NHS Digital’s has appointed Robert Coles as Chief Information Security Officer and he will start with the organisation on 1 October 2018. Robert has over 30 years’ experience working in information security and spent the last four years as GlaxoSmithKline’s Chief Information Security Officer. He has previously held posts as Chief […]
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Eighteen local partnerships design adult social care services of the future with £1.4m funding
NHS Digital has announced new funding will demonstrate how predictive analytics and digital information sharing can improve care and support for people needing social care services. NHS Digital has awarded eighteen councils a share of £1.4m to develop digital projects that support social care. Successful bids include Westminster Council’s plan […]
HTN 100: East Surrey Hospital and iCode Teaching Files Solution
East Surrey Hospital East Surrey Hospital saves millions by introducing a patient-controlled digital portal Online consultations and shared care planning is helping to avoid £4 million of high costs drugs, hospitalisations, and operations in East Surrey Hospital where Patients Know Best – a digital platform used in over 30 UK […]
Oxehealth secures world-first accreditation for its vital signs technology
The British Standards Institute (BSI) has accredited Oxehealth’s vital signs measurement software as a Class IIa medical device in Europe. This is the first time that software enabling a digital video camera sensor to remotely measure vital signs has been approved as a medical device. No global medical device regulator, including […]
InterSystems TrakCare adds mobile capabilities
InterSystems has announced that the InterSystems TrakCare® unified healthcare information system has added a mobile, touchscreen-enabled user interface. The mobile interface supports streamlined electronic medical record (EMR) workflows and delivers context-rich, concise information wherever and whenever it is needed. Clinical notes can be created with a few swipes and taps, images […]
HTN Awards 2018 Shortlist Announced!
Following an overwhelming number of entries, our judges have selected the 2018 Health Tech Awards Shortlist! The HTN Awards 2018 celebrate great technology and innovation across health and care. The winners will be announced across digital channels on 7th November 2018 from 7:00pm. The shortlisted entries are: Efficiency Savings of […]
Former Bupa CIO appointed as chairman of Zoomdoc
Zoomdoc, the GP on demand service, has announced it will be appointing former Bupa Chief Information Officer (CIO), Garry Fingland, as Chairman. Fingland brings deep expertise in leading digital and technology transformation on a global basis, most recently at Bupa and previously at Diageo and Serco. He is passionate about […]
Isle of Wight NHS Trust bids farewell to legacy pagers
The Isle of Wight NHS Trust has deployed CommonTime’s smartphone based Intelligent Paging app to replace 130 pager devices in use by staff across the organisation. The legacy devices were recently retired by the Trust due to the closure of the national Vodafone paging network. Staff who previously carried a pager have been […]
New professional information standard for digital maternity records published
A new standard has been published to support the introduction of digital maternity records that will ensure that record information is consistent and can be shared more easily across healthcare services in England in the future. The new guidance builds on the Healthy Child Record standard, published by the Professional Record […]
Babylon to invest $100 million to double its London team to 1,000+
Babylon has announced plans to invest US$100 million to create the world’s largest multi- disciplinary team dedicated to building next-generation, AI-powered healthcare technologies Dr Ali Parsa, Babylon’s Founder and CEO said of today’s announcement: “We are currently witnessing what is arguably the fastest-ever period of technological and scientific innovation in […]
