A remote patient monitoring service is set to be implemented in care homes across north east London, to connect facilities with family doctors. The remote service – called the Inhealthcare Professional app – will support clinicians in identifying patients that may need interventions, while also keeping residents safely at home […]
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Mapping tool introduced by NHS South, Central and West CSU for home visits
NHS South, Central and West CSU (SCW) has introduced new mapping and modelling techniques to support housebound patient visits for GPs and nurses in Somerset. The tool went live on 4 February 2021 to help reach as many patients in a day, in the least number of journeys. The CSU […]
NHS Digital announces improvements to e-Referral Service
NHS Digital has made improvements to the advice function on its NHS e-Referral Service (e-RS), following feedback from clinicians. These changes focus on providing primary care clinicians with ‘an effective tool’ to talk to staff in secondary care settings before making a referral, thereby improving the referral system for patients […]
Industry collaboration on usability standards; moving away from a one-size-fits-all model
On the first day of the HETT Show 2021, an afternoon panel of health tech and NHS digital brains tackled the topic of industry collaboration on usability standards. Areas covered on the agenda included user experience and uptake of services, co-ordinating real-world evidence and real-world users, improving the accessibility and […]
NHSX supports smartphone tech for detecting early kidney disease
A smartphone app that utilises AI is set to help NHS patients transmit test results to GPs within ‘minutes’. The ‘pioneering’ technology from Healthy.io – called CKD Early Detection Service – transforms a smartphone camera into a ‘clinical-grade tool’ that detects early kidney disease. The tech is part of the […]
EMIS and Elemental enhance reporting for social prescribing
GP practices using EMIS Web will be able to benefit from a new improved integration with social prescribing technology from Elemental. The new integration supports reporting for GPs to understand the uptake of social prescribing in the community. It means GP practices can view a patient’s journey and can make […]
Push Doctor to support Hounslow GP Practices
Push Doctor has partnered with Hounslow GP practices and Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust to provide digital access to NHS GP appointments. The service will support 300,000 people in the area to book appointments scheduled from 8am – 8pm Monday to Friday and 8am – 5pm on Saturday. The programme […]
NHSX launches digital eyecare referral services purchasing system
NHSX has launched a new dynamic purchasing system to support healthcare providers access and adopt digital eyecare referral services. Seven suppliers to date have been assessed and admitted to the purchasing system, following an assurance process testing their capability. The purchasing system is to support healthcare providers run small competitions […]
Medopad saves 32 minutes per COVID-19 patient in NHSX evaluation
Early findings on the impact of HUMA’s remote digital care platform, Medopad, have been released by the NHSX and Kent Surrey Sussex Academic Health Science Network (KSS AHSN). Medopad, a clinician portal and remote patient monitoring smartphone app, was assessed across five pilot sites with data collected between April and […]
Feature: the rise of remote monitoring – what’s next?
The use of remote monitoring technologies – innovations that allow symptoms to be managed and care to be provided at distance, outside of traditional hospital settings – has surged during the past year. Healthcare providers are increasingly opting for digital ways of working, to protect those at higher risk and […]
