iPLATO Healthcare has announced that an additional 6 Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG’s) representing over 1.6 million patients across South West London are to use iPlato and the myGP app. The free patient-facing platform helps speed up access to care by allowing patients to securely book and/or cancel appointments 24/7. Also fully […]
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Opinion piece: Next steps for standards
The Next Steps on the Five Year Forward View reiterated the need for integrated care. The NHS and the healthcare IT industry know that integrated care demands integrated data, if safe consistent patient care is to be provided. Yet, says Andrew Meiner, the managing director of Stalis, that’s not happening. […]
Dr Saif Abed talks about the WannaCry attack
The WannaCry or WannaDecryptor virus was a world-wide phenomenon, but the NHS was badly hit. Dr Saif Abed, a founding partner of the health IT consultancy AbedGraham, says a forensic inquiry should be held into what went wrong; so the NHS can deal with the clinical and patient risk issues […]
GP practice triples online patients in one week
A GP practice in Cumbria more than tripled the number of patients registered to use its online services in just one week with an extensive information drive. Practices across England aimed to get 10% of their patients registered for GP online services by 31 March, 2017. The Duke Street Surgery […]
System C wins contract to integrate 800,000 child health records
System C has been awarded a contract to integrate around 800,000 child health records across the whole South Central region using its market-leading CarePlus Child Health software. The project follows an NHS England procurement for a comprehensive record of public health screening and immunisation interventions for children across Oxfordshire, […]
CloserStill Media launches The Digital Healthcare Show
CloserStill Media has launched the Digital Healthcare Show – a new event dedicated to digital transformation of the NHS, healthcare re-imagination and promotion of interoperability of digital solutions in integrated healthcare. The show will take place on the 28-29 June 2017 at the ExCel in London, alongside their Health+Care Conference […]
Mental health patients set to benefit from pioneering new digital services
NHS England has announced new funding for seven mental health trusts to enable these organisations to pioneer world-class, digital services to improve care for patients experiencing mental health issues. This will include, for the first time, all key professionals involved in a patient’s care having access to real-time records – […]
Comment: How clinical IT will underpin proposed Five Year Forward View transformation
Following the publication of the NHS England’s Next Steps on the Five Year Forward View, IMS MAXIMS CEO, Shane Tickell highlights how clinical IT systems can underpin transformative changes, if interoperability challenges are addressed and much-needed funding from Government is released. The Five Year Forward View (FYFV), when published in […]
New parents in London to benefit from online Redbook
From April, parents of the 136,000 babies born across London each year will be able to record and manage information about their child’s health and development online. The NHS in England has announced a digital version of the Redbook will be rolled out across London, answering calls from parents who […]
Dorset to join up health and social care in line with sustainability and transformation plans
The Dorset Care Record (DCR), powered by Orion Health’s technology, will integrate information from local GPs, hospitals, community teams and local councils. It is driven by collaboration between health and social care organisations across the county, including: NHS Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group (DCCG), Dorset County Hospital, Poole Hospital, the Royal […]
