Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (the Trust) has confirmed the purchase of Viper360 clinical portal plus a 3 year services and support contract from ReStart Consulting. This announcement follows the successful trial of Viper360 at the Trust and will extend the use of Viper360 to a wider range of the […]
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6 CCGs to use iPlato representing 1.6 million patients
iPLATO Healthcare has announced that an additional 6 Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG’s) representing over 1.6 million patients across South West London are to use iPlato and the myGP app. The free patient-facing platform helps speed up access to care by allowing patients to securely book and/or cancel appointments 24/7. Also fully […]
HSE Ireland reports over 5,000 cyber-attack attempts discovered in one hospital
The HSE’s decision last Friday (May 12th) was to shut down all external access to its IT Network was taken with the primary focus of protecting clinical services and ensuring minimum disruption to patients and service users. The HSE is now reviewing its response and processes thoroughly to better understand […]
Opinion piece: Next steps for standards
The Next Steps on the Five Year Forward View reiterated the need for integrated care. The NHS and the healthcare IT industry know that integrated care demands integrated data, if safe consistent patient care is to be provided. Yet, says Andrew Meiner, the managing director of Stalis, that’s not happening. […]
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals expands use of Harris Healthcare
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals (LTH) is now fully relying on the Harris Healthcare Electronic Health Record (EHR) QCPR as their enterprise-wide system of record. Harris Healthcare’s QCPR integrates all aspects of patient care into a single, confidential, computer-based patient record, reducing errors and improving work flow processes throughout the organisation. The […]
17 NHS Trusts in West Midlands to benefit from sharing service
Insignia Medical Systems has announced that they have been selected to provide their regional sharing service to the West Midlands Genomic Medicine Centre (WMGMC). WMGMC, led by University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB) NHS Foundation Trust, is one of 13 GMCs established to deliver NHS England’s 100,000 Genomes Project – and is […]
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is launching an online accessibility guide
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is launching a comprehensive online accessibility guide for disabled patients, visitors and staff. The guide, created by Disabled Go, will be live from May 2nd and provides a detailed overview of accessibility for the whole of the Trust, including the Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Northern […]
Dr Saif Abed talks about the WannaCry attack
The WannaCry or WannaDecryptor virus was a world-wide phenomenon, but the NHS was badly hit. Dr Saif Abed, a founding partner of the health IT consultancy AbedGraham, says a forensic inquiry should be held into what went wrong; so the NHS can deal with the clinical and patient risk issues […]
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: National cyber attack update
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has confirmed the infected systems have been restored and with no loss of data. The Trust said in a statement released today: “We can confirm that the radiology services affected by the national cyber-attack at Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital have been restored. There was […]
NHS Digital publishes latest guidance for NHS on protecting against cyber attack
Guidance documentation for NHS organisations impacted by the cyber incident have been distributed via CareCERT bulletins but can also be accessed here: NHS Digital letter explaining patches to protect against cyber attack [293.39Kb] Technical guide for patching to protect against cyber attack [533.76Kb] Responses to FAQs on the cyber attack […]
