Vinehealth and University of Surrey have been awarded a £1 million grant to trial a support app for patients undergoing cancer treatment. The grant, from Innovate UK, is to to fund a randomised controlled trial of the cancer companion app, which aims to support patient self-management. Its mobile app supports cancer patients […]
Tag: Interopability
Matthew Gould ‘We want to do some important things differently’
July marked the official launch of NHSX, a new organisation to oversee digital, data and technology. The industry responded positively to the new unit and its initial announcement to focus on interoperability, standards and platforms. This week Matthew Gould published a blog to provide an update on what progress the […]
Care homes across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire to share digital records
Care homes across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire will for the first time be able to share digital records, following an approved grant from NHS Digital. The project will see the roll-out of the digital record system, Connecting Care, to care homes across the region to share records with hospitals, […]
NHS Wales cancels contract with Microtest
NHS Wales has this week cancelled its contract with Microtest Limited by mutual agreement. The organisations have parted due to ongoing delays with Microtest supplying its clinical software to GP practices in Wales. In January 2018, Microtest Limited was one of two GP IT systems suppliers to be awarded onto […]