In this feature we go in depth to focus on Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (EPMA) and speak with University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and Nervecentre to explore the area further. University Hospitals of Leicester is adopting Nervecentre’s Next Generation EPR, which includes a fully integrated, closed loop EPMA. […]
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New app launched to coordinate support for most vulnerable in Greater Manchester
A new app has been rolled out across Greater Manchester to help match volunteers with vulnerable people in need of support during the Covid-19 pandemic. The app has been developed and launched to support an ongoing need for volunteers to support citizens with a range of duties from collecting medicines to […]
Webinar: Improving Influenza vaccination uptake in a COVID-19 world
Sign up to attend a webinar on the topic here. Feature and webinar by our partner iPLATO. National Challenge; Local Considerations Although invariably referred to as ‘the national flu immunisation programme’ the administration and delivery of flu vaccinations in the UK is done largely by GP practices. Our national, regional and commissioning […]
Yorkshire and Humber health tech accelerator programme opens
A health tech accelerator to support innovators navigate the NHS in the Yorkshire and Humber region has opened for applications. The Propel@YH programme now in its second year, is aimed at start-ups that have developed innovations or products to support responses to COVID-19. It provides 10 start ups with a six-month support […]
Patients Know Best integrates with NHS App
Patients Know Best (PKB), a personal health records provider, has now achieved full integration with the NHS App. The company said its ‘All-in-One’ integration with the NHS App will allow patients to directly access their combined dataset from PKB within the NHS App interface. The Patients Know Best solution now supports […]
App launched to remotely monitor cancer patients
Careology, a digital cancer care platform, has launched a new tool to support clinicians to remotely monitor their cancer patients’ health in real-time. The development provides clinicians with previously unavailable patient health data and insights from wearable devices and the Careology app. The company said it will help clinicians pro-actively […]
Liverpool Heart and Chest partners with AI company
Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS FT has partnered with an artificial intelligence company to use the technology in clinical practice and lung cancer screening. Working with Amsterdam-based medtech company Aidence, the trust will use the AI solution, Veye Chest, to support radiologists analyse the approximately 7,000 routine and screening chest CT scans […]
Self-care tech platform partners with Imperial College London to map COVID-19 symptoms
Researchers from Imperial College London have launched a new initiative with self-care technology platform Your.MD. The organisations will collaborate to map and research the spread of coronavirus of people with self-reported mild or moderate COVID-19. The tool from Your.MD is called COVID-19 Symptom Mapper, which compares, analyses and maps reported symptoms worldwide […]
RIVIAM awarded Innovate UK funding to enhance social prescribing platform
Innovate UK has awarded RIVIAM £48,450 in funding to support further development of its new social prescribing platform. The platform is currently being used in Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES) by Virgin Care, BaNES Council and third sector organisations, including Age UK BaNES, Citizens Advice BaNES and Bath Mind. […]
Ireland donates COVID Tracker app to Linux Foundation Public Health initiative
Ireland’s Health Service Executive has announced the code for its COVID-19 Tracker app will be donated as Open Source to Linux Foundation Public Health initiative. The move is hoped to help regions worldwide quickly build and deploy their own contact tracing apps. In Ireland 1 million people installed the app […]
