Following the implementation of the Northern Ireland Electronic Care Record (NIECR) by Health & Social Care NI (HSCNI), Orion Health has rolled-out a new Diabetes Pathway across the country. Following a successful pilot exercise with a small number of users including nurses, consultants and podiatrists, the pathway can now be accessed […]
Month: December 2018
New Pharmacy robot saves almost two weeks of staff time per month
A new robot used to dispense drugs at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH), will save staff four minutes per prescription, totalling two weeks of staff time per month. The new robot nicknamed ‘Rosalind Franklin’ will help staff at Queen’s Medical Centre deliver prescriptions to patients more quickly and effectively. […]
Dictate IT joins Clanwilliam Group
Dictate IT a provider of digital dictation has become part of the Clanwilliam Group, the 18th company joining the group. The company provides digital dictation, outsourced transcription, and speech recognition services to 27 healthcare providers in the UK and Ireland. Managing director Mark Miller said the move would enable Dictate […]
Opinion: Barney Gilbert, CEO of Forward App on the NHS banning fax machines
Medical histories spewing quietly unnoticed onto a desk in a busy ward, urgent information being sent to places that doctors can’t access, junior doctors leaving a patient’s bedside to pick up a piece of paper that has just been delivered then running back with essential information quite literally in hand. Welcome […]
Interview Series: Dr Paul Upton, Co-founder, Ultramed
In our latest interview series we spoke with Dr Paul Upton the co-founder of Ultramed, a pioneering health technology company providing patient-focused solutions to common problems. Over the past three years, the company have developed a suite of online patient assessment programs. They offer a cloud-hosted, online pre-operative assessment and […]
NHS banned from buying fax machines
Matt Hancock has banned the NHS from buying fax machines and has ordered a complete phase-out by April 2020. NHS trusts will instead be required to invest in new technology to replace outdated systems. The ban on buying fax machines takes effect from January 2019. They will be phased out […]
HTN Exclusive: a closer look into the new platform EMIS-X
Last week HTN announced that EMIS had unveiled EMIS-X their ‘next generation of connected healthcare technology’ platform. Here we take a closer look into the new platform and ask their CTO some questions. Built on a cloud platform, EMIS-X is a new ecosystem that fully supports interoperability standards but goes […]
HTN 100: Insource, digital dictation, Dedalus and Servelec
Insource announces co-sell agreement with Microsoft Insource has joined with Microsoft to help their healthcare customers find better ways to purchase, implement, roll out and update their technologies. Steve Aitken, Insource CEO, explained, “We are already working with progressive NHS Trusts and NHS Regional Initiatives who are pioneers in the […]
Enovacom Whitepaper: Patients and their data
Enovacom the provider of innovative healthcare software, enabling the exchange and sharing of patient data has published a white paper focusing on patients and their data: the foundations for healthcare transformations. You can access and download the Whitepaper here. If you consider that 25 to 30% of medical examinations and […]
Saving 2 lives per month: How GM CHC’s Stroke project is making an impact
On average, the lives of 2 Stroke patients have been saved every month since the Salford Royal Acute Stroke Unit team started using an innovative ABC care bundle and app. Stroke affects about 6,000 people across Greater Manchester each year. 1 in 10 Strokes are caused by a blood vessel […]
