IQVIA an advanced digital health prescribing, monitoring and studies platform has collaborated with EMIS Health to launch an enhanced version of the EMIS App Library. The collaboration enables GPs, clinical pharmacists and other clinical staff to find and recommend high quality, critically validated digital health apps to patients through EMIS Web. EMIS […]
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Dr Hussain Gandhi: My top 5 UK primary care clinical apps and websites
In UK primary care we are seeing an increase in both the availability and use of digital resources to help clinicians. Artificial intelligence and machine learning can do amazing things but may be overshadowed by security and moral concerns. So which resources can be used effectively in primary care? In […]
Apps Library assessment portal launches
NHS Digital has launched a digital assessment portal to streamline and improve the process for developers seeking to have their app included on the NHS Apps Library. The portal went live on 20 May in a public beta before plans to fully launch in September. It will act as an online self-service […]
Matthew Gould states intention for the NHS App
In a blog post published on Friday, Matthew Gould the CEO of NHSX focused on the intentions for the NHS App and NHSX. Matthew Gould said: “You might have thought that my first blog as CEO of NHSX should be about something general – NHSX’s objectives, or our plans, or […]
Southampton GDE speeds up access to test results
A new digital model of follow-up care for prostate cancer patients based on Southampton’s personal online health record is speeding up access to test results and reducing the need for hospital appointments. The development gives men access to view their PSA blood test results as soon as they are uploaded […]
Final cohort selected for Digital Health Accelerator Programme
Propel@YH has announced the six start-ups to participate in its inaugural digital health accelerator programme. The Leeds-based programme is commissioned by the Yorkshire & Humber AHSN (Academic Health Science Network) in partnership with mHabitat, an NHS-owned specialist and expert in the application of digital to health and care. This programme’s […]
Salford app library adds ORCHA validation
The recently launched app library salford.orcha.co.uk has added a new dimension to its selection of rigoursouly tested apps by highlighting the validation of each app. The collaboration between Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust in collaboration with ORCHA – the Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Applications means the most trusted […]
New App supports child patients at The Christie
A new app is helping child patients at The Christie understand how Proton Beam Therapy works. Xploro® has teamed up with the cancer hospital over the last four years to develop the new app ‘Xploro®’ which includes games based on the human body, 3D hospital environments for children to explore, and experiences so […]
Visual speech recognition to benefit tracheostomy patients
Liopa, a spin out of the Centre for Secure Information Technologies at Queen’s University Belfast has announced that it is to deliver a prototype patient/carer communications aid to be used by tracheostomy patients in critical care environments. The company has secured Innovate UK funding to work with Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS […]
ECG App launched by Apple
Apple this month has launched its ECG app on the Apple Watch Series providing the functionality to take an electrocardiogram and capture heart rhythms. Apple said the ECG app and irregular heart rhythm notification feature will help identify signs of AFib, the most common form of irregular rhythm. When left […]
