York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has partnered with Patchwork to trial a new clinical staffing solution for their medical workforce. The technology is set to increase bank fill rates, reduce staffing costs and reduce administrative processes with its solution that instantly connects clinicians to vacant bank shifts through an app, enabling Trusts to […]
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Siilo Messenger reaches 140k users
The start up Siilo Messenger has reached a milestone of 140,000 unique users, doubling its user base in less than 12 months. The GDPR compliant messaging and collaboration platform for health and care was founded in 2016 by a former doctor and surgeon and reached 70,000 users in June last year. Since […]
Biogen launches app for people living with multiple sclerosis
Biogen has launched a new app, CleoTM as an everyday digital companion to provide information and support for people living with multiple sclerosis (MS), as well as their carers, friends and family. The Cleo App provides information, articles and stories for people living with MS and provides a simple way for […]
Payroll App saves over 300 hours per month
MySBSPay was launched by NHS Shared Business Services towards the end of 2018 to give NHS employees their pay information in a more convenient and understandable format, including the facility to ask common pay-related questions using modern Chatbot technology. With almost 400,000 NHS staff paid via the NHS SBS payroll […]
Doctolib raises €150 million
Doctolib, a Franco-German company, founded in 2013 has raised €150 million of funding from investors, valuing the company at over €1 billion. Doctolib allows patients to find nearby healthcare professionals, book / manage appointments online 24/7, have remote medical consultations via video and receive a digital prescription in their online […]
Sheffield develops VR games to help rehabilitation of injured children
Researchers from Sheffield Hallam University have developed two virtual reality (VR) computer games aimed at helping injured children through rehabilitation at Sheffield Children’s Hospital. A team led by Ivan Phelan a research associate games developer, worked with physiotherapists and play specialists from Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust to develop the […]
US app launched to prepare patients for medical visits
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has launched a new app to help patients prepare for medical visits. The Question Builder app, available at no charge for smartphones, tablets, and laptop computers on iTunes and Google Play helps patients prepare and organise questions […]
UK Startup utilises IBM Cloud for AI powered solution
UK care management start up Karantis360 has turned to IBM to help build a new solution that uses sensors and Watson artificial intelligence running in the IBM Cloud. Working with IBM, Karantis360 has developed a new approach that uses Internet of Things (IoT) technologies to collect data about the movements […]
Push Doctor selects Datix patient safety software
Push Doctor has selected Datix the patient safety and risk management software provider to improve its incident management and reporting. Push Doctor will deploy three Datix modules – Incident, Dashboard, and Risk Register – which will enable the digital physician practice to transform its current reporting system by improving accuracy of […]
Salford Royal GDE launches own app library
Salford Royal a Global Digital Exemplar has launched its own app library. The Trust said: “With over 325,000 health care apps on the market, there is now a solution to help residents of Salford find the best and safest ones, in the shape of an easy-to-use library on the web: […]
