Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s ground breaking nasogastric tube e-learning tool that improves patient safety and reduces potential harm has been adopted nationally. The e-learning tool reinforces the correct way to insert and confirm the position of nasogastric tubes (NGT) to reduce error and focus attention onto patient safety. […]
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NHS Wales Informatics Service picks two GP suppliers
NHS Wales Informatics Service in a short announcement today has said its chosen INPS and Microtest for a new contract for GP clinical systems and services. The service said “following a robust procurement process, it is s the intention to award a new contract for GP clinical systems and services to […]
East Lancashire Hospitals chooses Cerner as preferred EPR
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT) has chosen Cerner as its Preferred Supplier of a new clinical information system that will help to improve the quality, safety and efficiency of patient care. ELHT Director of Finance Jonathan Wood, said: “We are delighted to choose Cerner as the Preferred Supplier for […]
Orlando Agrippa, CEO, Draper and Dash: Embracing Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Healthcare
Emerging trends like artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) look set to provide early adopters and forward-thinking firms deep insights and advanced analytics that could radically transform and revolutionise healthcare into a new digital age. Integrating such technologies with existing systems may seem challenging to those responsible, but the […]
NHS Digital report highlights sharing information barriers for social workers
In a recent research report commissioned by NHS Digital, the report found 98 per cent of social workers cited at least one difficulty with sharing information digitally. While 49 per cent had a smart phone to support remote and mobile working, more than a quarter of social workers in the […]
Apple announces solution bringing EHR data to iPhone
Apple has introduced a significant update to the Health app to provide FHIR based data from an electronic health record to your mobile phone. The updated Health Records section within the Health app brings together hospitals, clinics and the existing Health app to make it easy for consumers to see […]
Global Digital Exemplar programme extended to ambulance trusts
NHS England has today announced three ambulance trusts will share £10m to help improve patient care by developing into world class digital organisations. South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SCAS), West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (WMAS) and North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (NEAS) are the […]
New tool launched for patients to record and share urgent and end of life care wishes
Patients across Greater London are to be given greater power to inform GPs, hospitals, ambulance crews, 111 providers, care homes, hospices and out of hours services, about their urgent and end of life care wishes, following the launch of a new online urgent care record called ‘myCMC’. Coordinate My Care […]
NHS Digital signs new deal with Microsoft
NHS Digital has entered a new deal with Microsoft to support health and care organisations in protecting against cyber threats. Microsoft’s Enterprise Threat Detection Service allows NHS Digital’s Data Security Centre to provide targeted alerts to organisations that enable it. The alerts use Microsoft’s combined cyber security expertise to provide organisations with detection of […]
Berkshire goes live with record sharing project
Health and social care providers across Berkshire are sharing health and care information electronically on up to 850,000 residents in one of the country’s largest shared care record projects. The first major phase of Berkshire’s shared care record initiative has gone live. Known as Connected Care, the new clinical system […]
