CW+, the charity for Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, has announced a new partnership with Drayson Technologies to launch the first pilot of wireless environmental sensors in the intensive care units at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. This latest project, coordinated by Dr. Lawrence Petalidis, Head of Innovation and […]
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Digital tool to support better care for the vulnerable
An online frailty calculator developed by academics at The University of Nottingham will help GPs to identify their most vulnerable older patients for enhanced care. The QFrailty calculator combines complex information about a patient’s life expectancy and their risk of unplanned hospital admission over the coming 12 months. The QFrailty […]
NHS Arden & Greater East Midlands CSU secures business intelligence contract
NHS Arden & Greater East Midlands (GEM) Commissioning Support Unit (CSU) has been appointed to provide business intelligence services on behalf of the Advancing Quality Alliance (AQuA). The contract, which spans three years, will begin on 1 October 2017. The solution includes a new clinical measures data collection system which […]
Lexacom secures multiple contracts at CCGs and Federations
Lexacom has recently secured new contracts from seven clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and a number of GP clusters and federations looking to benefit from digital dictation and document creation software. GPs rely on dictation systems to transfer their clinical expertise to paper as quickly and efficiently as possible. The advent […]
Health websites reducing visits to doctors in people with chronic health conditions
People are going to their doctors less as a direct result of information they get online, a new study has revealed. The report finds that 27% of people with chronic health conditions went to the doctor less because of information they got from a website, and 41% of people cited […]
Intouch with Health announces partnership to help improve efficiency of NHS staff scheduling
Hospital patient flow management specialist Intouch with Health has partnered with SISQUAL, a global leading provider of workforce management (WFM) solutions, to bring a holistic and fully integrated solution to solve critical and complex workforce issues facing the NHS in the UK. Intouch will add SISQUAL’s digital staff planning solution […]
Healthera announces Innovate UK £1m collaboration
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 […]
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 […]
