Month: May 2023

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Vein finder improves patient experience and flow in Plymouth

A piece of equipment known as a vein finder is being used at Derriford Hospital, part of University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, in order to improve the experience for patients with hard-to-find veins. Sarah Harvey, lead specialist nurse for rheumatology, describes how the technology “works by infrared, which can bounce […]

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What’s happening in digital and data in the South East?

What’s happening in digital and data across the South East? Next up in our feature series exploring digital and data across the ICS regions, we’re looking to the South East and its six ICSs: Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West; Frimley; Hampshire and the Isle of Wight; Kent and Medway; Surrey […]

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Kingston Hospital to introduce OX.DH to optimise the fertility pathway

Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has partnered with OX.DH, a health tech start-up linked to the University of Oxford, to introduce its Assisted Reproduction  (OX.ar) solution and healthcare platform. Cloud-native technology specialists OX.DH are to introduce OX.ar at Kingston Hospital in order to support patient-centric individualised care. The tech provides […]

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Mid and South Essex ICS commissions patient portal

Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System has commissioned the introduction of the Patients Know Best patient portal. The three-year deal across the region will see the portal introduced at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust and Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust.   It forms part of the ICS’s digital […]