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 […]
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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 […]
New funding support for health innovation and digital technologies
Innovative firms in the North West Coast and across the UK will benefit from a new national package of support worth up to £86 million to help them develop real world medical breakthroughs that will help patients across the NHS. A Government announcement of new support for health innovation will […]
Leicestershire telehealth project saves £117,550
A three-year programme began in January of this year, taking 50 patients at any one time living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) from across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. Every patient taking part completes an online questionnaire each morning. The intelligent software uses an advanced algorithm, coupled with electronic sensors […]
UCLH partners with Epic to design and build new electronic health record system
UCLH (University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust) has confirmed a new partnership with Epic Systems Corporation to design and build its electronic health record system (EHRS). UCLH will now work with Epic to design, build and implement the new EHRS as part of its wider clinical transformation, research and […]
Future Care Capital launches health and care data paper
Future Care Capital has launched its first policy paper on health and care data with the support of Dr Alison Powell from the London School of Economics, a leading academic in data ethics and its application across society. The report sets out how the Government can grasp the opportunity to […]
