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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 […]
NHS Digital agrees deal with data monitoring and analytics platform
NHS Digital has agreed a deal with Splunk a data monitoring and analytics platform. The deal is said to support trusts make better use of their machine generated information and provide a more cost-effective approach in utilising the data analytics and processing software to drive operational insight from machine data. The […]
Text messaging service benefits University Hospitals of Leicester
University Hospitals of Leicester has reduced its did not attend rates by 433 from January to mid-March thanks to introducing a new two-way text messaging service. The service using technology from Healthcare Communications was introduced to remind patients of their forthcoming appointments or pre-operative assessments, where patients have provided Leicester’s […]
Northumbria Healthcare benefits from digital images
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is utilising technology from Nervecentre to capture, store and share images of patients with pressure ulcers. By using photography to confirm classification of a pressure ulcer wound, the trust said to HTN is has seen a reduction in the validation time – from three days to […]
National Events Management Service goes live
The National Events Management Service is now live allowing for patient centric event messages to be published from one system and distributed to a number of other subscriber systems. The service means vital child health information will now be available to health professionals and parents at the point of care. The […]
United Lincolnshire Hospitals sees reduction in did not attend rates
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has seen a reduction in did not attend rates to 4.1 per cent following a new patient communications project. The Trust introduced a new digital communication portal which enables patients to manage their appointments digitally from anywhere at anytime. Developed by Healthcare Communications, the digital portal is […]
GS1 UK partners with NHS Digital
Global standards organisation, GS1 UK and NHS Digital have announced a five-year partnership to enable NHS trusts to use GS1 standards starting with the patient wristband and extending to location management using the Global Location Number registry (LocationManager). The technology supports the unique identification of every person, product and every […]
Robot tech improves the way patients receive medication
Salford Royal has extended the use of PillTime following a successful pilot. The system ensures patients receive the right medication on time, every time. PillTime dispensary, featuring a robot and optical checker, has been set up in the Trust’s pharmacy department. The robot collates different patient medication and dispenses it in individual, […]
HTN Industry View: NHSX to mandate health tech standards
Last week HTN reported on NHSX confirming their intent to mandate the use of internationally-recognised tech and data standards across the NHS to ensure a consistent language of clinical terms to help staff share information, as reported by HTN here. Following our news article, we asked the industry for their views […]
