The Western Health and Social Care Trust is one of the first trusts in Northern Ireland go live with medical records management software Idox Health’s iFIT. The Western Trust has rolled out the solution to improve the filing, tracking and retrieval of medical records. The deployment will support the trust in […]
Secondary Care
Major advance in treatment of sepsis at Hampshire Hospitals
Hampshire Hospitals has become the first Trust in the UK to adopt new state of the art technology which helps to identify a life threatening condition earlier. The Trust has become an early clinical adopter of the Accelerate PhenoTest kit. The new diagnostic equipment means that staff can rapidly identify […]
Imperial College Healthcare NHS deploys Tintri
Imperial College Healthcare NHS has deployed Tintri as a central piece in its virtualisation strategy. Since deployment, the health trust has said it has seen notable benefits including increased storage performance and capacity, as well as a reduction of downtime and administration. Imperial College said it had begun the process […]
Intouch with Health and DrDoctor partner
Hospital patient flow and appointment specialist companies Intouch with Health and DrDoctor have partnered to deliver a completely-digital outpatient management solution. The solution will allow hospitals to encourage patients to schedule, view and change outpatient appointments themselves via an online portal, significantly reducing the need for paper-based booking forms and […]
Servelec HSC wins new customer in Lincolnshire
Servelec HSC has won a new contract win to support secondary care mental health services across Lincolnshire with its EPR solution, RiO. The company said the key objective for Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust was to procure a fit for purpose system that meets the key requirements of the Trust, […]
Carelink migrates customers to HSCN
Carelink, the UK healthcare managed infrastructure and network services business has successfully migrated to the Health and Social Care Network (HSCN), the replacement network for N3. The migration to HSCN involved seventy of their customer organisations. Carelink was one of the first wave of suppliers to achieve HSCN Stage 2 compliance […]
Previse teams up with Virtualstock to deliver ‘purchase to pay’ supply chain model
Previse, the instant supplier payment decision company, and Virtualstock, the provider of digital supply chain solutions are partnering to deliver the first fully integrated purchase to pay supply chain system with cash on delivery for suppliers in the UK. The two companies will enable clients to merge their accounts payable […]
Patients in urgent care settings to benefit from electronic prescriptions
NHS Digital has announced the use of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) in integrated urgent care settings is to be rolled out nationally following a successful pilot. It will mean faster processing of prescriptions enabling out of hours and urgent care services to spend more time treating patients. Patients seeking […]
North West Ambulance Service implements inventory management solution
North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust (NWAS) has selected Ingenica Solutions to implement inventory management solution, Ingenica 360. The move is part of the trust’s plans to use innovative technology to secure greater efficiency and productivity gains. Ingenica 360 enables NWAS to track and trace all inventory to the patient […]
NHS Digital funding awarded to projects that help ease delayed transfers of care
NHS Digital has announced the successful organisations bidding for a share of £1.4m to help digitise their assessment, discharge and withdrawal (ADW) notices. The successful local authority-led partnerships are: Dorset, Hackney, Lancashire, Wirral, Worcestershire, Hertfordshire and Rotherham. James Palmer, Programme Head for the Social Care programme at NHS Digital, said: “This […]