A partnership between Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust and PCMIS has supported thousands of people that were affected by the Manchester Arena Attack on 22nd May 2017 where 22 people lost their lives. The partnership between mental health and technology experts led to the formation of the Manchester resilience hub, hosted by Pennine […]
Secondary Care
Leicester awarded £2 million by UK Space Agency to develop mobile app
A team from Leicester’s Hospitals and the University of Leicester has been awarded £2 million pounds by the UK Space Agency to develop a new mobile application providing disease specific exercise advice. The money was awarded by the UK Space Agency in partnership with NHS England and the European Space […]
Mid and South Essex establishes new control centre
The Mid and South Essex University Hospitals Group (MSE) has established a new patient flow control centre to provide real-time visibility of bed status and balance anticipated demand with availability. The 1150 sq ft control centre, which is operational 24/7, 365 days of the year, is located in Billericay and […]
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals introduces new electronic patient letters system
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has introduced new technology which allows patients to receive appointment letters directly to their mobile phone. The Trust previously would send 744,000 letter by post, with an estimated cost of £75,000. The new system means all outpatients who have registered a mobile phone number […]
Alcidion partners with Better by Marand to offer ePMA
Alcidion the parent company to Patientrack has partnered with Better by Marand to offer its electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA) to NHS Trusts. The company said the partnership will complement the Patientrack patient safety platform and help hospitals tackle medication errors. Alcidion will resell the OPENeP electronic prescribing and medicines […]
London Ambulance Summary Care Record pilot launches
A pilot to provide medics with Summary Care Record access has launched by using the new NHS Identity Service to authenticate to the system. NHS Digital has developed the pilot, which will last 16 weeks and use Camden Ambulance Station as an initial user base. Around 60 medics will have […]
Lewisham and Greenwich digitises HR processes
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust has streamlined its employee relations (ER) and case management processes by implementing Selenity’s ER Tracker. The solution enables the Trust to improve its reporting, compliance and information gathering for Freedom of Information (FOI) requests and supports greater communication amongst the HR department. Victoria Tyler, Head of Employee […]
Patients given access to x-rays, ultrasound and other imaging
Thousands of patients now have online access to a wide range of images from x-rays to CT and MRI scans thanks to an extension of a national network called the Image Exchange Portal. The network connects every acute hospital in England and is relied on to share 35-40 million images […]
NHS Digital agrees deal with data monitoring and analytics platform
NHS Digital has agreed a deal with Splunk a data monitoring and analytics platform. The deal is said to support trusts make better use of their machine generated information and provide a more cost-effective approach in utilising the data analytics and processing software to drive operational insight from machine data. The […]
Text messaging service benefits University Hospitals of Leicester
University Hospitals of Leicester has reduced its did not attend rates by 433 from January to mid-March thanks to introducing a new two-way text messaging service. The service using technology from Healthcare Communications was introduced to remind patients of their forthcoming appointments or pre-operative assessments, where patients have provided Leicester’s […]
