The Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) has revealed that NHS hospital trusts own over 8,000 fax machines. Richard Kerr, chair of the Royal College of Surgeons’ Commission on the Future of Surgery, has criticised the health service’s reliance on a technology that was in popular use about the last time […]
Secondary Care
Programmable tech used at King’s to control seizures
King’s College Hospital has become the first centre in Europe to implant a new generation brain stimulation device that uses scheduled programming to suppress the frequency and severity of epileptic seizures. King’s has a long history of treating patients with medication-resistant epilepsy who are not candidates for direct surgery to […]
PwC invests in healthcare technology startup Perfect Ward
PwC has announced their investment in the health technology business that has developed Perfect Ward, an online inspection tool aimed at improving quality in healthcare organisations and systems. Perfect Ward typically halves the time it takes to do a manual audit and as soon an inspection is completed, the results […]
First robotic recruit into international clinical trial
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has recruited the first robotic patient into an international clinical trial. The trial aims to improve the outcomes of patients having minimally invasive surgery for rectal cancer. When undergoing rectal cancer surgery, there is the potential for a leak from where two parts of the […]
Digital transformation of health care must involve nurses
The RCN warns that the digital transformation of health care will remain a pipe-dream unless nurses are involved. Today the RCN is launching the results of a consultation with nurses and midwives on what is needed for nursing to play its full part in the digital transformation of health care. […]
St Helens reduces patient mortality risk with digital fluid balance project
St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust for their use of Patientrack an electronic observations system, have been praised following their important work around rapid response for deteriorating patients. The Acute Kidney Injury Team drew on their clinical expertise to enhance how staff use Patientrack to monitor fluid balance, with […]
Dorset Care Record adds Alerts and Encounters from Dorset County Hospital
Alerts and encounters from Dorset County Hospital (DCH) have this week been added to the Dorset Care Record (DCR). It will mean that additional data from DCH including inpatients, outpatients, Emergency Department encounters and alerts are now registered on the DCR. Up to 5,000 messages a day will go through the […]
NHS systems fall victim to over 55 days’ downtime
NHS trusts across England have experienced over 1,300 hours’ worth of downtime over the last three years, according to new figures revealed by enterprise mobility and IT specialist Intercity Technology. The company carried out a Freedom of Information request and, of the 143 trusts that were approached, 80 responded. The findings revealed […]
Digital Care Home prevents emergency hospital admissions
Care home workers are playing a vital role in an exciting new partnership between care homes and the NHS aiming to improve the quality of life of residents and reduce emergency hospital admissions in Sheffield. The Digital Care Home is piloting a new model of collaborative working between health and […]
Private healthcare data to be captured by NHS systems
An initiative has been launched to ensure private healthcare data is recorded in the same way as NHS data in England, with the aim of improving consistency across the system. The Acute Data Alignment Programme (ADAPt) aims to integrate data on privately funded healthcare into NHS systems and standards for […]
