Medway NHS Foundation Trust is working with software firm Ideagen to introduce an electronic order communications system. The Trust will adopt Ideagen OCM, Ideagen’s order communications system, in a six-figure project. Focusing initially on pathology and radiology investigations, Ideagen OCM will be launched across the whole health economy, including external […]
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Lancashire Teaching Hospitals secures funding for retinal imaging machine
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has secured funding to purchase a retinal imaging machine to help premature babies. Consultant Ophthalmologist, Shveta Bansal secured £47,750 funding for the equipment from the charity Baby Beat. The Baby Beat Appeal was set up in 1987 and aims to maintain and raise standards […]
New digital wound imaging and 3D measurement system is helping Diabetic Foot Ulcer patients in Derbyshire
A brand new digital ulcer imaging system being rolled out in Derbyshire is enabling care to be delivered closer to patients’ homes, by reducing the number of outpatient appointments taking place at The Royal Derby Hospital. Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, working in partnership with Derbyshire Community Health Services […]
Summary Care Record reaches 100,000 views in a week
The Summary Care Record, an application which enables clinical staff to see potentially life-saving information has hit a milestone 100,000 views this week, according to NHS Digital. First launched in October 2010, the Summary Care Record (SCR) is an electronic record of important patient information, created from GP medical records. […]
New app helping to improve patient care
A new app which detects early signs of kidney failure is now being used to improve care for some of the Royal Free’s most vulnerable patients. Using an instant alert system, the app, known as Streams, directs clinicians to patients who are at risk of or who have developed a […]
Aegon UK calls for doctors to embrace electronic reporting
Aegon UK calls for doctors to use electronic reporting when submitting medical evidence, to enable people to get the financial protection they need in place as quickly and smoothly as possible. Aegon reveals it has been working with Niche Health’s iGPR proposition for the last year to pilot electronic GP […]
CCube signs agreement for CSC to provide document management software
CCube Solutions has signed a UK framework agreement with CSC which allows CSC to provide CCube’s document management software (EDMS) to NHS Trusts. For those hospitals who require it, CCube’s EDMS provides a proven way to manage their legacy medical records, once scanned. Combined with CSC’s next generation Lorenzo electronic […]
NHS Digital selects Redcentric
Leading UK IT managed services provider Redcentric has announced one of its most significant public sector wins to date, with the award of the new Peering Exchange contract which forms the core of the new Health and Social Care Network (HSCN). NHS Digital has selected Redcentric on an initial three-year […]
West Mid Hospital pilots new innovative technology
West Middlesex University Hospital is one of few in the country to be first to trial a new technology on their general wards that could potentially save future lives. This technology is a wireless monitoring system of patient’s vital signs providing medical professionals with real time information about patient’s heart […]
Northern NHS trusts share digital lessons for successful launch of major hospital system
Hospital patients in north Cumbria will be referred more quickly and efficiently to the right treatment and care following a technology partnership that has learnt vital lessons from a neighbouring NHS trust. North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust has successfully gone live with a new patient administration system which will […]
