US-based Life Alliance Organ Recovery Organisation (LAORA) is working with Ideagen to enhance document control, improve compliance and introduce smoother auditing processes. Based at the University of Miami, LAORA will implement Ideagen Q-Pulse, Ideagen’s flagship quality management software, to modernise policy and procedure management and overall document control. LAORA will […]
Secondary Care
App for young onset dementia
A new resource has been developed by Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust for younger people who have been diagnosed with dementia. It is a digital “app” which can be downloaded free of charge on to a mobile phone or tablet computer. It brings together up to date information, advice, and inspiration […]
Telemedicine Clinic warns of looming radiology capacity crisis for NHS in new report on European radiology
Telemedicine Clinic (TMC), Europe’s largest provider of teleradiology and pathology services, has today released a study that shows the NHS and other EU healthcare systems are facing a dramatic crisis unless something is done to bridge the radiology capacity gap in the short, medium and long term. The report found […]
Pioneering phone app demystifies electro-convulsive therapy
A team from Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust has developed an innovative phone ‘app’ to take the mystery and fear out of electro-convulsive therapy (ECT). The free app is available for download on smartphones and tablets. It offers users the choice of text, audio or video to provide training and support […]
How digital health sector will shape itself in the coming decade?
Technology pundits are anxious to know what future technology will look like? How would it make people’s lives easier? Would it be scalable? What systems and processes would be in place to achieve desired goals in the health sector? What regulatory mechanisms would be in place to facilitate or obstruct novel […]
Nuffield Health chooses Lumeon’s Care Pathway Manager
Lumeon has announced that Nuffield Health has deployed Lumeon’s Care Pathway Manager to manage its administrative care pathways, including booking, patient communications, management and billing, across 258 sites. Nuffield Health’s vision is to deliver a transformative customer experience across a broad range of healthcare services. The company was challenged by […]
Partnership aims to save NHS £millions with retail tech
Technology used by retail giants ranging from Tesco to Argos could now save the NHS millions of pounds, as a result of a new partnership between NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) and British technology company Virtualstock. NHS SBS, a Department of Health joint venture with Sopra Steria, has already […]
Lincolnshire hospital’s project receives international acclaim
An innovative tool developed in Lincolnshire’s hospitals to help reduce the number of pressure ulcers in patients has attracted international interest. PUNT (Pressure Ulcer Notification Tool), a unique online system that allows staff to record, monitor, report and review reliable pressure ulcer data for hospital patients, is being adopted by […]
West Midlands child health departments go live with System C
Child health records for 1.4 million children living across the West Midlands region are now being held on System C’s CarePlus software following a rapid succession of successful deployments. This has been achieved just 8 months after System C signed a contract with Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust to implement […]
North Central London Sustainability and Transformation plan
North Central London provides an update to the development of their Sustainability and Transformation Plan and anticipates being in a position to discuss potential long term solutions from early 2017. The Update highlighted: “Information technology needs to better support integrated care. The level of digital maturity of providers across NCL […]
