Redmoor Health has landed a new contract to support the roll-out of virtual group clinics across Wales. NHS Wales is launching the new programme to deliver virtual clinics to groups of people with similar health needs, including diabetes, asthma, rheumatology and dermatology. The contract will see the company train 250 […]
Secondary Care
North West Anglia NHS trials digital letters
North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust is trialling a new digital system from DrDoctor for patients to view appointment letters online. Initially in pilot in the Gastroenterology Departments at Peterborough City and Hinchingbrooke Hospitals, the system will allow patients to manage their appointments on their mobile, tablet or computer via a […]
Imprivata acquires patient privacy intelligence company
Imprivata has announced the acquisition of FairWarning Technologies, a provider of solutions to protect privacy and secure data stored in applications. In the US, 35% of healthcare systems are supported by the technology, helping healthcare organisations comply with regulations, protect sensitive data, and prevent insider threats. The platform ingests hundreds of data […]
How can we make the most of a rapidly digitalised landscape, whilst still looking after our NHS people?
By Niamh McKenna, Chief Information Officer, NHS Resolution As a Board Member at Skills for Health, I was thrilled to host their recent digital focussed event, ‘2020: A Catalyst for Rapid NHS Digital Transformation’. Joining panellists from NHS England & Improvement, Health Education England, and Microsoft, we looked to dissect […]
One digital front door; revitalise your weight loss programme with ShapeUp4Life
By Solutions 4 Health The association between excess weight and poor outcomes with COVID-19 has led to even greater pressure on public health organisations to deliver successful weight loss programmes; ShapeUp4Life presents an effective solution to this long-standing problem, and now offers digital programmes to support services. The well-established relationship […]
Guy’s and St Thomas’ picks Restart for technical integrations
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust has chosen ReStart to provide technical consulting, managed services and integration solutions. The trust will use the solution from Restart to migrate over 170 interfaces from a previous solution to InterSystems’ Health Connect. ReStart has also been contracted to provide 24hr managed services […]
NHSX to develop new Data Strategy for Health and Social Care
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 […]
Coventry and Warwickshire licences anonymised ophthalmology patient data
Artificial intelligence and health data company, RAIR Health, has signed a deal with University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust to access anonymised patient data in the field of ophthalmology. The company focuses on the development of proprietary insights from ophthalmic data and images, and has signed a non-exclusive data license […]
Nuffield Health commits to cloud-first approach
Nuffield Health is working with managed services provider, Node4, to move to a cloud-first infrastructure. The healthcare charity is replacing its legacy infrastructure with a migration to Microsoft Azure cloud and DevOps Managed Services from Node4. Paul Bryce, Chief Commercial Officer at Node4, said: “Now more than ever, organisations like Nuffield Health […]
South Tees signs deal with Alcidion to adopt clinical decision support
South Tees Hospitals NHS FT has signed a deal to implement technology from Alcidion to integrate systems and utilise clinical decision support. As part of the trust’s best of breed strategy, the tools will help to integrate data between systems, automate routine tasks and support clinical staff with proactive aid for decision […]
