North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT) has deployed the e-discharge module of the Portasana patient communication platform, as part of efforts to support virtual wards, handle patient discharge and support patient flow. Through Portasana’s e-discharge capabilities, staff at the trust will be able to digitally discharge patients into several […]
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Two new EPR functionalities deployed at Medway Hospital
Two deployments of new EPR functionality have been made at Medway Hospital, with Sunrise Order Comms integrated across all inpatient areas and emergency care documentation introduced within the trust’s paediatric Penguin Assessment Unit. The news was shared by the Medway NHS Foundation Trust’s EPR project manager, Kate Wimble, in a […]
Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Digital Vision 2024 sets out initiatives including new shared care record
Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICB’s ‘Digital Vision 2024’ sets out the organisation’s digital roadmap and digital initiatives, including the introduction of One Care Connected, a new shared care record aiming to link NHS and local government organisations. Alongside this, the ICB shares priorities including the development of a set of digital […]
SBRI Healthcare awards £3.2m to 22 innovations designed to “improve care and accelerate a greener NHS”
SBRI (Small Business Research Initiative) Healthcare, in collaboration with the Greener NHS programme and the Health Innovation Network, has awarded £3.2 million to 22 innovations designed to help “improve care and accelerate a greener NHS”, with recipients including an AI-based predictive tool for pressure ulcers; a neurorehabilitation app designed to […]
Digital health and data across the ICS regions in 2024: South West
Digital health and data across the ICS regions in 2024: South West So far in our feature series exploring digital and data across the integrated care system regions, we’ve looked at London and the North East and Yorkshire; next up, we’re placing our focus on the South West. It’s coming up […]
Cynerio and IT Health on securing patient data for safer care
In a recent webinar, Andy Sheret, head of business development at ITHealth, and Chad Holmes, security evangelist at Cynerio, shared insights around securing patient data for safer care, highlighting the impact and risks of data breaches on hospitals, and the steps that need to be taken to proactively identify and […]
North Bristol NHS Trust holds ‘green operating day’ including use of tech to minimise carbon footprint
North Bristol NHS Trust has shared insight into a ‘green operating day’ held by the trust’s neurosurgery team at Southmead Hospital which saw a one-day trial run simultaneously across all neurosurgical theatres to explore how sustainably the operating list could be run. As part of their efforts, the team used […]
Panel discussion: supporting the NHS workforce with digital skills and digital careers
For a panel discussion this week on digital careers and digital skills, we were joined by Martyn Perry, acting chief digital information officer at Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT), and James Freed, deputy director at NHS Digital Academy. Martyn and James chatted through topics including supporting the workforce […]
Digital Health and Care Wales to move to cloud pathology platform
Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) is to implement InterSystems’ health information system and electronic medical record TrakCare Lab Enterprise as a fully hosted and managed platform across nine health boards, 13 hospitals and 23 laboratories in Wales, with the aim of improving efficiencies in pathology services and streamlining patient […]
Interview: “Transformation is people, process and technology” Stephen Bromhall, CDIO at East of England Ambulance Service
In a recent interview, we caught up with Stephen Bromhall, chief digital information officer at East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST), to talk about recent digital projects and priorities and the way that digital is being used to make improvements across areas such as workforce, operations and patient engagement. […]
