Healthera has announced the formation of a consortium with Cegedim Rx, the largest provider of pharmacy software in the UK market. The consortium has entered a £1 million, 18-month collaborative agreement, co-funded by Innovate UK, focused on researching and developing a connected digital solution for patients and pharmacies.The purpose of […]
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Summary Care Record now accessed every 5 seconds
Delivering a keynote speech at the UK Health Show in London, NHS Digital executive director Eve Roodhouse talks about the progress in use of SCRs: “Every five seconds a clinician accesses an electronic Summary Care Record (SCR). This is important information taken from a patient’s GP medical records, which can […]
How can GPs get the IT they need?
Dr Neil Paul, a GP in Sandbach and well-known columnist on primary care IT, says technology can help general practice to meet the pressures on it. However, he says this will take scale, funds and skills – issues that he will explore further at EHI Live 2017. General practice is […]
Gestational diabetes app approved for publication in NHS App Library
Drayson Technologies has been informed that GDm-Health™, the smartphone-enabled solution for the management of women with or at high-risk of gestational diabetes, has been recommended for publication in the NHS Digital Tools Library, following an extensive review as part of the NHS Digital technical review process. NHS Digital is commissioned […]
InterSystems launches new data platform
InterSystems has launched a new Data Platform, built around a high-performance database, InterSystems IRIS is the first and only data platform to provide all of the critical capabilities for rapidly developing data-intensive and mission-critical applications, including advanced data management, interoperability, transaction processing, and analytics. The platform includes: An advanced multi-model, […]
Highland Marketing: Attending an event? Six top tips for success
One thing’s for sure, events are plentiful in the healthcare industry and with everything in business, there’s the good, the bad and the ugly so you need to make sure you get it right. And with the autumn event season now upon us, here are six top tips to help […]
Bedford Hospital goes live with Viper360 portal
Bedford Hospital NHS Trust has confirmed the successful first phase deployment of the Viper360 Interoperability platform and portal from ReStart Consulting Ltd. Viper360 is now in active use by clinicians and administrative staff and by the end of October it is anticipated over 100 users will be logging in and […]
Future Healthcare 2018 announces global strategy partnership with Strategy International
Future Healthcare, the International Healthcare Exhibition and Conference taking place on 13-14 March 2018, at Olympia London, has announced its global strategy partnership with Strategy International. Strategy International is a strategic business development group that combines British Expertise International, The D Group and Inspire Publishing. Event Director, Dawn Barclay-Ross says: […]
First two trusts meet milestone of all electronic NHS referrals
Two hospital trusts and their referring GP practices have become the first in the country to adopt a digital process for booking patient hospital appointments. By making appointments electronically, doctors and patients know in advance which services are available and about waiting times. This allows patients to decide on an […]
Expo 2017: Tech, drugs and rock and roll
The annual Health and Care Innovation Expo took place in Manchester from 11-12 September. Lyn Whitfield, strategy & content director, Highland Marketing reports on the key speeches and announcements, as the NHS gears up for a tough winter Visitors to the Health and Care Expo in Manchester could be in […]
