Zebra Technologies is supporting Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS FT by providing their Zebra HC100 printers and Z-Band™ Ultrasoft wristbands as the core of its Scan4Safety program. The project aimed to improve patient safety and hospital administration through better use of barcode technology with methods derived from the aerospace and retail industries. Scan4Safety is a […]
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Virtual assistant Samantha to identify data sets and automate processes
NoteSwift a provider of EHR virtual assistant solutions based in Boston, USA has announced a partnership with athenahealth, through athenahealth’s ‘More Disruption Please’ (MDP) program. The newly integrated EHR virtual assistant, Samantha™, is now available to athenahealth’s growing network of more than 106,000 healthcare providers to help physicians reduce EHR documentation time while […]
Breast Cancer Care’s innovative app receives £655k in National Lottery funding
Leading UK charity Breast Cancer Care has received £655k of National Lottery funding to further develop its unique end-of-treatment support app and meet the needs of 36,000 users by 2020. The Breast Cancer Care App (BECCA), launched in May 2017, is the first of its kind to help women move forward […]
HTN Awards 2018 launched and open for entries!
We are delighted to launch and announce the HTN Awards 2018! The Health Tech Awards 2018 celebrate great technology and innovation across health and care. The HTN Awards 2018 are in association with CCube Solutions, an award-winning provider of enterprise content management solutions, comprising electronic document and records management, workflow, electronic forms, portal […]
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals E-Learning Tool Adopted Nationally
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s ground breaking nasogastric tube e-learning tool that improves patient safety and reduces potential harm has been adopted nationally. The e-learning tool reinforces the correct way to insert and confirm the position of nasogastric tubes (NGT) to reduce error and focus attention onto patient safety. […]
NHS Wales Informatics Service picks two GP suppliers
NHS Wales Informatics Service in a short announcement today has said its chosen INPS and Microtest for a new contract for GP clinical systems and services. The service said “following a robust procurement process, it is s the intention to award a new contract for GP clinical systems and services to […]
East Lancashire Hospitals chooses Cerner as preferred EPR
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT) has chosen Cerner as its Preferred Supplier of a new clinical information system that will help to improve the quality, safety and efficiency of patient care. ELHT Director of Finance Jonathan Wood, said: “We are delighted to choose Cerner as the Preferred Supplier for […]
Orlando Agrippa, CEO, Draper and Dash: Embracing Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Healthcare
Emerging trends like artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) look set to provide early adopters and forward-thinking firms deep insights and advanced analytics that could radically transform and revolutionise healthcare into a new digital age. Integrating such technologies with existing systems may seem challenging to those responsible, but the […]
NHS Digital report highlights sharing information barriers for social workers
In a recent research report commissioned by NHS Digital, the report found 98 per cent of social workers cited at least one difficulty with sharing information digitally. While 49 per cent had a smart phone to support remote and mobile working, more than a quarter of social workers in the […]
Apple announces solution bringing EHR data to iPhone
Apple has introduced a significant update to the Health app to provide FHIR based data from an electronic health record to your mobile phone. The updated Health Records section within the Health app brings together hospitals, clinics and the existing Health app to make it easy for consumers to see […]
