Reducing agency spend by 25% Oceanblue has supported Sandwell and West Birmingham to reduce their Bank and Agency run rate by £12M p.a. Over 12 months up to February 2018, the Oceansblue / Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust software and services project delivered: RN shortages on shifts cut […]
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East Yorkshire Trust successfully implements fast-tracking system from Idox Health
Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust has chosen Idox Health’s iFIT logistics management platform. The platform is now live across the Trust’s two main hospital sites, Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital, providing the Patient Administration team with a more effective way to track patient record movement and […]
HTN 100: East Surrey Hospital and iCode Teaching Files Solution
East Surrey Hospital East Surrey Hospital saves millions by introducing a patient-controlled digital portal Online consultations and shared care planning is helping to avoid £4 million of high costs drugs, hospitalisations, and operations in East Surrey Hospital where Patients Know Best – a digital platform used in over 30 UK […]
AHSN funds a regional Health Information Exchange for the next two years
The Academic Health Science Network for the North East and North Cumbria, working with its partners at Connected Health Cities, have agreed to fund a regional Health Information Exchange (HIE) for the next two years. The investment, worth £800K over the next two years, provides a more certain future for […]
Welsh Health Board picks Idox Health records management
Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board is the second site in Wales to sign up to Idox Health’s iFIT logistics management platform. The platform has utilised “Invest to Save” funding from NHS Wales. Idox Health’s Records management module iRecords is expected to go live across the Health Board’s four acute […]
CQC investigation into delayed referrals
On Wednesday 18 July 2018, CQC identified a technical issue within their data management system that may have delayed or prevented the timely referral of some safeguarding information to local authorities. A thorough investigation of the situation commenced immediately and the organisation said they have established that the system and […]
Cerner expands to create 50 new research and development roles
Working with the support of the Irish Government through IDA Ireland, Cerner will create 50 new roles focused on R&D and the improvement of data intelligence and population health management for their European clients. The new roles initially will focus on developing advanced predictive algorithms to run on their population […]
Cyber security boost to the NHS as NHS Digital partners with IBM
NHS Digital has entered into a three-year strategic partnership with IBM to provide a range of new and improved services to health and care organisations. These services will enhance data security and cyber security response and provide additional defence against increasingly complex, evolving threats. The additional services will expand NHS […]
Digital health company receives huge funding boost to develop new tech
Bond Digital Health, which develops software and other technology to support health providers, practitioners and patients, has received a private equity investment of £200,000 in addition to a £68,583 grant from Innovate UK. The £200,000 equity investment, which was advised by Severn Seed Finance, is part of a planned £1million funding round for 2018 and […]
Devon Partnership chooses UKCloud Health
UKCloud Health has announced the successful completion of a collaboration with Devon Partnership NHS Trust to implement My Flu Jab App, a cloud-based app developed by the trust to support staff during the winter flu period. The app, which was developed by the informatics team at the trust, and is […]
