Four NHS boards in the North of Scotland have now gone live with a new health and care portal from Orion. NHS Grampian, NHS Highland, NHS Orkney, and NHS Shetland staff now have a single view of patient information held in different IT systems across the boards. The portal covers […]
Month: February 2019
Matt Hancock: email must replace paper in the NHS
Matt Hancock during a speech at an NHS England conference has outlined an ambition for healthcare staff to email patients directly with information on appointments to reduce delays, boost cyber security and cut wastage. In the speech Hancock said “Email is as secure and cheaper than communicating through paper and fax […]
Health Tech Awards 2019: New Categories Added
HTN is delighted to announce the finalised categories for the Health Tech Awards 2019. Early in the month we asked the HTN community for their ideas and suggestions for new categories for the Awards. We would like to thank everyone who provided input in to this process and we are […]
TPP and EMIS Health interoperability pilot delivers for Hertfordshire
Herts Valley CCG and Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust have carried out a successful pilot of patient information sharing between the SystmOne and EMIS Web systems, allowing users to view the complete community and GP records across the area. The project provided nine EMIS Web GP sites with the ability to view […]
Successful pilot of Imprivata at Leeds Teaching Hospitals
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has deployed Imprivata across its organisation following a successful pilot project. The pilot in the renal unit at the Trust enabled the organisation to prove Imprivata’s single sign-on functionality. The company said this was the first deployment outside of the USA. Richard Corbridge, CIO, Leeds […]
Careview app tackles social isolation in Leeds
In an event held this week Leeds City Council presented how Careview, an app is helping reconnect socially isolated individuals with their communities, and refer them to services to improve their health and wellbeing. Following a successful pilot and research stage spanning years, the app has made positive steps to address […]
Royal Marsden and UCL join with enterprise imaging
Royal Marsden and University College London will use Hyland Healthcare’s enterprise imaging solution to tackle the fragmentation of patient data. The trusts are joining together patient health data and systems to ensure all clinicians have a comprehensive view of the information they need. The need to share and distribute between the […]
Video consultations a success at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is offering video consultations for cardiology patients providing advice to patients following a successful pilot. The service is supported by Q doctor who is delivering the platform for the new video consultation service. Following a three month pilot the Trust said the pilot is receiving […]
AI approach outperformed human experts in identifying cervical precancer
A research team led by investigators from the National Institutes of Health and Global Good has developed a computer algorithm that can analyze digital images of a woman’s cervix and accurately identify precancerous changes that require medical attention. This artificial intelligence (AI) approach, called automated visual evaluation, has the potential […]
Pilot launches to develop NHS Login services
NHS Digital has launched a pilot to support partner services connect and use NHS login. The pilot process is taking place with 5 selected organisations and they will help NHS Digital ensure that NHS login can support future demand and enable a simple, single and consistent way for individuals to prove who […]
