A virtual reality and augmented reality tech provider, built by an NHS trauma surgeon, has added specially designed COVID-19 modules for use on their immersive training platform. NHS staff have been using the immersive technology to enable mass, socially-distant training. It include training from how to use PPE, to how to […]
Month: June 2020
Opinion: Medical Examiners, Surveillance, learning from deaths, COVID and recovery: Clinical Outcome Review
By Orlando Agrippa, CEO, Draper & Dash. At the time of writing this article, 2020 moves further into a period we have not seen the likes of in living human history. With over 50,542 fatalities as a result of COVID-19 since the onset of the outbreak, this surge in mortality […]
Oxford University Hospitals secures grant to develop COVID-19 training platform
A team of radiologists and radiographers at Oxford University Hospitals has secured a grant to customise a teaching platform to educate frontline NHS staff to diagnose COVID-19 using chest X-rays and CT scans. The platform was initially developed with funding from Health Education England to train Oxford Medical School students […]
Shared care record deployed across Greater Manchester
The GM Care Record, using technology from Graphnet, has been deployed across Greater Manchester as part of the region’s COVID-19 response. It means health and care data can be shared and healthcare professionals can have vital, instant access to the records of 2.8 million citizens. The deployment was accelerated in […]
Worcestershire Acute deploys new digital pre-op process
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust has launched a new digital pre-operative assessment process to reduce face-to-face contact. As part of their plans to reduce patients attending the hospital, the process includes a digital health questionnaire for elective surgery for patients to complete at home. The platform, Synopsis Home, has replaced three […]
Radiology image network live across 7 trusts
Seven trusts across Yorkshire are now connected through a system called the Xero Exchange Network, to share radiology images. Technology from Agfa Healthcare has supported the seven NHS hospital trusts to quickly view patient images and reports. The technology was also made available at the regional NHS Nightingale Hospital Yorkshire and the […]
Two trusts go live with TPP eObs
Surrey and Borders Partnership and Leicestershire NHS Trusts are now live using TPP’s eObs platform. The trusts recently went live with the solution to support staff keep track of vital signs, such as temperature and heart rate. The observation scores previously were calculated manually and stored as physical copies. Joyce […]
4 COVID-19 recovery innovations backed by Oxford Foundry
The Oxford Foundry has announced four innovations have been selected as part of the OXFO COVID-19 Rapid Solutions Builder. The Foundary was set-up in 2017 by University of Oxford Business School to support new generation ventures. Innovations as part of its programme to support the recovery phase of COVID-19, were selected across four […]
Tech donated to support three London trusts
Charging and storage towers for hand-held devices, from tech company PowerGistics, have been donated to three trusts across London. The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Barts Health NHS Trust and Great Ormond Street Hospital, are using the device storage from the company, following their recent donation. The company designs, engineers […]
Interview Series: Liam King, Director of Commercial and Customer Experience, Healthcare Gateway
In the latest edition of our Interview Series, we spoke with Liam King from Healthcare Gateway, to talk about the past few months for the company and to hear about some of their customer projects. Can you tell me about yourself and your organisation? I’m Director of Commercial and Customer […]
