Apple this week has announced Health Records API for developers and researchers to create an ecosystem of apps that use health record data to better manage medications, nutrition plans, diagnosed diseases and more. The Health Records feature allows patients of more than 500 hospitals and clinics to access medical information […]
Month: June 2018
Virtualstock chosen by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, as part of the Shelford Group, is the latest to implement the platform Edge4Health as their new and intuitive online eMarketplace. The Edge4Health provides a comprehensive, online, end-to-end PIM2Pay platform delivering a solution that spans the entire product lifecycle – from product information management (PIM) to […]
North Tyneside CCG chooses Spirit Diabetes Education
NHS North Tyneside Clinical Commissioning Group has appointed Spirit as its provider of structured diabetes education (SDE) for patients newly diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. The CCG has now chosen to expand the service to all patients with Type 2 diabetes, irrespective of when they were diagnosed. Additionally, to improve […]
Interview: Orlando Agrippa, CEO of Draper and Dash
What is your background and experience? I have previously worked in the NHS and healthcare sector in the UK and Australia as turnaround director, going into hospitals and leveraging technology to improve patient flow and performance for better outcomes for patients. Predominately, my experiences have been in healthcare and now […]
AHSNs relicensed as key innovation arm of the NHS
NHS England has committed to the long-term future of England’s Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs), as part of a ten-year vision to drive health innovation and stimulate economic growth. At its Board meeting on 24 May NHS England formally approved a new five year licence for the 15 AHSNs, with […]
3D Printing benefits Surgeons at Guy’s and St Thomas’
Stratasys has announced that surgeons at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust are using 3D printing technology to improve the success rates of life-saving, complex organ transplantation in young children. Surgeons across the Trust are using Stratasys multi-material 3D printing for planning the most intricate of operations, with the transplant department a […]
Samsung and Babylon partner to offer live video doctor appointments and symptom checker
Samsung has partnered with digital healthcare provider Babylon to launch ‘Ask an Expert, powered by Babylon’, a pioneering system that allows users to check symptoms and book live video doctor appointments. The Babylon service will be made available within the Samsung Health app on compatible Samsung Galaxy mobile devices. By […]
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust chooses Civica Prescribing
Civica has partnered with Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LPFT) on a new five-year contract to provide an Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (ePMA) solution, Civica Prescribing. A key requirement for LPFT was to eradicate unnecessary delays and enhance patient workflow. Civica Prescribing will help lower the risk of clinical […]
Clanwilliam Group acquires NHS tech provider Informatica Systems in global expansion
An NHS technology provider that helps GPs to predict when specific patients are at risk of developing chronic diseases, and that allows planners to track disease progression across entire populations, has been acquired by the rapidly growing Clanwilliam Group. Informatica Systems Limited, which will now become part of the group’s […]
Digital health company receives huge funding boost to develop new tech
Bond Digital Health, which develops software and other technology to support health providers, practitioners and patients, has received a private equity investment of £200,000 in addition to a £68,583 grant from Innovate UK. The £200,000 equity investment, which was advised by Severn Seed Finance, is part of a planned £1million funding round for 2018 and […]
