An NHS technology provider that helps GPs to predict when specific patients are at risk of developing chronic diseases, and that allows planners to track disease progression across entire populations, has been acquired by the rapidly growing Clanwilliam Group. Informatica Systems Limited, which will now become part of the group’s […]
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Digital health company receives huge funding boost to develop new tech
Bond Digital Health, which develops software and other technology to support health providers, practitioners and patients, has received a private equity investment of £200,000 in addition to a £68,583 grant from Innovate UK. The £200,000 equity investment, which was advised by Severn Seed Finance, is part of a planned £1million funding round for 2018 and […]
Allscripts Sunrise powers The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust
The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust has launched the Allscripts Sunrise solution as the foundation for its new health information system. The organisation selected the Sunrise platform in late 2016 and has completed an on-time deployment of electronic observations, vital signs and Sunrise Mobility. The deployment provides an integrated suite […]
LTHT launches first online ReSPECT form
Leeds Teaching Hospitals has implemented a new digital way to ensure patients’ wishes about their care in an emergency are known, shared and respected. Clinical teams now have digital access to the agreed outcomes of conversations about vital aspects of care, including resuscitation and end of life care, as well […]
Manchester team transforms physiotherapy through games technology
A team at Trafford Hospital is transforming the way shoulder surgery patients receive physiotherapy, by using a series of personalised computer video games to help patients exercise and track their recovery progress at home. The Virtual Physiotherapy (ViP) project aims to improve patient experience while also making physiotherapy programmes more […]
HTN Digital Week Call for Proposals
The HTN Call for Proposals process is now open and closes in the next few weeks. We would like to see if you would be interested in participating in HTN Digital Week by delivering an online webinar presentation, sharing a white paper, proposal, podcast or ebook. Our Call for Proposals […]
Surrey Care Record announced
Surrey Heartlands Health and Care Partnership together with NHS East Surrey Clinical Commissioning Group has today announced the Surrey Care Record. The Surrey Care Record will see some GP records being made available to professionals within the A&E departments of their four local hospital trusts – St Peter’s, Royal Surrey, Epsom and […]
New local health and care exemplars selected
New partnerships will be introduced across Greater Manchester, Wessex and One London giving health and care staff better and faster access to vital information about the person in their care, so they can determine the right action as quickly as possible, whether that is urgent tests or a referral to a specialist. At the […]
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh chooses Agfa
Agfa has announced that the Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust has implemented Agfa’s DR Retrofit direct radiography (DR) solutions at three of its sites. The company said about 80% of the computed radiography (CR) equipment has been replaced as part of a realignment and modernisation project for the […]
4 new areas join NHS England’s integrated care development programme
NHS England chief Simon Stevens and Ian Dalton, head of NHS Improvement, have called on the NHS to ‘supercharge’ integration as Gloucestershire, West Yorkshire and Harrogate, Suffolk and North East Essex and North Cumbria will join the ten areas already part of the integrated care development programme. The announcement said […]
