North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust has launched PatientAide, an online tool to provide patients access to their health documents, and connect personal tech and data from smartwatches. The app and online web tool provides patients with the ability to view letters, correspondence and test results, complete questionnaires before or after an […]
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Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust achieves HIMSS Stage 7
Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has achieved HIMSS EMRAM (Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model) Stage 7, confirming that the trust has met “the highest international quality standard for excellence in digital and data”. The achievement follows an on-site assessment this week which saw HIMSS inspectors observing as […]
Royal Orthopaedic Hospital strategy highlights plans for digital and data to streamline operations
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust’s latest strategy, running until 2028, shares the role of digital and data across areas including culture, patient empowerment, and streamlining operations, with the trust’s digital, data and technology plan described as “a vital enabler” in transforming services, enhancing productivity, and offering “truly patient-centred […]
Central and North West London NHS awards contract for digital neurodevelopment assessments
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust has awarded a contract for digital neurodevelopment assessments with an estimated value of £749,000 to online mental health, autism and ADHD service provider Healios. Healios is described as offering a range of mental health assessments and treatments for children and young people […]
Research and innovation hub in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes seeks applications for £15,000 awards for local innovators
A research and innovation hub in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes has issued a call for applications for its research and innovation fund, following a £3 million investment from NHS England, with successful applicants to be awarded up to £15,000 for projects tackling an aspect of research or innovation in integrated […]
Norfolk and Waveney ICS plans new repeat prescription service for digitally excluded patients
Norfolk and Waveney ICS has announced plans to develop a new service to support digitally excluded patients across the system with their repeat prescription requests, following a survey launched in October 2023 on the current service, which garnered over 2,700 responses and highlighted key themes including the impact on people […]
GP Connect integrated at The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust has announced the successful integration of national service GP Connect with its existing technology systems including its EPR, allowing healthcare workers across a variety of settings to access patient records. Through GP Connect, staff are supported to view and update care records and manage appointments, […]
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS selects EPR
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has announced Nervecentre as its electronic patient record supplier, to form a “pivotal role in achieving the trust’s digital vision”. It follows recent news of the company being named the preferred EPR system provider by University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS FT and Chesterfield Royal […]
Humber Teaching updates on virtual ward usage, and common reason for referral
Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust has shared an update on its virtual ward programme 12 months after the launch, sharing that the service has supported 175 patients to date, with the number of beds increasing from five to 15 and further plans underway to increase to 25 beds. The most […]
Calderdale and Huddersfield goes live on NPIC digital pathology platform
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with the national pathology imaging co-operative (NPIC) digital pathology platform, the “high-capacity pathology image repository and exchange system”. By joining the platform the trust aims to improve pathology services and outcomes, develop AI in pathology, and create a platform for research […]
