Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust has launched a new digital pre-operative assessment process to reduce face-to-face contact. As part of their plans to reduce patients attending the hospital, the process includes a digital health questionnaire for elective surgery for patients to complete at home. The platform, Synopsis Home, has replaced three […]
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Radiology image network live across 7 trusts
Seven trusts across Yorkshire are now connected through a system called the Xero Exchange Network, to share radiology images. Technology from Agfa Healthcare has supported the seven NHS hospital trusts to quickly view patient images and reports. The technology was also made available at the regional NHS Nightingale Hospital Yorkshire and the […]
Two trusts go live with TPP eObs
Surrey and Borders Partnership and Leicestershire NHS Trusts are now live using TPP’s eObs platform. The trusts recently went live with the solution to support staff keep track of vital signs, such as temperature and heart rate. The observation scores previously were calculated manually and stored as physical copies. Joyce […]
4 COVID-19 recovery innovations backed by Oxford Foundry
The Oxford Foundry has announced four innovations have been selected as part of the OXFO COVID-19 Rapid Solutions Builder. The Foundary was set-up in 2017 by University of Oxford Business School to support new generation ventures. Innovations as part of its programme to support the recovery phase of COVID-19, were selected across four […]
Tech donated to support three London trusts
Charging and storage towers for hand-held devices, from tech company PowerGistics, have been donated to three trusts across London. The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Barts Health NHS Trust and Great Ormond Street Hospital, are using the device storage from the company, following their recent donation. The company designs, engineers […]
Interview Series: Liam King, Director of Commercial and Customer Experience, Healthcare Gateway
In the latest edition of our Interview Series, we spoke with Liam King from Healthcare Gateway, to talk about the past few months for the company and to hear about some of their customer projects. Can you tell me about yourself and your organisation? I’m Director of Commercial and Customer […]
Survey highlights 6 in 10 would download the NHS contact tracing app
The Health Foundation has released new polling data with Ipsos MORI highlighting 6 in 10 would download the NHS contact tracing app. However the Foundation has warned that the government’s delayed contact tracing app could leave some people at greater risk of COVID-19 than others. The app – which is yet […]
Yorkshire Nightingale begins offering CT scans
The temporary NHS Nightingale hospital based at Harrogate’s Convention Centre is now offering CT scans for patients 7 days a week. The hospital opened in April, but was not needed to care for patients with COVID-19, is now forming part of the recovery phase in the region. It will now […]
Helping the healthcare frontline during Covid-19 through adapting shared care records
Orion Health, a global provider of healthcare information technology, has been supporting its customers during the Covid-19 crisis through enabling agile adaptations to shared care records built on the company’s technology. These two key examples provide insight into the value of shared care records and how existing platforms have been […]
NHS Highland to trial drones to deliver COVID-19 testing kits
Argyll and Bute Health and Social Care Partnership, the integrated partnership of NHS Highland and Argyll and Bute Council have commissioned Skyports, a drone delivery provider, to trial deliveries. The trial will use unmanned drones to deliver COVID-19 test kits and Personal Protective Equipment, between remote medical facilities. It will […]
