
