More than 50 per cent of acute hospital trusts in England have switched off paper referrals and are now processing GP referrals for outpatient appointments digitally. The traditional paper method is currently being phased out across all trusts and from 1 October 2018, providers will no longer be paid for […]
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LNWH and CW NHSFT adopt LocumTap
NHS staff at London North West Healthcare NHS Trust and Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust will benefit from a greater freedom to choose which shifts they work, where they work them and quicker pay, as part of a revolutionary trial of new technology. The trusts will use their pilot, […]
Royal Devon and Exeter to go live with Epic
NHS Improvement has approved a new clinical transformation programme MY CARE at Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust which includes moving to the EPIC EPR. The Trust’s Board approved the MY CARE Programme including the go ahead for implementing EPIC supplied by a US-based healthcare technology company. The new MY […]
Apple opens Health Records API to developers
Apple this week has announced Health Records API for developers and researchers to create an ecosystem of apps that use health record data to better manage medications, nutrition plans, diagnosed diseases and more. The Health Records feature allows patients of more than 500 hospitals and clinics to access medical information […]
Virtualstock chosen by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, as part of the Shelford Group, is the latest to implement the platform Edge4Health as their new and intuitive online eMarketplace. The Edge4Health provides a comprehensive, online, end-to-end PIM2Pay platform delivering a solution that spans the entire product lifecycle – from product information management (PIM) to […]
North Tyneside CCG chooses Spirit Diabetes Education
NHS North Tyneside Clinical Commissioning Group has appointed Spirit as its provider of structured diabetes education (SDE) for patients newly diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. The CCG has now chosen to expand the service to all patients with Type 2 diabetes, irrespective of when they were diagnosed. Additionally, to improve […]
Interview: Orlando Agrippa, CEO of Draper and Dash
What is your background and experience? I have previously worked in the NHS and healthcare sector in the UK and Australia as turnaround director, going into hospitals and leveraging technology to improve patient flow and performance for better outcomes for patients. Predominately, my experiences have been in healthcare and now […]
AHSNs relicensed as key innovation arm of the NHS
NHS England has committed to the long-term future of England’s Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs), as part of a ten-year vision to drive health innovation and stimulate economic growth. At its Board meeting on 24 May NHS England formally approved a new five year licence for the 15 AHSNs, with […]
3D Printing benefits Surgeons at Guy’s and St Thomas’
Stratasys has announced that surgeons at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust are using 3D printing technology to improve the success rates of life-saving, complex organ transplantation in young children. Surgeons across the Trust are using Stratasys multi-material 3D printing for planning the most intricate of operations, with the transplant department a […]
Samsung and Babylon partner to offer live video doctor appointments and symptom checker
Samsung has partnered with digital healthcare provider Babylon to launch ‘Ask an Expert, powered by Babylon’, a pioneering system that allows users to check symptoms and book live video doctor appointments. The Babylon service will be made available within the Samsung Health app on compatible Samsung Galaxy mobile devices. By […]
