University Hospital Southampton has this week gone live with a new system ‘Badgernet Maternity’, for pregnant women to access their records online or via the app. A joint project spanning maternity services across Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Portsmouth, the app will replace paper notes, and provide a centralised platform. The system is an […]
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Salford Care introduces new remote monitoring app for heart failure patients
Healthcare teams at Salford Care Organisation, part of the Northern Care Alliance Group, is piloting the use of a remote monitoring system to support heart failure patients. The tech includes a smartphone app designed by connected care supplier Dignio and easy-to-use bluetooth devices. It’s currently being used by teams in […]
Frimley Health picks Hyland as part of five-year strategy
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust has selected OnBase from Hyland, an information platform, to digitise and manage clinical documents. In September 2020, Frimley announced it would adopt Epic as it electronic patient record, part of a £108m deal. The trust in late 2019 published an ambitious five-year strategy, ‘Our future FHFT’, […]
News in brief: NHS Arden and GEM analytics contract, Welsh Nursing Care Record roll-out, surgical robot to speed up cancer ops
This week we’ve been building up to our latest instalment of HTN Now – a series of live webcasts and content – so it’s been a busy time. But that hasn’t stopped the health tech news. In the past few days alone we’ve also covered NHS Digital’s two month delay […]
HTN Now June 2021: What to expect from our live webcasts
The next instalment in our health tech for the now series is almost upon us, with four days of live health tech sessions and content from a variety of digital leaders. With only five days to go until the next HTN Now event in the series, which begins on 14 […]
Kent Surrey Sussex AHSN releases study on GP prescribing decision support
Kent Surrey Sussex Academic Health Science Network (AHSN) has carried out an analysis on how using a prescribing decision support system has benefitted GPs and other primary care prescribers – with the use of tech in this area having the potential to support safety. The study by the AHSN was […]
NHS Digital announces delay to collection of GP data
NHS Digital has announced a two month delay to the GP Data for Planning and Research (GPDPR) programme, a primary care data collection service originally set to come into place on 1 July 2021. On 12 May, NHS Digital announced the data collection service, to make near-real-time information and data […]
Interview Series: Dr Michelle Webster, CCIO, and Shafiq Khalifa, Associate Director of IT, Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Partnership Trust
In the latest interview in the series, we speak with Dr Michelle Webster, CCIO, and Shafiq Khalifa, Associate Director of IT at Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Partnership Trust. We talk digital programmes, digital champions, ‘I want great care’ and ‘you said we did’ projects, patient apps, learnings, and lots more. […]
North West London launch online mental health platform
Central and Northwest London NHS Trust has rolled out a new mental health app across its local boroughs to help support children and young people with their mental health, and ensure a single, consistent service offer. Kooth is an app aimed at young people between 11 – 25 years and […]
BMA and RCGP call for delay in roll-out of patient data sharing programme
The Royal College of GPs and the British Medical Association have called on the government to delay the GP Data for Planning and Research (GPDPR) programme. On 12 May, NHS Digital announced the new primary care data collection service was set to come into place on 1 July 2021, to […]
