Scunthorpe hospital part of Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with paper free prescribing this month using EMIS. The hospital is the second of the trust’s hospitals to go live with the electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA) system. Goole hospital staff started using the system […]
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Novosco completes phase one of multi-million-pound contract with Cambridge University Hospitals
Novosco has completed the first phase of a £107 million contract with Cambridge University Hospitals to manage IT infrastructure and support services. In June 2018, Novosco, which was recently acquired by Munich-based CANCOM Group, secured the £107m contract to manage IT infrastructure for Cambridge University Hospitals. The company has now […]
Citdel Group acquires Wellbeing Software for £103 million
Australia’s Citadel Group has acquired UK based Wellbeing Software for £103 million. Wellbeing Software specialises in radiology and maternity software solutions that manage patient workflow and data, and the acquisition bolsters Citadel’s strategy to expand into high quality software based recurring revenue streams. The company currently provides pathology and oncology software […]
Case Study: Transforming pathology services in Wales
NHS Wales implemented TrakCare Lab to transform clinical information sharing, leading to better decision making and higher quality of care. Before the implementation of the system, laboratory clinicians in Wales had to navigate 13 separate pathology systems. Results were collected across many systems and not easily shared between locations. Since […]
Rotherham Hospital benefits from electronic observations
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust has benefited from the introduction of electronic observations to wards and calculates the technology to save £22,828.63 per year. It started the roll-on in 2018 and is now live across inpatient and outpatient wards digitally recording blood pressure, pulse and temperature. The trust said “the benefits are clear; electronically gathered data […]
HTN Voice: How the NHS Digital Exchange for Automation can transform service delivery
By Darren Atkins, Chief Technology Officer (Artificial Intelligence and Automation), East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) The rationale and drivers for greater automation within the NHS are beyond argument – increased demand for services, frozen or shrinking budgets and crippling skills shortages. Add in the often shockingly […]
InterSystems adds Coronavirus screening functionality to TrakCare
InterSystems has released functionality to its TrakCare® platform to support its customer base globally screen the Coronavirus. The functionality will help clinicians screen and support patients with the Coronavirus, recently named 2019-nCov by World Health Organisation. The functionality is available to users of the latest editions of TrakCare, and InterSystems customers in […]
London North West to introduce digital task management
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust has agreed a deal with Infinity Health to introduce a care coordination platform to manage clinical tasks. The care coordination and task management platform will be the second project between the two organisations, following the transformation in the way porter requests and patient transfers […]
SBRI Healthcare awards £1 million to innovations
SBRI Healthcare has announced 10 innovations to be awarded a share of £1 million to fund their development in the fields of cardiovascular disease and the integration of health & social care. After over 150 applications, 10 innovations have been selected. The projects will run for up to six months, with […]
Kent and Medway picks Civica Prescribing
Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust has selected Civica’s electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA) solution. The trust has agreed a five year deal with Civica to provide its EPMA software following the government’s pledge early last year to provide £75 million extra to trusts to save time and reduce errors through electronic medicines management. Karen […]
