IMS Maxims has partnered with Better by Marand to provide its e-prescribing system, OPENeP through a reseller agreement. The partnership provides the company with an extension to its electronic patient record by integrating the e-presrbiing platform for its customers. In 2018 Matt Hancock announced a £78 million fund for NHS trusts […]
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McKesson UK acquires medicines management app Echo
Echo the online medication management platform has been acquired by Mckesson. The company who also owns Lloyds Pharmacy has acquired the app as part of the organisation’s new digital healthcare strategy, which is centred around providing more simple, convenient ways for their customers to manage their health online. Catherine McDermott, chief […]
Opinion: Regionalisation is no silver bullet for NHS diagnostic pressures – but it must not fail
Regional approaches to imaging are spreading in the NHS. This will end institutional tribalism, transform peer support, and allow patients to benefit from diagnostic expertise like never before, writes Richard Turner, executive director at Change Healthcare. In the late 1990s, radiology was a very different place. Still analogue, departments relied […]
Case Study: Electronic prescribing drives improvement at Torbay and South Devon
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust delivers acute care at Torbay Hospital and runs five community hospitals. It provides health and social care to the local population of 375,000 residents and over 100,000 holiday visitors each year. The Challenge The NHS Long Term plan states that over the next five […]
Enhanced version of EMIS App Library launched
IQVIA an advanced digital health prescribing, monitoring and studies platform has collaborated with EMIS Health to launch an enhanced version of the EMIS App Library. The collaboration enables GPs, clinical pharmacists and other clinical staff to find and recommend high quality, critically validated digital health apps to patients through EMIS Web. EMIS […]
Self-testing tech expands after successful evaluation
An evaluation into self-testing technology for patients receiving treatment for long-term heart conditions in north Manchester has seen a reduction in the chance of blood clotting and has prevented at least five possible strokes. NHS Manchester Health and Care Commissioning commissioned the evaluation in partnership with the Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, […]
Feature: Support for Windows 7 is ending – your computer could be at risk
From January 2020 Microsoft will not be providing security updates for devices running on Windows 7. Mobile working solutions could be the alternative way of working you need. After 14 January 2020, Microsoft will no longer be providing security updates or support for Windows 7 devices. Once the support and […]
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board picks Civica
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board has chosen to implement Civica’s Cito platform to improve visibility of clinical information. The Health Board has signed a 5 year deal with Civica to implement Cito its cloud based information management system. The project aims to digitise over 300,000 patient records and 127 million […]
Princess Alexandra Hospital benefits from new imaging system
Following a review of radiology reporting standards published by the Care Quality Commission the Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) has been placed among the top six trusts nationwide. The trust has utilised Agfa’s Enterprise Imaging system to process over 20,000 radiology images each month. Dr Sri Redla, consultant radiologist […]
Oxford VR takes VR therapy to Asia
Oxford VR a developer of VR-enabled therapy has launched an initiative with AXA HK and the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). The initiative called ‘Yes I Can’, will offer treatment using virtual reality technology to AXA’s corporate customers as part of their employee benefits services to drive better mental health […]
