Clatterbridge Cancer Centre has trialled a powered biopsy device called OnControl that aims to shorten the procedure to take bone marrow biopsies from patients, with trial participants calling the process “much less stressful and painful”. With manual biopsies requiring two passes into the bone to collect liquid and solid material […]
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Milton Keynes University Hospital goes live with inicio’s new mPage for jaundice
Milton Keynes University Hospital (MKUH) has gone live with a digital tool, hyperbilirubinemia mPage, from inicio health. The tool automates the charting of bilirubin levels, to ensure that graphing is immediate, automatic, and always available for clinical teams. Available as part of the trust’s EPR, it replaces manual charting, removes paper, and is […]
Buckinghamshire Healthcare launches new patient portal via NHS App
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust has launched a new patient portal via the NHS App with the aim of supporting patients to keep track of appointments, clinical letters and pre-assessments. Through the portal, patients can confirm and check their appointments, receive and access information such as clinical letters, view discharge summaries […]
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Go Green, Go Digital week
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust has shared an update on its first ‘Go Green Go Digital’ sustainability awareness week which took place at the start of December and highlights the ongoing partnership between the trust’s digital transformation team and sustainability working group. The week included online drop-in sessions from […]
Tech to support falls prevention piloted by Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT) has shared how it is using tech to pilot new falls prevention methods with the aim of enhancing its offer to patients and minimising the impact of falls on health, quality of life, and the NHS’s finances. The projects and programmes being piloted […]
Liverpool University Hospitals announces joint chief digital officer role with Liverpool Women’s
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has announced the appointment of a new joint chief digital officer role with Liverpool Women’s, with Liverpool Women’s chief information officer Matt Connor to take up the post in February 2024. The trust highlights that Matt brings more than two decades of experience in […]
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire utilises AI process mining tool to improve processes
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) has collaborated with tech company IBM and data processing company Celonis to implement an artificial intelligence process mining tool, with the aim of helping the trust to better understand processes and where they could be improved. The tool was deployed as part of an […]
£1.28m AI upgrade to radiology training facilities at University Hospitals of North Midlands
University Hospitals of North Midlands (UHNM) has announced a £1.28 million AI upgrade to its radiology training facilities, thanks to funding from NHS England Midlands which aimed to support the development of a new training model at the Midlands Imaging Training Academy (MITA). By utilising a newly-installed XRNET high speed […]
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust awards contract for patient portal
Following a call-off from a framework agreement, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust has awarded a contract worth an estimated £865,000 to ICNH Ltd (trading as DrDoctor) for a patient portal. The procurement notice describes how Lewisham and Greenwich sought a trust-wide patient portal for patients under acute and community care, […]
South Tees agrees eight-year extension for EPR and ePMA contract
South Tees Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has signed an eight-year contract extension with Alcidion for the provision of the trust’s EPR, taking the contract agreement – initially set to expire in 2025 – up to 2033. The trust has been utilising Alcidion’s Miya Precision EPR, which includes the OPENeP ePMA module […]