The PRSB has published the first part of a new standard outlining the information that needs to be shared between community pharmacies and GP practices. The number of people living with long-term conditions is increasing, and community pharmacies play an essential role in providing services to patients to keep them […]
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Vapour Cloud launches video call tool
Vapour Cloud has launched TeleDOC to enable GPs and other medical professionals to hold secure, encrypted, recordable, geo-tagged video calls with their patients, wherever they are located, on any device. With WebRTC* technology at the heart of the product, the result is the ability to efficiently discuss and diagnose health […]
Opinion: Mayank Patel, Director and Superintendent Pharmacist, Pearl Chemist Group
Mayank Patel, Director and Superintendent Pharmacist, Pearl Chemist Group covers how new technology has helped to automate the dispensing process. “Community pharmacy is under tremendous pressure to deliver a safe and effective service to patients in the face of funding cuts. Last year, it was estimated that more than 7,218 prescriptions were […]
Join us LIVE on 7th November
The HTN Awards 2018 will be announced on 7th November from 7pm live on www.thehtn.co.uk and on Twitter using #HTNAwards. We encourage the HTN network to join us on the evening and to get involved! The Awards celebrate health tech and share many projects that are making a real impact to […]
HTN Newsletter: October
We hope you all can join us on 7th November at 7pm live for the HTN Awards 2018. In our latest Newsletter here we cover the news we brought you in October: We released a feature sponsored by Graphnet on sharing records. In the feature we heard from industry experts […]
NICE to retire guidance app
The NICE guidance app will no longer be available for download with plans to phase it out by January 2019 and focus on its website. The NICE Guidance app was developed in 2012 to support the mobile working needs of healthcare professionals. In an effort to make guidance more accessible, […]
EMIS acquires Dovetail Digital Limited
EMIS Group has announced the acquisition of Dovetail Digital Limited for £2.5m, a early stage UK technology business specialising in blockchain software for the healthcare market. Founded in July 2017, Dovetail Lab creates software that gives patients full control of their healthcare records, delivering secure exchange of data between different […]
HTN 100: Lincolnshire, Royal Papworth, Highland Marketing and Fujifilm
Lincoln goes live with Rio Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with the Rio from Servelec for over 2,000 practitioners. Sarah Connery, Director of Finance and Information at LPFT said: “We have worked closely with Servelec, staff, commissioners and patient representatives to build a specification that best meets […]
Hospital pilots ‘Uber’style app for porters
Northwick Park Hospital is the first in the country to pilot a new app in its emergency department or staff to hail a porter on their mobile phone. The app will allow staff to see in real time when a patient has been collected and arrives at their destination. The pilot […]
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust selects Vectra to automate threat detection
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust has selected the Cognito cyberattack detection and threat hunting platform from Vectra to expose hidden attackers inside its network. The Cognito platform, which automates threat detection and secures against hidden attackers, utilises artificial intelligence and always-learning threat behaviour models to mitigate security risks that could impact […]
