More than five million patients will be able to access free to use Wi-Fi in early adopterGP practices, enabling them to link in with local health clinics and services and paving the way for future developments in digital patient care. In the first step towards roll out across the entire […]
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GP patients now being referred to more appropriate services thanks to new online tool
GPs have welcomed a new online feature which is expected to bring about a reduction in the number of patients being referred to inappropriate services. Designed by NHS Digital, the new enhancement improves a GP’s view of information – making it easier for them to view service referral criteria before […]
EMIS Health and Diabetes UK partner for better diabetes care for thousands
GPs and Practice Nurses across the country are improving care for thousands of patients with type 2 diabetes, thanks to a partnership between EMIS Health and Diabetes UK. Diabetes UK has developed information prescriptions that not only alert clinicians to key information on their patients’ condition during consultations, but give […]
How can digital technology support a future NHS? by Tobias Alpsten, CEO, iPLATO
How can digital technology support a future NHS? by Tobias Alpsten, CEO of Health Tech specialist iPLATO (www.iPlato.net) NHS Chief Executive Simon Stevens this year unveiled new plans to provide millions of patients with quicker access to health apps. Stevens believes smartphones to be one of the ‘most powerful diagnostic […]
How can GPs harness new innovative technology to help meet QOF targets?
iPLATO has developed a new ‘smoking QOF’ feature on the newly enhanced myGPTM app to help them protect practice income while reducing administration and, at the same time, freeing up staff to allow for more face-to-face patient care. Adding to other benefits offered by the app, the result of its innovative […]
Easier tracking of prescriptions for St Helens Millennium Centre Pharmacy
St Helens Millennium Centre Pharmacy has been using the EMIS Health, Medicines Manager module as part of Pharmacy Access since mid-2015. More than a year on, and they’re finding it easier to manage repeat prescriptions and communicate with their local GP practice than ever before. Stuart Ellis, Superintendent Pharmacist and […]
An online consultation service is saving GPs time
An online consultation service is saving GPs time and proving popular with a majority of the patients using it at 20 south London practices. A recent report from the Health Innovation Network South London on user feedback from a pilot of the service at the Hurley Group practices found that […]
Waterloo Medical Group saves £15,000 with Nuance medical speech recognition
Nuance Communications announced that Waterloo Medical Group has saved £15,000 in 12 months by speeding up clinical document turnaround times and boosting accuracy with medical speech to text software. Deploying Nuance Dragon Medical has enabled the team to process clinical documents quickly and accurately without the need to outsource transcriptions […]
iPLATO and myGP™ supports flu immunisation programme
For the first time ever, GP surgeries can use innovative appointment booking technology to launch their winter flu immunisation programme to increase patient uptake resulting in greater cost-efficiencies and revenue streams for individual practices. Developed by London-based health-tech specialist iPLATO, the newly enhanced myGP app is being launched to coincide […]
Tech benefits 40,000 children across West Cheshire
Health visitors and GPs are making significant time savings and better co-ordinating care of 40,000 children across West Cheshire with joined-up technology. Paul Blade, Performance & Redesign, Clinical System Support Manager, Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, said: “The implementation of EMIS Web Child Health has made a real […]
