NHSX, which will be operational from July, has announced its CEO, Matthew Gould, who will join in the summer. He is currently the Government’s Director General for digital and media policy, previously the Government’s Director for cyber security, and a former ambassador to Israel. Matthew Gould said “Our single goal […]
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Mental healthcare provider utilises ePMA to save time
Specialist mental healthcare provider St Andrew’s Healthcare has introduced a new electronic prescribing and medicines administration system (ePMA) system from EMIS Health. The provider has seen a 50% drop in prescription-related errors since rolling out the system and a reduction in nursing time spent administering drugs to patients. The system […]
Great North Care Record teams up with Cerner
The Great North Care Record for the North East and North Cumbria has chosen Cerner to connect patient information across the region’s hospitals, mental health services, social care, GPs and community services and ambulance services. This means all services and their staff will have access to the relevant information at hand, […]
£4.8m available to social care for interoperability and data projects
Organisations that provide and commission adult social care services are invited to bid for a share of £4.8m to enable them to roll out their local digital projects on a wider scale. NHS Digital is seeking applications for the Social Care Digital Pathfinders grant open for existing products and services that […]
Interview Series: Stephen Hannan, Clinical Services Director, Optical Express
In our latest Interview Series we spoke with Stephen Hannan, Clinical Services Director at Optical Express. We asked Stephen a few questions to understand further what the NHS Long Term Plan means to the optical sector, the tech revolution and some achievements and challenges for Optical Express. Optical Express first […]
Derby starts deployment of ePMA
Royal Derby Hospital, part of the University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust has started its e-prescribing and medicines administration journey with DXC Technology’s Lorenzo. The initiative is part of the Trust wider digital programme that will better alert doctors to genuine prescribing dangers, electronically link patient information and […]
Liverpool 5G Health and Social Care pilot extended for a year
The Liverpool 5G Health and Social Care project has been extended for another year with a extra 1.48 million to be invested. The additional funding takes the total funding to £4.9m for 11 organisations from Liverpool’s hospitals, council, universities and technology SMEs creating new 5G supported health technologies. Rosemary Kay, Liverpool 5G […]
Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea award OLM three year contract
Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster City Council have awarded OLM a three-year contract to replace existing systems with the implementation of case management system, ECLIPSE, to support the SEN (special education needs) service and integrated case recording. The SEN service co-ordinates statutory assessment processes for more than 2,000 children and […]
14 start-ups shortlisted to accelerator programme
14 start-ups have made the shortlist to participate in Propel@YH first digital health accelerator programme. The Leeds-based programme was commissioned by the Yorkshire & Humber Academic Health Science Network in partnership with mHabitat, an NHS-owned specialist and expert in the application of digital to health and care. The shortlisted organisations and […]
Hull shares records with social care workers
A new project in Hull has allowed audit social care workers access to view resident care records through the integrated health record in the area. Members of staff from the Hull City Council’s adult social care team now have access to the system, allowing them to view information generated from […]
