Ireland’s Health Service Executive has awarded a multi-year contract to Cardiac Services to deliver Nervecentre’s software as Ireland’s sole country-wide acute floor information system (AFIS), with implementation to be phased across 40 hospitals. Nervecentre describes the vision of AFIS as providing “a single point of access to unscheduled and emergency […]
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New platform launched in Ireland shares insights into performance of the health service
The Department of Health in Ireland has announced the launch of a new online platform which will “monitor health outcomes and support continued improvements in Ireland’s health service”, as well as keeping the public informed about the state of public health and the performance of the health service overall. The […]
Northern Ireland launches My Waiting Times website
The Northern Ireland Department of Health has announced an initiative to centralise and improve information available to patients, with the launch of My Waiting Times NI. The website will provide patients with the average waiting times for a first outpatient hospital appointment, across health and social care trusts and the […]
Date set for Health and Social Care Northern Ireland EPR go-live
The first trust as part of the Health and Social Care Northern Ireland ‘Encompass’ programme is set to go live on 9 November 2023. The £300m 10-year programme is to deliver a new electronic patient record for five trusts across Northern Ireland. South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust will be the first […]
HSC Northern Ireland publish digital strategy for 2022-2030
Health and Social Care (HSC) Northern Ireland have published their digital strategy for the next eight years, sharing their vision of “making lives better for the people of Northern Ireland, using digital to transform the way we deliver health, care and wellbeing services.” HSC published the strategy this week and […]
Health and Social Care Northern Ireland updates plans for its £300m Encompass programme
Health and Social Care Northern Ireland has provided an update on its ‘Encompass’ programme, a £300m 10-year work-stream to deliver a new electronic patient record for five trusts. The contract for the programme was signed in June 2020 to implement the Epic electronic patient record, develop its infrastructure and create up […]
News in brief: FDB inks Health and Social Care Northern Ireland deal, Anglia trust lab goes fully digital, healthy ageing product funding
Another week, another Olympian effort from health tech innovators across the UK and beyond. Over the past seven days we’ve reported on the Acute COVID app for redeployed NHS staff, NHSX’s call for healthcare professionals to submit challenges, and the Care and Health Information Exchange’s migration to Orion Health. We’ve […]
Northern Ireland publishes new COVID-19 vaccination data dashboard
A new COVID-19 vaccination dashboard, which charts the progress of Northern Ireland’s roll-out, went live this week. Northern Ireland’s Department of Health says the platform is the ‘first step’ in plans to publish detailed vaccination data on a daily basis. Work on the dashboard’s infrastructure will continue, with the aim […]
WellSky International announces new partnership in Ireland
In industry news today, WellSky International, a UK provider of medical management systems, announced a new partnership with Republic of Ireland-based medical equipment distributor, Brennan and Company. WellSky provides medicines management systems for healthcare providers from the UK to South Africa, and the new partnership will see the Irish company […]
Northern Ireland adopts health tech to support care homes manage COVID-19
Digital Health and Care Northern Ireland has launched a pilot using technology from Inhealthcare to support residential care homes provide an overview of the health status of residents during COVID-19. The new service supports care workers to identify residents at risk and who may require clinical assessment. A digital questionnaire in an […]
