VitalityHealth has launched a new Vitality GP service which transforms the health insurer’s capability to deliver class-leading primary care benefits that members can access quickly and easily. VitalityHealth is now the only organisation offering and funding three choices of GP access for every member – face-to-face, video-call and 24-hour phone […]
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PwC and Digital Catapult launch the Scale | Health programme
PwC and Digital Catapult are launching Scale | Health, part of a series of programmes across the UK, to support businesses in the digital health industry which have big potential to scale-up. Ten companies have been selected as the first cohort for the programme, which aims to provide the missing […]
New tool launched for patients to record and share urgent and end of life care wishes
Patients across Greater London are to be given greater power to inform GPs, hospitals, ambulance crews, 111 providers, care homes, hospices and out of hours services, about their urgent and end of life care wishes, following the launch of a new online urgent care record called ‘myCMC’. Coordinate My Care […]
Berkshire goes live with record sharing project
Health and social care providers across Berkshire are sharing health and care information electronically on up to 850,000 residents in one of the country’s largest shared care record projects. The first major phase of Berkshire’s shared care record initiative has gone live. Known as Connected Care, the new clinical system […]
NHS Digital publishes guidance for cloud
NHS Digital has published guidance to set clear expectations for health and care organisations who want to use cloud services or data offshoring to store patient information. The guidance will ensure that organisations know how to use these solutions safely and securely, especially in the light of the fact that […]
New technology framework provides innovative patient-centred care at best value
A new framework agreement that enables health and social care providers to access cutting-edge technology to support direct patient care has been launched by NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS). The Technology Enabled Care Services (TECS) framework is one of the first of its kind for the public sector and […]
Interview Series: Jason Young, Chief Information Officer NHS Bath and North East Somerset CCG
Our next quick interview is with Jason Young, CIO at NHS Bath and North East Somerset CCG. What technology projects are you working on at the moment? A single domain for GP practices to enable a more mobile workforce, changes to practice websites and trialling online consultations to improve the […]
Future Care Capital launches health and care data paper
Future Care Capital has launched its first policy paper on health and care data with the support of Dr Alison Powell from the London School of Economics, a leading academic in data ethics and its application across society. The report sets out how the Government can grasp the opportunity to […]
Cumbria launch website to support Persistent Physical Symptoms
A new website http://ppss.cumbria.nhs.uk/ has launched to support people in West, North and East Cumbria managing persistent pain, Chronic Fatigue, Fibromyalgia, Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Medically Unexplained Symptoms. The Persistent Physical Symptoms Service at Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has developed the online support for patients and health care professionals […]
InterSystems TrakCare wins 56 hospitals in 2016
According to a research report published last month by the internationally recognised research organisation KLAS, InterSystems TrakCare® has ‘pulled ahead’ of its competitors as a preferred solution, winning significantly more new hospitals globally (non US) than any other supplier in 2016, the report found. The report examines new hospital EMR […]
