Totalmobile a leading mobile workforce solution provider, and Servelec HSC have jointly launched an new offering to deliver significantly improved access to patient information for frontline health and care professionals. The solution enables Servelec HSC’s electronic patient record and case management system, RiO, to integrate directly with Totalmobile’s mobile workforce enablement platform, […]
Secondary Care
Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary improves outpatient clinics
NHS Dumfries and Galloway has launched the first phase of an IT project that will help hospital staff to run more efficient outpatient clinics and better manage the flow of patients at its newly opened Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary. The health board has installed patient self check-in kiosks across […]
King’s roll-out Q-Pulse from Ideagen
King’s Interventional Facilities Management (IFM) is working with Ideagen to roll-out its Quality Management System, Q-Pulse. King’s IFM is a Limited Liability Partnership controlled by King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (KCH) and provides fully managed services including procurement, equipment and the supply chain for diagnostic and treatment facilities for the Trust. […]
Newcastle is first for Fujifilm FDR nano
Nuffield Health, radiology department in Newcastle-upon- Tyne has chosen the Fujifilm FDR nano. The company says the unit looks nothing like any other mobile x-ray unit and said it’s small size conceals uncompromising image quality and functionality. Amanda Cumersdale, Radiology Manager at Nuffield Health Newcastle. “The staff love it. The […]
New NHS app for Devon and Cornwall will help people spend less time waiting for health services
People across Devon and Cornwall can now download a free app which gives them information about waiting and travel times for their local urgent NHS services. The app, NHSquicker, shows up-to-date waiting times for local emergency departments (A&Es) and minor injuries units, based on the user’s location. It also shows […]
Virtualstock chosen by Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (STH), a Shelford Group Trust, is the latest in a line of leading Trusts that have chosen to use the innovative technology platform from Virtualstock. Andrea Smith, Director of Procurement at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals said, “With the NHS procurement landscape changing significantly we needed […]
Opinion piece: Defusing healthcare’s data security ‘timebomb’
By Bill Mann, SVP of products and chief product officer, Centrify According to the National Audit Office (NAO), the NHS could have prevented the WannaCry ransomware attack that led to the cancellation of at least 6,900 appointments. The report found it had failed to follow cybersecurity recommendations made in 2014, […]
North East Trust make agreement to collaborate on digital health
A number of NHS Trusts across the North East have made a formal agreement to collaborate on digital health services for the benefit of their patients. County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust has been effectively using digital solutions across a number of its services for several years, combining technology […]
Funding announced to drive interoperability between NHS and social care
NHS Digital has announced £1.4m funding for local authorities and their NHS partners to digitise patient discharge from hospital into local authority social care, to help reduce delayed discharges. Applications are now open for local authorities to integrate their systems with at least one of their NHS partners, to create […]
South Central region goes live with new child health information system
The south central region of England has gone live with a single child health information system, using System C’s CarePlus software to provide a comprehensive electronic record of over 906,000 children’s public health records. The new system has combined 11 different child health information services and workflows to create a […]
