CMR Surgical has unveiled its surgical robotic system, designed to meet the complex requirements of minimal access surgery, Versius has been created and built by the CMR Surgical team in Cambridge. Versius resets expectations of robotic surgery by providing a versatile system that is portable, transportable and affordable. This is […]
Month: September 2018
HTN Feature: Paper free at the point of care
As we edge closer and closer to 2020, a target for the NHS to be paperless that was set in the recent Five Year Forward View, we spoke with industry expects to find out about the challenges, progress and some of the solutions available to help organisations achieve this target. In […]
New support for HSLI funding announced by health integration experts
New support by health and social IT integration experts ReStart Consulting, has been announced to support Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships (STPs) shape their pressing detailed plans for Health System Led Investment (HSLI) funding. Applications for a share of the £412.5m funding pot fall under extremely tight timescales, with STPs required […]
Setting care transfers on FHIR
From October, NHS hospitals are expected to use the new Transfer of Care standard to compile discharge summaries and clinic letters for GPs. NHS Digital has said these will be sent using FHIR messages directly into GP systems. Orion Health experts Dr David Hay and Anne O’Hanlon explain what this […]
First digital screening template for homeless people
A UK charity has introduced the first dedicated digital health-screening template for homeless people – enabling hospitals to better care for the estimated 4,700 people sleeping rough on UK streets. The homeless health charity Pathway developed the template in partnership with EMIS Health, working together with 11 specialist homeless healthcare […]
