NHS England has today announced three ambulance trusts will share £10m to help improve patient care by developing into world class digital organisations. South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SCAS), West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (WMAS) and North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (NEAS) are the […]
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New tool launched for patients to record and share urgent and end of life care wishes
Patients across Greater London are to be given greater power to inform GPs, hospitals, ambulance crews, 111 providers, care homes, hospices and out of hours services, about their urgent and end of life care wishes, following the launch of a new online urgent care record called ‘myCMC’. Coordinate My Care […]
NHS Digital signs new deal with Microsoft
NHS Digital has entered a new deal with Microsoft to support health and care organisations in protecting against cyber threats. Microsoft’s Enterprise Threat Detection Service allows NHS Digital’s Data Security Centre to provide targeted alerts to organisations that enable it. The alerts use Microsoft’s combined cyber security expertise to provide organisations with detection of […]
Berkshire goes live with record sharing project
Health and social care providers across Berkshire are sharing health and care information electronically on up to 850,000 residents in one of the country’s largest shared care record projects. The first major phase of Berkshire’s shared care record initiative has gone live. Known as Connected Care, the new clinical system […]
SWYPFT signs contract for SystmOne Mental Health
South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (SWYPFT) has signed a five year contract with TPP to deploy the SystmOne Mental Health module across all of its services. The contract is an addition to the existing Shared Business Service (SBS) Framework contract the Trust has with TPP. The Trust employs […]
Powys Teaching Health Board first in Wales for FDB OptimiseRx
Powys Teaching Health Board is the first Welsh health board to go live with FDB OptimiseRx, which supports GPs to prescribe in line with local and national guidance and reduce the variation in prescribing. The solution provides prescribing decision support for primary care that presents prescribers with guidance messages that […]
Robotic tech to help Fortius Clinic and Bupa at new health centre
Fortius Clinic and Bupa have announced a partnership which will provide hip and knee replacements using the latest ground-breaking robotic technology. The cutting-edge MAKO robotic technology enables highly accurate placement of personalised knee or hip implants, smaller incisions, and faster recovery times. As demand for joint replacement grows robotic technology is said to […]
NHS Digital publishes guidance for cloud
NHS Digital has published guidance to set clear expectations for health and care organisations who want to use cloud services or data offshoring to store patient information. The guidance will ensure that organisations know how to use these solutions safely and securely, especially in the light of the fact that […]
New standard for diabetes self management as NHS adopts Global HealthTech Top 100 innovation company
The global health crisis of Type 2 diabetes is spiralling rapidly out of control. The consequent drain on health economies around the world is enormous; direct and indirect costs of diabetes in the UK alone have reached a staggering £23.7 billion per year. At current trends, that figure will have […]
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust chooses Agfa
Agfa HealthCare has announced that West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust has signed a contract to implement their Enterprise Imaging for Radiology platform in a ten-year managed services agreement. The solution is said to support around 200,000 studies each year, with an average annual growth of 5%. “West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust is an […]
