The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH) NHS FT has started a new programme to establish a digital histopathology service, which will help to improve cancer care. The trust is introducing new systems to track specimens, digitise slides and enable clinicians to analyse and report cases digitally. Following support of over £700,000 from […]
Secondary Care
NHS Digital publishes dashboard on referrals and bookings using e-RS
NHS Digital and Public Health England for the first time have published summary data on the number of referrals and bookings made using the NHS e-Referral Service. The dashboard shows weekly data on referrals, bookings and appointment slot issues (where no slots are available for booking) performed through e-RS from […]
North Staffordshire Combined adopts portal to support young people
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust has adopted a digital portal to support young people with mental health services. Using DXC Open Health Connect platform, the tool supports a streamlined, digital approach to refer and triage patients to the most appropriate service for them, and provides access to an extensive […]
Virtual reality tool adds COVID specific training modules
A virtual reality and augmented reality tech provider, built by an NHS trauma surgeon, has added specially designed COVID-19 modules for use on their immersive training platform. NHS staff have been using the immersive technology to enable mass, socially-distant training. It include training from how to use PPE, to how to […]
Oxford University Hospitals secures grant to develop COVID-19 training platform
A team of radiologists and radiographers at Oxford University Hospitals has secured a grant to customise a teaching platform to educate frontline NHS staff to diagnose COVID-19 using chest X-rays and CT scans. The platform was initially developed with funding from Health Education England to train Oxford Medical School students […]
Radiology image network live across 7 trusts
Seven trusts across Yorkshire are now connected through a system called the Xero Exchange Network, to share radiology images. Technology from Agfa Healthcare has supported the seven NHS hospital trusts to quickly view patient images and reports. The technology was also made available at the regional NHS Nightingale Hospital Yorkshire and the […]
Two trusts go live with TPP eObs
Surrey and Borders Partnership and Leicestershire NHS Trusts are now live using TPP’s eObs platform. The trusts recently went live with the solution to support staff keep track of vital signs, such as temperature and heart rate. The observation scores previously were calculated manually and stored as physical copies. Joyce […]
Helping the healthcare frontline during Covid-19 through adapting shared care records
Orion Health, a global provider of healthcare information technology, has been supporting its customers during the Covid-19 crisis through enabling agile adaptations to shared care records built on the company’s technology. These two key examples provide insight into the value of shared care records and how existing platforms have been […]
Humber Teaching NHS goes live with Lorenzo ePMA
Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust is now live with the Lorenzo ePMA module, adopting a digital approach to prescribing and administering medicines. Staff at the mental health trust across 70 sites, can now digitally access a patient’s medication information and issue prescriptions from anywhere. Dr John Byrne, Executive Medical Director, Humber Teaching […]
Manchester University NHS signs £181m, 15 year deal with Epic
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust has signed a 15 year contact worth £181m with Epic. Epic will provide the trust with its electronic patient record solution following the business case being approved from the MFT’s Board of Directors earlier this month. The solution will be used across nine hospitals spread […]
