Leading UK charity Breast Cancer Care has received £655k of National Lottery funding to further develop its unique end-of-treatment support app and meet the needs of 36,000 users by 2020. The Breast Cancer Care App (BECCA), launched in May 2017, is the first of its kind to help women move forward […]
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Apple announces solution bringing EHR data to iPhone
Apple has introduced a significant update to the Health app to provide FHIR based data from an electronic health record to your mobile phone. The updated Health Records section within the Health app brings together hospitals, clinics and the existing Health app to make it easy for consumers to see […]
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 supports 138 entrepreneurs design new tech
The NHS has selected 138 entrepreneurs to design and deliver new technological solutions and innovations in healthcare. This includes the appointment of five healthcare scientists, tackling conditions including sickle cell disease and allergic reactions. The Clinical Entrepreneurs Programme, run by NHS England, supports NHS workers to work with, and learn from, […]
New NHS app for Devon and Cornwall will help people spend less time waiting for health services
People across Devon and Cornwall can now download a free app which gives them information about waiting and travel times for their local urgent NHS services. The app, NHSquicker, shows up-to-date waiting times for local emergency departments (A&Es) and minor injuries units, based on the user’s location. It also shows […]
Alder Hey launches children’s hospital app
A new approach to children’s stay in hospital has been launched that will help Alder Hey improve patient care at its facility and across the NHS. Created by Alder Hey Children’s Hospital and Alder Hey Children’s Charity in partnership with leading digital studio ustwo and designed with the help of […]
Launch of secure messaging App for Hospitals
A new app, Hospify has launched to support real-time messaging between clinicians, support staff and patients. Until now, use of WhatsApp has been rife in healthcare – despite the fact that the consumer app isn’t designed to meet strict patient data protection requirements. Its popularity is due to the convenience of […]
Digital agency builds innovative dementia app for NHS Education for Scotland
Connect has designed & built a mobile app for NHS Education for Scotland (NES) to help bring cognitive rehabilitation to the fore of clinicians’ minds when working with people in the early stages of dementia. The ‘Cognitive Rehab in Dementia’ app, which is the first of its kind in Scotland, […]
British Skin Foundation goes digital
The British Skin Foundation has formed a partnership with leading skin checking app Miiskin – in an initiative to promote public health skin cancer awareness and digital self-tracking. The partnership will focus on public health education, with the British Skin Foundation also set to receive support in direct fundraising campaigns […]
‘HANDi’ Paediatric App Launched
Developed in collaboration between North West Surrey CCG and Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals, ‘HANDi’ is a new paediatric app that has been launched for Ashford and St Peter’s families, parents and carers living across North West Surrey to provide advice and support to if their children have symptoms of […]
