By early 2019, clinicians across the North of Scotland will have access to an integrated digital view of a patient’s health and social care data through a new web-based portal provided by Orion Health. Jointly commissioned by four boards in the North of Scotland, the new health and social care […]
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Digital Health and BCS partner on a series of events
Digital Health and BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT have begun to collaborate on a series of events to further develop and raise the profile of health informatics leaders and digital health as an emerging profession and discipline. Digital Health and BCS are partnering on the development of a new […]
Amazon Alexa to support new mums to breastfeed
Public Health England programme Start4Life has created the Breastfeeding Friend to encourage parents to adopt healthy behaviours. It is available for free on a range of platforms, including Facebook Messenger, and now for the first time it will also be available as a skill for Amazon Alexa’s voice service. Mothers […]
Highland Marketing: Interview on GDPR
The managing director of Kaleidoscope Consulting talks to Lyn Whitfield from Highland Marketing about the General Data Protection Regulation, and the challenge the NHS faces in implementing it. On his Twitter profile, David Stone says he “spends an unhealthy amount of time thinking of ways to try and improve the […]
North West London residents saving time with the click of a button
North West London residents using GP online services are benefiting from faster access to health services and are saving time for GPs and their practices. GP online services allow anyone registered with a GP practice in their local area to book and cancel appointments, order repeat prescriptions and view their […]
Three projects win Cancer Innovation Challenge funding
Three innovative projects have won up to £35,000 each from Cancer Innovation Challenge to demonstrate how insights gained from existing NHS Scotland data will be used to improve cancer patient care and outcomes in Scotland. All three successful projects have the potential to have a significant impact on cancer treatment […]
NHS England announces roadmap: empower the person
A new roadmap has been published by NHS England which illustrates projects that will help NHS patients take control of their health and care through access to digital tools. The new roadmap can be viewed here > The plans confirm a new app to provide secure access to online health services […]
Virgin Care sites pick Lexacom digital dictation
Virgin Care is working in partnership with Lexacom to improve systems and processes at Lyme Regis Medical Centre and at the admin-based Florence Nightingale Child Development Centre in Essex. The sites have now installed Lexacom digital dictation and speech recognition, which means clinicians and admin staff can now create and […]
NHS Informatics Merseyside enables digital innovation with Sunrise Software
Sunrise Software, a leading supplier of IT service management software has announced that NHS Informatics Merseyside is using Sunrise ITSM as a platform for automation, innovation and greater efficiency, helping its 18,000 users to focus on patient care. With one of the largest IT service desks in the NHS, Informatics Merseyside handles […]
Google and Flex develop cloud-based platform for medical devices
Google is partnering with connected products designer Flex on a cloud-based platform for medical device analytics. Designed by Flex and announced ahead of HIMSS, BrightInsight is a platform built on Google Cloud that can aggregate data and provide real-time information for connected medical devices. Kal Patel, senior vice president of […]
