The Royal Free Hospital, part of The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, has gone live over the weekend with its Cerner electronic patient record. On Saturday 2 October, Royal Free Hospital went live with the system, joining two thirds of the trust – Barnet Hospital and Chase Farm Hospital […]
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Report: A challenge on two fronts – safeguarding mental health in a post-COVID landscape
Feature by Orlando Agrippa, CEO & Founder of RwHealth – A Healthcare & Life Sciences Company To download the Mental Health Sector Report 2021, please click here The technology landscape mirrors the world’s struggle to regain its equilibrium post-COVID. New apps and telehealth solutions pop up in our feeds each week, […]
States of Guernsey selects EPR suppliers
States of Guernsey Health and Social Care has named the suppliers for its new electronic patient record system, which forms part of its ‘My eHealth Record’ transformation plans. The programme, My eHealth Record, aims to create one electronic view of each patient, with an ultimate aim to modernise its health and social care […]
Chelsea and Westminster announces new health and tech partnerships and marks two years of innovation
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and its CW Innovation programme have formed two new partnerships with the companies Gilead Sciences and C-Score. The news comes as the trust and its charity, CW+, recently celebrated the two-year anniversary of the Innovation programme, which has overseen a host of developments […]
‘Green Guide for Diagnostic Imaging’ launches
Feature by Canon Medical: Practical advice & guidance curated for radiology departments to help make progressive steps towards the NHS net-zero carbon emissions targets A five-point guide for the UK diagnostic imaging community, providing practical advice to start working towards meeting the aims of the NHS’ net-zero carbon targets by […]
Health and Social Care Northern Ireland updates plans for its £300m Encompass programme
Health and Social Care Northern Ireland has provided an update on its ‘Encompass’ programme, a £300m 10-year work-stream to deliver a new electronic patient record for five trusts. The contract for the programme was signed in June 2020 to implement the Epic electronic patient record, develop its infrastructure and create up […]
Doccla raises £2.4million
Doccla, a health tech start-up, specialising in virtual ward technology has raised £2.4million from an oversubscribed seed round, led by Giant Ventures. The Swedish company supports Northampton General Hospital with its virtual ward technology, and Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust who recently expanded its virtual wards service to support heart failure […]
Tech launched across Norfolk to speed-up sepsis diagnosis
New ‘onsite blood culture machines’ have been introduced to help speed-up sepsis diagnosis across three acute hospitals in Norfolk. Previously, blood culture samples of patients with suspected sepsis used to be sent to the microbiology lab at Norwich Research Park for testing. However, by introducing the new machines in the […]
Feature: The benefit of a cloud-based EPR for smaller care providers
A feature by Jason Stevens, Head of SaaS, Servelec In today’s digital era and with the movement toward remote working, cloud computing is essential for keeping ahead of the curve. The last 10 years have led to significant and widespread adoption of the Cloud thanks to high-capacity networks, virtualisation and […]
Nottingham University Hospitals opens soft market test for Ophthalmology EPR
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has initiated a ‘soft market test exercise’ to identify potential suppliers for a dedicated electronic patient record and imaging solution for Ophthalmology. The trust is inviting suppliers to an informal engagement event, consisting of a presentation and demonstration on Friday 1st October 2021. It’s hoped the event […]
