Access to GP and community care patient data through the Medical Interoperability Gateway (MIG) is now available to 6,000 health and care professionals across Bristol. Part of the Connecting Care Partnership which supports 85 GP practices, three community providers, three acute hospitals, a mental health trust and three councils it brings together 20 […]
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1,076 providers now using NHSmail
NHS Digital has announced 1,076 providers are now using the NHSmail service, up from just 97 providers at the start of the year. The centrally funded mail service is now being used across multiple care settings following an ‘Entry Level’ of the Data Security and Protection Toolkit was released. NHS […]
Medtech Accelerator awards £150k to two innovations
Medtech Accelerator, a specialist financial scheme for early stage medtech innovations, has announced awards totalling £150,000 to two innovation projects in the fields of critical care logistics and cornea replacement surgery. LocANTS, a software platform that facilitates the sharing of critical data when moving a patient between hospital sites, and […]
Health Tech Awards 2019 finalists revealed…
HTN is delighted to announce the entries that have made the shortlist in the Health Tech Awards 2019! The innovative Health Tech Awards sponsored by CCube Solutions celebrate and showcase exceptional projects, teams, partnerships, technology and organisations across health and care that are making a real difference. Our judges have […]
Eastern Pathology Alliance adopts new genotyping testing
The Eastern Pathology Alliance is to offer Hepatitis C genotyping testing nationally utilising equipment from Vela Diagnostics which incorporates Ion Torrent semiconductor sequencing to improve speed, accuracy and reliability. The new service introduces fast testing, clinical interpretation along with guidance and advice about drug selection. Mainly affecting the liver, Hepatitis […]
System C & Graphnet Care Alliance announce clinical informatics initiatives
The System C & Graphnet Care Alliance has announced a series of new clinical leadership initiatives to ensure it continues to be at the forefront with clinical usability. The companies’ internal structures have developed to reflect the emergence of roles in the NHS of a new chief clinical information officer […]
Microsoft welcomes new Chief Medical Officer Dr. David Rhew
Microsoft has announced a new Chief Medical Officer, Dr. David Rhew who joins the company from Samsung. David Rhew has joined the Worldwide Commercial Business (WCB) Healthcare leadership team at Microsoft as the Chief Medical Officer and Vice President of Healthcare. Microsoft said the role will help them truly understand […]
Research links eye-tracking to predicting Alzheimer’s disease
New research has revealed that eye-tracking tests may be the key to predicting which patients with mild cognitive impairments (MCI) will develop Alzheimer’s disease. The research from Loughborough University has found that it may be possible to predict if people with mild memory and thinking impairments will go onto develop Alzheimer’s […]
Hundreds of users access cancer care record in first six days
NHS Wales Informatics Service has announced cancer care records are now available to view in the Welsh Clinical Portal. In just the first 6 days nearly one thousand users have accessed the information. Previously the cancer patient information was only available to Cancer Network Information System Cymru (CaNISC) users, however […]
NHS Digital trials functionality to support patients with learning disabilities
NHS Digital has launched a pilot to test new functionality in the Summary Care Record introducing a reasonable adjustment flag on patients records. The flag will let doctors, nurses and other health and care staff know that a patient has a learning disability and has specific needs that require adjustments […]
