NHSX is to launch and implement a Data Strategy for Health and Social Care, as part of measures announced by Matt Hancock this week to streamline processes and reduce excess bureaucracy. The new report ‘Busting bureaucracy: empowering frontline staff by reducing excess bureaucracy in the health and care system‘, sets […]
Primary Care News
Dorset Healthcare live with Covid Oximetry @home monitoring service
Dorset Healthcare has launched its Covid Oximetry @home monitoring service across the region to help identify and support Covid-19 patients who may deteriorate. The new service went live on 16th November for the first patients admitted to the virtual ward for monitoring from practices and the local trust, for Dorset’s highest risk […]
Innovate UK funds tech to reduce hidden costs of telephone calls in primary care
Innovate UK has awarded a six-figure grant to cloud telephony specialist X-on to support an app to help eliminate GP practice-patient call costs. The app will mean calls between a patient and their GP are free and in turn reduce the cost to GP practices for outgoing calls by around […]
EMIS launches first EMIS-X application
Emis has announced the launch of the first application as part of its new EMIS-X cloud-based platform. The application, called Explorer, comes as part of a new EMIS-X Analytics suite to provide tools to support healthcare teams with data insights and analytics. Explorer is being used in a pilot to support researchers […]
C the Signs diagnostic tool rolled out to 400 GP practices
A new diagnostic tool to help detect cancer at an early stage has been rolled-out across 8 North West London boroughs, including 400 GP practices. C the Signs can be used by GPs during their regular consultations with a patient, and classifies patients by their risk of cancer, using signs, symptoms, […]
Coventry and Warwickshire set to introduce Integrated Care Records
The Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Record programme has announced plans to roll-out its shared care record this Autumn. The platform will ensure health and care records for patients across the region will be available to authorised health and social care practitioners. The programme includes GP practices within Coventry and […]
Health Tech Awards 2020 Finalists Revealed…
HTN is delighted to announce the finalists in the Health Tech Awards 2020! The HTN Awards 2020, sponsored by CCube Solutions, celebrate great technology, partnerships, teams and innovations making a difference across health and care. After weeks of judging and working through a fantastic group of entries, the finalists have […]
NHS Digital announces go live of new GP electronic notifications
EMIS, TPP and pharmacy systems Pinnacle PharmOutcomes and Sonar Informatics, are now live with new functionality that provides electronic notifications to inform GPs when one of their patients receives an urgent supply of medicine from a community pharmacy. NHS Digital has announced the go live of the service that ensures a […]
Norfolk and Waveney CCG signs agreement for prescribing decision tech
A newly formed CCG, Norfolk and Waveney Clinical Commissioning Group, has procured prescribing decision technology from FDB for practices in the area. Combining five CCGs across Norwich, North Norfolk, South Norfolk, West Norfolk, and Great Yarmouth and Waveney, the procurement aims to support prescribers to improve the quality and safety of prescribing. […]
Healthcare Gateway supports OneLondon LHCRE
As part of the OneLondon Local Health and Care Record Exemplar (LHCRE) programme, the MIG from Healthcare Gateway, has been expanded to support healthcare teams access information on vulnerable patients with COVID-19 symptoms. Urgent care staff across London can now access around 8 million GP records, following an initiative to expand the […]
