NHS Digital has launched the ‘Just e-Referrals’ campaign to help support trusts as they prepare to hit the target of digital referrals and reduce eight million outpatient appointments that patients didn’t attend (2016/17). All first outpatients’ referrals will have to be made electronically from later this year in a move […]
Secondary Care
Insignia links Colchester with trusts across Essex and Suffolk
Insignia Medical Systems has deployed its InSight PACS system at Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust, providing a single trust and breast screening system for the region for the first time. The successful go-live took place in early December following the migration of over 181 million images within 2.7 million […]
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals deploys MAXIMS
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has deployed IMS MAXIMS technology in its emergency department. Steven Bloor, chief information officer at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals, said: “We would not have got through the winter with the system we had in place, so we really pushed to get MAXIMS in when we […]
Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust goes cloud-first
Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust has joined forces with ANS Group in order to transform and future-proof its digital infrastructure with a managed public cloud solution. The partnership has helped the trust to streamline its internal processes, speed up its networks and improve the experience of patients. ANS Group is offering operational support […]
NHS staff punished as 500,000 rely on WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and other apps
WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and other unauthorised instant messaging (IM) apps are being used by approximately 500,000 NHS staff at work, as a growing number turn to consumer tools to communicate with colleagues and even patients, a new report has revealed. Instant Messaging in the NHS, published this week by mobile […]
New regional portal across North of Scotland
By early 2019, clinicians across the North of Scotland will have access to an integrated digital view of a patient’s health and social care data through a new web-based portal provided by Orion Health. Jointly commissioned by four boards in the North of Scotland, the new health and social care […]
Surgeons trial new technology in fight against liver cancer
Surgeons working at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are pioneering the use of new technology to help them treat cancer of the liver. New software called LiverMultiScan is being trialled at the Trust to support specialists make better use of MRI scans carried out in advance of liver surgery, giving them a […]
Ingenica and Terso partner
Ingenica’s 360/Atticus solution, an inventory management and supply chain tool can now be integrated to utilise the Terso automated inventory solutions to add a further dimension to the type of products that can be managed and stored in a hospital environment. RFID capability is ideal for tracking high-value medical devices […]
Hyland to acquire OneContent business from Allscripts
Hyland has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the OneContent business from Allscripts, a leading provider of healthcare information technology solutions. The company said the deal is expected to close in the second quarter, once the customary closing conditions are satisfied and then upon transaction close, the OneContent client base […]
South West Yorkshire Partnership early adopter for NHS Wifi
South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has been chosen to be an early adopter for NHS WiFi, a national scheme to roll out free WiFi across the entire NHS estate. The NHS WiFi project will provide patients, service users and the public with access to WiFi in NHS buildings […]
