The Golden Jubilee National Hospital is piloting a Patient Portal from Orion Health, that could lead to improvements in the way it engages with patients. Initially, 40 pulmonary hypertensive patients attending the Scottish Adult Congenital Cardiac Service (SACCS) were invited to participate in the pilot. The Portal will be rolled […]
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AHSNs to be relicensed as NHS ‘centrepiece for innovation’
NHS England’s Board met last week and considered a report from National Director of Strategy and Innovation Ian Dodge, which highlights the AHSNs’ significant impact and outlines how this can be the launch pad for an even more influential future role as the NHS ‘centrepiece for innovation’. There was unanimous […]
DrDoctor gains three new NHS contracts
Patient appointment innovator DrDoctor is working with three new major NHS Trusts: Great Ormond Street Hospital, managing the Trust’s 150000 specialist outpatient appointments Whittington Health NHS Trust, covering outpatient appointments across the Trust University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, DrDoctor is piloting in Paediatrics to demonstrate an estimated 30% DNA […]
Case Study: ILUX delivers advanced IT systems for 20 kidney dialysis clinics across the UK
ILUX, an IT firm that provides consulting, technology and support services has reached a significant milestone in helping to transform patient care across 20 kidney dialysis clinics through the design and deployment of advanced IT systems. Working in partnership with NHS England and renal services provider Diaverum, ILUX’s specialist knowledge […]
Build healthcare apps in hours, not months
Inhealthcare has announced a major breakthrough in programming technology that will allow doctors to build and launch their own health apps. The company has invented an easy-to-use toolkit that provides a simple set of building blocks for the rapid development and deployment of services for the NHS. The powerful toolkit […]
iPLATO partners with Health Navigator
iPLATO Healthcare has announced a new partnership with Health Navigator, a leading health coaching service. The partnership will help iPLATO’s 15 million NHS patients across 1,650 GP practices in the UK access support and improve the management of their long-term health conditions. The Proactive Health Coaching (PHC) programme provides patients […]
Students develop new learning tools in augmented reality
A group of students from the University of Dundee have won studentships with the medical technology company Medtronic after creating new learning tools in augmented reality (AR). Seven students were offered the studentships after completing a three-month project to design and build new medical software and teaching tools for the […]
Second phase GP Data Hub goes live
Following the successful rollout of the GP Data Hub in April, the second phase is now complete, seeing a range of new functionality added to the original system. The GP Data Hub provides an online repository of statistics about individual GP practices in England and offers journalists, patients, charities and […]
TrakCare go-live connects 10 hospitals
Ten hospitals across Fife are using real-time information to deliver better co-ordinated care for thousands of patients, following the successful go-live of InterSystems TrakCare®. Frontline staff in all of NHS Fife’s acute and community hospitals are now using the patient information system, which has been positively received by healthcare professionals […]
UK Health Show partners with Highland Marketing
GovNet Exhibitions has appointed Highland Marketing as its official PR Partner for the upcoming UK Health Show. Alexander Rushton, UK Health Show event director, said: “We are pleased to be partnering with Highland Marketing again because of its well established reputation within the healthcare environment, which we can now benefit […]
