West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust (West Herts) and Carestream Health will replace the Trust’s existing PACS with a CARESTREAM Vue PACS and Vue VNA. The new five-year contract will be provided as a managed service, including software, services, workstation and server hardware. Lisa Emery, Chief Information Officer for West Hertfordshire […]
Secondary Care
PRSB introduces revised standard to improve discharge letters
The Professional Record Standards Body (PRSB) has published a revised Electronic Discharge Summary Standard, to help facilitate better care for patients after hospital discharge. Key among the changes are revisions to the information that should be entered on a patient’s care record regarding the medications used during their treatment and […]
PretaGov named on G-Cloud 9 Procurement Framework
Healthcare technology specialist PretaGov has been listed as a supplier on the new G-Cloud 9 (G9) framework, making its form-building platform PretaForm available to purchase through the latest government procurement marketplace. PretaGov has been listed under the ‘Cloud Software’ category with PretaForm; a low-code platform that allows non-technical staff to […]
North Bristol NHS Trust aims to save £1.3 million
North Bristol NHS Trust is currently carrying out a major record digitization project with CCube Solutions’ EDMS to complement and augment its Lorenzo EPR system as part of a Trust-wide paperlite strategy The electronic document management software (EDMS) is to replace all paper case notes with an easy to use […]
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust set to trial secure video messaging
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is set to run a trial of secure video messaging to keep parents of premature babies updated on their baby’s progress when they are away from hospital. The Leeds Centre for Newborn Care is one of the largest neonatal services in the UK, providing specialist […]
Southampton experts develop computer model of hand to improve finger joint surgery
Clinicians and researchers in Southampton are leading a pioneering study into the use of computer-generated hand models to help improve the success of joint surgery for patients with arthritis. Currently, surgery to replace the proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joint – the second joint in the finger from the finger tip – […]
Patches aren’t the silver bullet; hospitals can keep systems running when hit by ransomware attacks
By David Ting, Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Imprivata and Gus Malezis, President & CEO, Imprivata As news of the WannaCry ransomware attack continues to escalate, we’d like to ask you to pause for a moment and think beyond securing your perimeter. Consider that there is, or will be, an […]
Patientrack chosen by fourth New Zealand District Health Board
The fourth New Zealand District Health Board (DHB) has chosen Patientrack technology in a little over 12 months. Patientrack is fast to deploy and has been built to easily integrate with existing hospital systems. Michelle Nicholson-Burr, eVitals clinical champion, Counties Manukau DHB, said: “The results and the feedback from other DHBs […]
Nottinghamshire Healthcare takes ReStart clinical portal
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (the Trust) has confirmed the purchase of Viper360 clinical portal plus a 3 year services and support contract from ReStart Consulting. This announcement follows the successful trial of Viper360 at the Trust and will extend the use of Viper360 to a wider range of the […]
HSE Ireland reports over 5,000 cyber-attack attempts discovered in one hospital
The HSE’s decision last Friday (May 12th) was to shut down all external access to its IT Network was taken with the primary focus of protecting clinical services and ensuring minimum disruption to patients and service users. The HSE is now reviewing its response and processes thoroughly to better understand […]
