From October, NHS hospitals are expected to use the new Transfer of Care standard to compile discharge summaries and clinic letters for GPs. NHS Digital has said these will be sent using FHIR messages directly into GP systems. Orion Health experts Dr David Hay and Anne O’Hanlon explain what this […]
Secondary Care
PRSB publishes new standard for digital clinical referral information
The Professional Record Standards Body has published a new standard for sharing clinical referral information, which will help to reduce avoidable referrals, speed up treatment times and make care better and safer for patients. Referrals to hospital are increasing as more people continue to live longer with a range of […]
Greater Manchester and Shaping Cloud to identify cloud strategy
Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership (GMHSC Partnership) and IT specialists Shaping Cloud is undertaking an ‘asset review’ that will baseline current infrastructure used across 20 NHS and local government organisations involved in the GMHSC Partnership. This review aims to identify what software applications are in use across the region […]
£400m tender announced by Manchester University NHS FT
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust has begun an open procurement process with interested suppliers for a future Electronic Patient Record solution. MFT is now the largest Trust in the UK and is responsible for running a family of nine hospitals across six separate sites, providing a wide range of services. […]
A&E clinicians go electronic to ‘transform’ care in South Tees
Thousands of patients are receiving better, safer and speedier emergency care after A&E clinicians in South Tees ditched paper records for Symphony, EMIS Health’s urgent and emergency care system. Chief clinical Information officer and emergency medicine consultant Andrew Adair said: “We never expected that going digital would transform everything about […]
Cerner collaborates with North London Partners STP
Cerner has announced a new collaboration with North London Partners, a partnership of health and care organisations across five London boroughs. The collaboration will connect care information, share records, and apply advanced intelligence across North London to support their population health management initiatives, covering almost 1.5 million citizens. An STP […]
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS FT and NHS SBS announce partnership
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and NHS Shared Business Services have announced a strategic partnership, which will explore new opportunities for the digital transformation of a range of back and middle office functions. The initiative builds on the success of an existing partnership between NHS SBS and the leading […]
NHS hospitals turn to deep learning and advanced algorithms to fight heart disease
New technology using deep learning and advanced algorithms to evaluate blood flow to the heart is now being used in English hospitals to fight against coronary heart disease. Coronary heart disease (CHD) is one of the leading causes of death in the UK. It is responsible for more than 66,000 […]
Diabetes platform accepted onto Leeds accelerator
Elmwood has signed DigiBete a patient-centred video sharing platform and educational resource about Type 1 Diabetes, as the maiden entrepreneurs for its 12-week accelerator programme, Elmwood LaunchPod. The free to access national Diabetes platform, DigiBete.org, celebrated its launch in February 2018 and has received much acclaim since, including winning the ‘Best Use […]
AI as good as top experts Moorfield Eye Hospital announces
An artificial intelligence (AI) system that can recommend the correct referral decision for over 50 eye diseases as accurately as world-leading experts has been developed by researchers at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, DeepMind Health and University College London (UCL) Institute of Ophthalmology. The breakthrough research, published online by […]
