Following a review of radiology reporting standards published by the Care Quality Commission the Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) has been placed among the top six trusts nationwide. The trust has utilised Agfa’s Enterprise Imaging system to process over 20,000 radiology images each month. Dr Sri Redla, consultant radiologist […]
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Oxford VR takes VR therapy to Asia
Oxford VR a developer of VR-enabled therapy has launched an initiative with AXA HK and the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). The initiative called ‘Yes I Can’, will offer treatment using virtual reality technology to AXA’s corporate customers as part of their employee benefits services to drive better mental health […]
Telemedicine provider raises over £20m
Zava, one of Europe’s leading digital healthcare and telemedicine providers with over 3 million paid consultations to date has announced $32m in Series A funding. The investment comes ahead of its launch into healthcare systems in Germany, UK and France. Every month almost 100,000 patients access Zava from the UK, […]
Fast Follower launches new digital assessment for Venous Thromboembolism
A new digital assessment tool for Venous Thromboembolism has been launched for staff part of the Northern Care Alliance NHS in Oldham, Bury, Rochdale and North Manchester. The new electronic form assesses inpatients for all types of blood clots, including Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) and Pulmonary Embolism (PE). This project involves […]
Industry View: Best Practice and Lessons Learned
In our final feature as part of HTN Digital Week we asked a handful of providers to share their advice, best practice and lessons learned in digital health. Contributors include: Inhealthcare, Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, Nova, OLM, InfoFlex and Channel3 Consulting. Bryn Sage, chief executive of Inhealthcare In our […]
Interview Series: CCube Solutions
In our latest interview series we focus on electronic document record management and ask Vijay Magon, CEO, CCube Solutions some questions and his advice for organisations looking to benefit from EDRM. What is the biggest achievement of your organisation? We have been working closely with a number of NHS Trusts […]
HTN 100 Featuring: DrDoctor, Patients Know Best and Alzheimer’s Research UK
HTN 100 is sponsored by CCube Solutions. To participate and be included in our HTN 100 news in brief every Friday email news@thehtn.co.uk. DrDoctor awarded an extension on the NHS England ITP programme DrDoctor, a digital tool to help patients view, change and schedule appointments, has been awarded an extension […]
Interview Series: Michael Latimer, CEO, Isosec
In our latest interview series we speak with Michael Latimer, CEO of Isosec, an authentication and identity management software provider working with over 80 NHS Trusts. We asked Michael a few questions. Could you tell me a bit about yourself and your organisation? Isosec are a software company based in Media […]
Chase Farm Hospitals hits HIMSS stage 6
Chase Farm Hospital, which was opened last month costing £200 million has achieved a stage 6 rating by HIMSS Analytics®. CFH has achieved the HIMSS Analytics Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM) Stage 6, an international benchmark for the use of advanced IT to improve patient care. Only two other NHS […]
GPs alerted 5 million times to recommend self-care
A national analysis of how practices in two thirds of CCGs using the OptimiseRx prescribing decision support tool has found GPs and other prescribers have been prompted 5 million times in the last year to promote self-care. Thousands of professionals have been acting on the alerts, helping prescribers to comply with […]
