The recently launched app library salford.orcha.co.uk has added a new dimension to its selection of rigoursouly tested apps by highlighting the validation of each app. The collaboration between Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust in collaboration with ORCHA – the Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Applications means the most trusted […]
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New App supports child patients at The Christie
A new app is helping child patients at The Christie understand how Proton Beam Therapy works. Xploro® has teamed up with the cancer hospital over the last four years to develop the new app ‘Xploro®’ which includes games based on the human body, 3D hospital environments for children to explore, and experiences so […]
Innovative brain cancer treatment aid now available
A new treatment aid known as 5-ALA is now available across the country to allow surgeons to identify areas of the brain affected by cancer more accurately. The aid known as ‘the pink drink’ uses fluorescent dye and ultraviolet light to make cancerous cells glow under UV light. This allows surgeons […]
Launch of Coordinate My Care new service
A new NHS online urgent care plan has launched this week, myCMC to empower people with long term conditions and those at the end of their lives are to share vital information and preferences around their care with healthcare professionals. Coordinate My Care has launched its new service, myCMC, powered […]
Interview Series: Neil Darvill, Director of Informatics at North Bristol NHS Trust
In our latest interview we spoke with Neil Darvill, Director of Informatics at North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT), to find out more about how the trust is becoming paper free: Where did you first start when you looked to digitise? We had around 1.2 million medical folders stored off-site, with […]
Opinion: Putting the ‘why’ into NHSX
Ninety days on from the publication of the NHS Long Term Plan, the health service has seen some structural and legislative changes – and the announcement of NHSX. At its latest meeting, Highland Marketing’s advisory board discussed its potential impact. The NHS Long Term Plan was published on 7 January, […]
Imprivata publishes new white paper on Digital Transformation in the NHS
Imprivata®, the healthcare digital Identity and access management company, has published a new white paper entitled: Digitally transforming Health and Care in the NHS – A practical guide. You can view the white paper here. The white paper outlines the benefits of Digital Transformation (DX) and gives practical demonstrations of […]
How can artificial intelligence and machine learning radically transform readmissions?
By Orlando Agrippa, Draper & Dash Predictive HealthcareAnalytics AI continues to offer a huge opportunity for sectors from pharmaceuticals and trials to factories, healthcare and more. Over 40 per cent of companies believe that their current models today will cease to exist in the next five years. Though many healthcare […]
Why Patient Identity is the Catalyst of LHCRE Success
Royston Adamson-Green is the EMEA & APAC Channel Director of Sales for NextGate, the global leader in healthcare identity management. Accurate patient identification is a critical aspect of healthcare delivery in the NHS, especially in the push toward facilitating safe, highly-coordinated, patient-centric health services across the country. With considerable efforts […]
HTN Feature: Paper free at the point of care
In our latest feature we focus on technology projects that have replaced a previous paper based system. We spoke with industry experts to hear their views and to hear about various projects across health and care delivering cost and time savings. Here we have curated a series of comments and […]
