Bupa Cromwell Hospital is partnering with IMS MAXIMS to deploy the company’s electronic order communications and results reporting (OCS & RR) that will introduce new processes to improve the accessibility of medical tests. As part of the private hospital’s ongoing investment programme into its estate and infrastructure, it will be […]
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Royal Brompton & Harefield to implement Kainos
Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust the largest specialist heart and lung NHS centre in the UK is to implement the Kainos cloud-managed Evolve Electronic Medical Records (EMR). The deal will see the Kainos Evolve EMR platform migrate from an on-premise solution to a Microsoft Azure cloud-hosted managed service. […]
Isosec has announced a Virtual Smartcard
The Isosec Virtual Smartcard is already in use at the Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Isosec has now announced it is now available to all NHS organisations. The innovation virtualises the physical NHS smartcard into the cloud, allowing NHS clinicians to access their clinical workspace using, not only their […]
Virtual assistant Samantha to identify data sets and automate processes
NoteSwift a provider of EHR virtual assistant solutions based in Boston, USA has announced a partnership with athenahealth, through athenahealth’s ‘More Disruption Please’ (MDP) program. The newly integrated EHR virtual assistant, Samantha™, is now available to athenahealth’s growing network of more than 106,000 healthcare providers to help physicians reduce EHR documentation time while […]
HTN Awards 2018 launched and open for entries!
We are delighted to launch and announce the HTN Awards 2018! The Health Tech Awards 2018 celebrate great technology and innovation across health and care. The HTN Awards 2018 are in association with CCube Solutions, an award-winning provider of enterprise content management solutions, comprising electronic document and records management, workflow, electronic forms, portal […]
NHS Digital report highlights sharing information barriers for social workers
In a recent research report commissioned by NHS Digital, the report found 98 per cent of social workers cited at least one difficulty with sharing information digitally. While 49 per cent had a smart phone to support remote and mobile working, more than a quarter of social workers in the […]
Global Digital Exemplar programme extended to ambulance trusts
NHS England has today announced three ambulance trusts will share £10m to help improve patient care by developing into world class digital organisations. South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SCAS), West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (WMAS) and North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (NEAS) are the […]
NHS Digital signs new deal with Microsoft
NHS Digital has entered a new deal with Microsoft to support health and care organisations in protecting against cyber threats. Microsoft’s Enterprise Threat Detection Service allows NHS Digital’s Data Security Centre to provide targeted alerts to organisations that enable it. The alerts use Microsoft’s combined cyber security expertise to provide organisations with detection of […]
Fresh debate needed as complexity of spreading NHS innovation laid bare in new report out today
A new report from The King’s Fund, commissioned by six Academic Health and Science Networks, charts the journeys of eight innovations from creation to widespread patient use. The report, published today at http://www.ahsnnetwork.com/kings-fund-report/, examines examples of successful innovations in the NHS and charts their journeys to draw out common themes and […]
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, […]