Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has introduced digital health coaching app, Surgery Hero to help patients prepare for surgery. Using AI, Surgery Hero “quickly and accurately” identifies patients who may need additional support before and after an operation, with an aim to “reduce the risk of complications before a […]
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Cambridge University Hospitals goes live with instant shared care record access from EPR
On Tuesday this week Cambridge University Hospitals went live to provide teams with “instant access” to their region shared care record directly from the trust’s Epic EPR. In what Cambridgeshire and Peterborough ICS is noting as “a major milestone” in the roll-out of the shared care record, access is granted […]
Cambridge University Hospitals introduces tool enabling EHR data to be transferred to research databases
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS FT has introduced a tool for EHR data to be transferred to research databases or electronic data capture software for use in clinical trials, in a move the trust hopes will allow researchers to spend “more time on clinical research rather than data entry”. The Archer […]
Salisbury NHS FT quarterly strategy focuses on EPR, large agenda of digital projects, resource challenges
A quarterly strategy update from Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust has shared progress on delivering digital care, highlighting progress around EPR, developing digital skills, upgrading infrastructure and connectivity, as well noting a large agenda of projects involving digital which are “not resourced, funded or prioritised”. Associate director of strategy Tony Mears, […]
Sussex Community procures £275,000 exercise prescription software service
Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust has awarded a contract worth £275,000 to London-based Physitrack PLC for the provision of an exercise prescription software service. The platform is said to enable physiotherapists to create “customised home exercise programs” with “easy-to-follow” videos to promote adherence, pain tracking, and progress monitoring features. According […]
Sussex Partnership organisational strategy highlights data, innovation, and digital technologies
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust shared its organisational strategy for 2025 – 2030 last week, setting out its vision, objectives and measures, as well noting the opportunities to utilise data, innovation and a digital-first approach. The trust opens with its vision to state “delivering the strategy will take time and […]
Liverpool Combined Authority commits funding to children’s healthcare innovation
The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority has confirmed £4.16 million in innovation zone funding for children’s healthcare innovation at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust. The funding is supporting the development of a Paediatric Open Innovation Zone designed to develop, test and deploy technologies to tackle “some of the biggest […]
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton and Chesterfield Royal Hospital deploys Nervecentre EPR
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton and Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trusts have introduced Nervecentre’s cloud–native EPR platform. Launched across six hospitals in February, as part of a phased roll-out, this phase focused on deploying mobile capabilities to the hospitals’ emergency departments and inpatient wards. The trusts report that […]
Barnsley Hospital NHS board notes nursing documentation review, EPR, patient flow procurement
Barnsley Hospital NHS FT’s latest board meeting has highlighted progress on a nursing documentation review to digitise 50 percent of paper forms, implementing e-consent, speech recognition, and automation projects, its procurement of a patient flow system, as well as considering whether an upgrade of the EPR to ensure full functionality […]
Frimley Health NHS FT strategy to 2030 focuses on modernising infrastructure, digital for productivity, modern ways of working
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust’s latest strategy to 2030 has been published, with a focus on modernising infrastructure, introducing digital tools and technologies supporting productivity, and enhancing digital skills to support modern ways of working. “This is an extremely exciting time for the trust” it states, highlighting the delivery of […]
