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 […]
Other News
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 […]
Telemedicine provider raises over £20m
Zava, one of Europe’s leading digital healthcare and telemedicine providers with over 3 million paid consultations to date has announced $32m in Series A funding. The investment comes ahead of its launch into healthcare systems in Germany, UK and France. Every month almost 100,000 patients access Zava from the UK, […]
Fast Follower launches new digital assessment for Venous Thromboembolism
A new digital assessment tool for Venous Thromboembolism has been launched for staff part of the Northern Care Alliance NHS in Oldham, Bury, Rochdale and North Manchester. The new electronic form assesses inpatients for all types of blood clots, including Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) and Pulmonary Embolism (PE). This project involves […]
Industry View: Best Practice and Lessons Learned
In our final feature as part of HTN Digital Week we asked a handful of providers to share their advice, best practice and lessons learned in digital health. Contributors include: Inhealthcare, Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, Nova, OLM, InfoFlex and Channel3 Consulting. Bryn Sage, chief executive of Inhealthcare In our […]
