Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust is celebrating one year of their electronic patient record Hive, sharing how they have launched a new online patient portal and mobile app MyMFT as well as having “transformed our internal systems and ways of working over the past year”. The trust shares how Hive’s […]
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East of England Ambulance Service plans digital education management system
The East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust has opened an opportunity to procure a digital education management system. A prior information notice details the organisation’s requirements for a digital education management system “to improve the tracking, reporting and development of our clinical workforce”. It adds that the system “will be […]
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals announces “long overdue” £44 million EPR
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals (BHRUT) has revealed its electronic patient record programme, with an aim to go live in 2025. As one of the last trusts in London to move to an EPR, the programme aims to see an end to the trust’s “unhealthy reliance on paper” which […]
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS appoints new CCIO and deputy medical director for digital and data
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust has announced the appointment of Dr Nitin Kolhe as chief clinical information officer and deputy medical director for digital and data, with the appointment to form part of a wider transformation journey including the procurement of a new EPR system and […]
Royal Cornwall Hospitals set to launch electronic patient record system
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust has announced the development of its electronic patient record (EPR) programme, with Oracle Health, set to eventually replace “many of their current digital and paper-based systems” with a single platform for patient information. The trust is currently at the design, development and testing phase of […]
AI trial at Frimley Health NHS aims to support lung cancer triage and diagnosis
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is leading a trial using artificial intelligence in radiology with the aim of enabling more efficient triaging and prioritisation of lung cancer cases, which the trust hopes will help in speeding up the cancer diagnosis pathway and improving patient experience. The AI tech, developed by […]
Gateshead Health NHS launches patient engagement platform
The breast services clinic at Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust is set to pilot a new patient engagement platform in an effort to reduce the trust’s reliance on paper systems, reduce associated costs and ultimately improve patient experience. The new platform has been designed to provide a “quick and easy […]
Royal Marsden partners with Automata to increase cancer genomic testing
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust has announced a partnership with Automata, an automation company, with an aim to facilitate increased cancer genomic testing capacity through robotic automation and expand the range of tests the specialist cancer centre can perform. The collaboration will develop an automated system for clinical cancer […]
Guy’s and St Thomas’ data tool identifies risk-factors to support prioritisation
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust has developed a new IT platform capable of identifying “high risk” diabetes patients from waiting lists, with the trust sharing how the platform is “enabling them to be prioritised for urgent care and contributing to a reduction in health inequalities”. A data informatics […]
Wireless tech trials seek to boost health and care connectivity for NHS organisations
NHS England has launched a new Wireless Trials programme seeking to enhance the potential of current and emerging wireless technologies in delivering digital healthcare services, with NHS organisations invited to take part to explore how these technologies could improve patient care. Funding applications for proposals aiming to maximise efficiency of […]
