Healthcare informatics company Alcidion has announced its acquisition of Silverlink Software, a specialist Patient Administration System (PAS) provider which works with the NHS. The move will provide Alcidion with PAS capabilities, which the company hopes will complement the existing clinical capacity offered by its Miya Precision product. It’s expected that […]
Month: December 2021
UK Kidney Association national patient facing platform
The UK Kidney Association has announced it’s moving its patient facing platform to Patients Know Best. Currently 12 NHS trusts have gone live so far with the personal health records tool, as part of a fve-year deal, to deliver the system nationally. The project follows the recent news of the […]
Elective recovery tech fund projects revealed
Digital projects that will be part of the elective recovery fund have been revealed – with at least one highlighted in every region of England. The fund was set up to support NHS organisations to “accelerate the uptake of digitally supported care and offer it to more patients”, with a […]
NHSX publishes reviews on digital skills and technology in adult social care
NHSX has published new reviews into digital skills and technology within the adult social care sector. The reports, which were conducted by Ipsos MORI, the Institute of Public Care (IPC) at Oxford Brookes University, and Skills for Care, were released last week, alongside the Department of Health and Social Care’s […]
Vine Health raises £4.1 million
Vinehealth, an application to support quality of life and outcomes of cancer patients, has raised £4.1 million in its latest funding round, led by Talis Capital. The app provides the functionality for patients to digitally track their symptoms and side effects, with an aim to help them manage their care […]
£700 million funding announced to support NHS this winter
The Department of Health and Social Care has announced £700 million in new funding, including £250 million for new technology, £330 million for upgrading facilities, and £120 million for any supporting revenue costs. The funding is planned to be used across 187 hospitals, and 785 schemes, outlined below. Some of […]
Video: Ideal Health panel on improving data and analytics to enhance patient experience
Ideal Health, a digital healthcare and transformation consultancy company, took part in our recent HTN Now Focus day on Analytics, AI and Data. A panel, consisting of four members from the Ideal Health team, hosted a live webcast to discuss how improving data and analytics can enhance practice and patient […]
Leeds Teaching embeds criteria led discharge pathway into EHR
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has gone live with the Criteria Led Discharge (CLD) pathway, embedded into its electronic health record system. The trust said the new pathway functionality, now part of its electronic health record (EHR) PPM+, forms part of its programme to optimise discharge processes, aiming to support […]
Two trusts go live with patient management tech
Two trusts, South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust, have gone live with a digital solution to support patient flow management. The technology, from Alcidion, provides the trusts with tools to support real-time patient monitoring and patient flow management; including decision support, an early warning […]
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS embarks on new infrastructure
The University Hospitals of Leicester (UHL) NHS Trust has picked services from NTT DATA UK to modernise its infrastructure. The trust will adopt the company’s ‘Device as a Service’ (DaaS) approach, hoped to speed-up the time it takes staff to login to systems, and provide single sign-on and virtual desktop solutions. NTT […]
