A smartphone app designed to cut waiting times at accident and emergency departments in east Kent has been launched by the NHS. The WaitLess app combines current waiting times at all urgent care centres – drawn from the official NHS system – with up-to-the-minute travel information, to help people decide […]
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2017: the year of e-health
The potential of e-health to bring about total change to the way we plan and deliver health brings new demands for true interoperability, new leadership skills and a global search for solutions. The next 12 months will see significant innovation across health and care and with true benefits for patients. […]
Lumeon: 5 ways healthcare will change in 2017
Lumeon CEO Robbie Hughes, on 5 ways that healthcare will change in 2017 1. 2017 will be the Year of Bundles We predict that at least 5 major insurers will launch their bundle propositions, predominantly through narrow network offerings with providers who focus on excellence in specialist areas. This will bring […]
Medelinked Open Health Platform features Medelinked Health Score
Medelinked is a secure mobile and online health platform that empowers people to take control of their health, from building their health profile to discovering, connecting to and sharing their health and wellness information with their trusted healthcare providers. Demonstrated for the first time at PCHA Connected Health Conference, Washington, […]
New call for better engagement on health and care IT
Health and care professionals working in the UK recognise the potential of IT to improve patient safety and promote efficient care, but find it hard to learn and share best practice in healthcare IT with other organisations. Emerging from a study by HIMSS Europe, these findings show that health and […]
Summary Care Record now used in 50% of community pharmacies
A major milestone has been achieved after uptake of the Summary Care Record among community pharmacies in England reached 50%. This represents nearly 6,000 pharmacies using the functionality, which provides key clinical information about a patient, sourced from the GP record. The achievement comes only a year after NHS Digital […]
Interview: Sai Lakshmi, Echo
We spoke with Sai Lakshimi CEO and co-founder of Echo shortly after winning Best Health Tech Start-up in the Tech City News Awards. Echo is a simple free service that delivers medicine to your door and reminds you when and how to take it. Echo allows its users to make […]
Google DeepMind announces five year partnership with the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
The five year partnership builds on the successful year-long joint project to build a smartphone app called Streams, which alerts clinical teams as soon as test results show that a patient is at risk of developing acute kidney injury (AKI) , providing them with the necessary contextual clinical information to help them […]
Inhealthcare launches a new app to help NHS patients track, monitor and manage long-term conditions
Digital health specialist Inhealthcare has launched a new mobile app to help NHS patients track, monitor and manage long-term conditions including high blood pressure, diabetes and obesity. The app, My Inhealthcare, allows people to send health readings to their doctor or nurse and receive dosing instructions. This means patients can […]
STP published for better health and care in the Black Country and West Birmingham
Andy Williams, Black Country Sustainability and Transformation Plan Lead: “In the Black Country and West Birmingham we have a diverse and changing population and demand for health and care services is growing and evolving. We need to work together to meet these challenges within a tight financial envelope. The Sustainability […]
