Staff across Wye Valley NHS Trust’s four hospitals and community facilities now have a single, shared view of their patients’ records following the deployment of their new electronic patient record (EPR) system. The trust’s acute and community patient administration systems and theatre system have been replaced by IMS MAXIMS EPR […]
Secondary Care
Hospital trusts introduce pioneering digital letters that could save £millions
Four NHS hospital trusts have become the first in England to make the switch to a new digital portal that allows patients to receive and respond to appointment letters digitally – potentially saving the NHS millions in postage costs every year. Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust was the first to […]
NHS-first mental health project signals better connected care for patients in crisis
Mental health patients presenting to hospitals in times of crisis will receive better informed and potentially life-saving care, due to a first-of-its-kind project in the NHS taking place in the West Midlands. Based on InterSystems HealthShare, the project is being taken forward by an NHS vanguard group of four mental health […]
St Helens & Knowsley moves to new version of CCube Solutions’ EDMS
St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has upgraded to the latest version of CCube Solutions’ electronic document management software (EDMS) as it continues its journey of shifting from paper light to paper free processes. Utilising a completely re-architected version of CCube Solutions’ software, version 4 will introduce support […]
Nuance launches AI powered healthcare assistant
Nuance Communications has launched an AI-powered virtual assistant solution for healthcare providers. The Dragon Medical Virtual Assistant is intended to help clinicians who use Dragon Medical streamline their clinical documentation. The solution uses conversational dialogues and pre-built capabilities that automate high-value clinical workflows. Nuance’s new virtual assistant will use conversational […]
Welsh Government has announced £5.5 million for digital priorities in Welsh NHS
The £5.5 million funding will be targeted at improving access to information and introducing new ways of delivering care with digital technologies set out in the 2015 Informed Health and Care strategy. Welsh Government has worked with a collaboration of NHS organisations including the NHS Wales Informatics Service (NWIS) to […]
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital piloting wireless environmental sensors in intensive care units
CW+, the charity for Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, has announced a new partnership with Drayson Technologies to launch the first pilot of wireless environmental sensors in the intensive care units at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. This latest project, coordinated by Dr. Lawrence Petalidis, Head of Innovation and […]
Intouch with Health announces partnership to help improve efficiency of NHS staff scheduling
Hospital patient flow management specialist Intouch with Health has partnered with SISQUAL, a global leading provider of workforce management (WFM) solutions, to bring a holistic and fully integrated solution to solve critical and complex workforce issues facing the NHS in the UK. Intouch will add SISQUAL’s digital staff planning solution […]
Bedford Hospital goes live with Viper360 portal
Bedford Hospital NHS Trust has confirmed the successful first phase deployment of the Viper360 Interoperability platform and portal from ReStart Consulting Ltd. Viper360 is now in active use by clinicians and administrative staff and by the end of October it is anticipated over 100 users will be logging in and […]
Swedish company Strikersoft has chosen Cornwall as a testbed for its eHealth applications
Swedish company Strikersoft has chosen Cornwall as a testbed for its eHealth applications. Strikersoft and Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust have signed a partnership agreement aimed at leveraging a range of health-related IT and mobile application innovations. The main focus of the partnership will be to develop care processes and test eHealth applications with […]
