Apple this month has launched its ECG app on the Apple Watch Series providing the functionality to take an electrocardiogram and capture heart rhythms. Apple said the ECG app and irregular heart rhythm notification feature will help identify signs of AFib, the most common form of irregular rhythm. When left […]
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Health Secretary launches TPA report on automation in health care
A new report has been launched today by Matt Hancock highlighting that improved productivity from increased automation in the NHS is estimated to release £12.5 billion a year’s worth of staff time The TaxPayers’ Alliance report argues that technology will allow NHS staff more time to do the vital jobs they love […]
Bournemouth University and Dorset’s Integrated Care System launch new partnership
Bournemouth University, the local NHS and industry have launched a new partnership with the aim of using innovation to drive forward improvements in healthcare outcomes for people across Dorset. The ‘Transforming Healthcare Through Innovation’ event, attended by over 150 professionals marked the start of a formal partnership between Bournemouth University […]
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals introduces new electronic patient letters system
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has introduced new technology which allows patients to receive appointment letters directly to their mobile phone. The Trust previously would send 744,000 letter by post, with an estimated cost of £75,000. The new system means all outpatients who have registered a mobile phone number […]
Alcidion partners with Better by Marand to offer ePMA
Alcidion the parent company to Patientrack has partnered with Better by Marand to offer its electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA) to NHS Trusts. The company said the partnership will complement the Patientrack patient safety platform and help hospitals tackle medication errors. Alcidion will resell the OPENeP electronic prescribing and medicines […]
London Ambulance Summary Care Record pilot launches
A pilot to provide medics with Summary Care Record access has launched by using the new NHS Identity Service to authenticate to the system. NHS Digital has developed the pilot, which will last 16 weeks and use Camden Ambulance Station as an initial user base. Around 60 medics will have […]
Ping An Good Doctor launches a one-minute clinic in Shanghai
Ping An Healthcare and Technology has launched a one-minute clinic at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, to provide consultations and health management services. The platform uses AI technology and connects with more than 1,000 medical professionals and almost 5,000 externally contracted doctors. The technology AI Doctor by Ping An Good Doctor’s […]
Lewisham and Greenwich digitises HR processes
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust has streamlined its employee relations (ER) and case management processes by implementing Selenity’s ER Tracker. The solution enables the Trust to improve its reporting, compliance and information gathering for Freedom of Information (FOI) requests and supports greater communication amongst the HR department. Victoria Tyler, Head of Employee […]
HTN 100: TestCard, PRSB, Push Doctor, Leeds Digital Festival and Fujifilm
HTN 100 is sponsored by CCube Solutions. To participate and be included in our HTN 100 news in brief every Friday email news@thehtn.co.uk. TestCard Funding Round reaches £1.5m TestCard, the postcard with an embedded, pull-out urine test providing instant result via an app is raising a total of £2.5m in […]
Patients given access to x-rays, ultrasound and other imaging
Thousands of patients now have online access to a wide range of images from x-rays to CT and MRI scans thanks to an extension of a national network called the Image Exchange Portal. The network connects every acute hospital in England and is relied on to share 35-40 million images […]
