Patients Know Best and Healthcare Communications have announced a partnership to integrate to offer a ‘digital first’ experience where possible. The integration between the two suppliers means from a referral to discharge patient interactions can be digital at every point. Kenny Bloxham, Managing Director at Healthcare Communications “This partnership offers patients […]
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Amazon launches Transcribe Medical to its US audience
Amazon last week unveiled Transcribe Medical to its US audience, a speech recognition tool to make clinical documentation more efficient. The company said the tool will make it easier for developers to integrate medical transcriptions into applications. In the company announcement Amazon said “It can automatically and accurately transcribe physicians’ […]
HTN 100: NHS Digital, LabGenius, X-on and Kaia Health
NHS Digital Webinar: Digital Medicines Interoperability NHS Digital is hosting a webinar at 12:30PM, Friday 13 December 2019. The webinar will focus on their work on an interoperable medication standard that has now been underway for a year. The session will include: FHIR terminology server and how you can gain […]
Current Health closes £9m Series A
Current Health the remote patient monitoring platform has raised £9 million in Series A funding. The patient platform combines ICU- accurate wearable monitoring, precise early warning alerts and video visits with an aim to prevent illness. Founded in Scotland in 2015 by CEO Christopher McCann and CTO Stewart Whiting, Current Health uses […]
10 projects announced in Scotland Government CivTech Accelerator
The Scottish Government has announced 10 new projects as part of their CivTech Accelerator programme. CivTech was set up in 2016 and has since delivered three years of support for innovations. The 14 companies joined the Accelerator programme last month to tackle 10 challenges listed below. Derek Mackay, Economy Secretary said “I […]
Birmingham and Solihull chooses OnBase
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust has chosen Hyland Healthcare’s OnBase to manage clinical content across its services. The trust has select Hyland Healthcare to digitise and manage clinical and back office documents, develop digital workflows and deliver content to clinicians and staff when they need it. The […]
MS Society backs 13 new health tech projects
The Multiple Sclerosis Society (MS Society) has committed £1.3 million to fund 13 new tech projects. It includes projects on symptom management, projects to develop MS services, to help develop new treatments, to improve diagnosis and a project to explore the causes of MS. The projects include virtual reality, wearable […]
Lumeon partners with Medtronic to support pathway management across Europe
Lumeon, the provider of care pathway solutions has partnered with Medtronic a provider of integrated healthcare solutions across Europe. The partnership will provide the technology to support Medtronic’s customer base in their transition to value-based care models. Medtronic will utilise Lumeon’s care pathway management platform to operationalise care pathways for […]
Systems that cannot talk to each other putting patients at risk, researchers suggest
A team of researchers at the Institute of Global Health Innovation (IGHI) at Imperial College London, have published findings that highlight NHS Trusts were using at least 21 different electronic medical record systems which are unable to effectively share information. The report stated “On 11 million occasions, patients attended a hospital […]
Locum’s Nest launches collaborative digital staff bank for 8 trusts
An online platform to provide locum doctors with access to shifts across 8 NHS Trusts has been launched, called The Digital Collaborative Bank. Using the platform from Locum’s Nest, it connects doctors to eight NHS trusts; Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS FT, Dorset County Hospital NHS FT, Salisbury NHS FT, Hampshire Hospitals NHS […]
