A consortium comprising of 13 trusts across Cheshire and Merseyside has worked with Royal Philips to create a regional hub for the National COVID-19 Chest Imaging Database (NCCID). Launched in January 2021, the regional hub has been used across the organisations to connect to the NCCID. The database is part of a programme […]
Tag: Interoperability
Interview Series: Stephen Townrow, Imaging Systems Manager, The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
In our interview series this week, we speak with Stephen Townrow, Imaging Systems Manager, at The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust. Stephen takes us through the intricacies of how enhancements in their digital imaging technology has allowed for cost saving, time saving, and accuracy of diagnoses, all of which importantly […]
ORCHA partners with The American Telemedicine Association
ORCHA, the Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Apps has partnered with The American Telemedicine Association to support patients access safe and effective health apps. The association will be supported by ORCHA’s automated review process so that patients can access more than 300 healthcare apps that meet the approved […]
Interview Series: Sam Allen, CEO, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
In our latest interview we speak with Sam Allen, CEO at Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust who takes us through her journey from NHS receptionist to CEO. We chat to Sam ahead of a presentation she will be delivering at the upcoming Mental Health Recovery Summit, supported by HTN. We […]
Black Country Pathology Services progresses with laboratory network
Black Country Pathology Services is progressing with an initiative to digitally connect its laboratory network including four NHS trusts. The Dudley Group, Sandwell and Birmingham, Walsall Healthcare, and The Royal Wolverhampton will be using the CliniSys laboratory information system to support a regional ‘hub and spoke’ model. Once the system is rolled-out, […]
8 children’s centres across Greater Manchester digitally connected
A new reporting system is being rolled out this month across eight NHS organisations in Greater Manchester. The system is being rolled-out to children’s centres to instantly share information such as bed availability and staffing levels. It has been designed specifically for paediatric care, where more staff per patient are […]
Somerset NHS FT goes live with Better’s EPMA
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with a solution from Better to digitise its e-prescribing and medications management. Somerset Partnership FT and Taunton and Somerset NHS FT recently merged to form Somerset NHS FT and is now using OPENeP from Better, across its surgical services. The trust is also to […]
Interview Series: Drew Ivan, Chief Product and Strategy Officer, Lyniate
In our latest interview in the series, we spoke with Drew Ivan, Chief Product and Strategy Officer from Lyniate. The company recently formed from bringing together two widely used global interoperability platforms: Corepoint and Rhapsody. We asked Drew a few questions about the company, how it has responded over the […]
Genomics study launched into patients infected with coronavirus
Thousands of severely ill patients infected with coronavirus will have their genetic code studied, following a new study launched. A partnership between Genomics England and the GenOMICC consortium, Illumina and the NHS will study a person’s genetic code to help scientists understand whether a person’s genetics influences how susceptible they […]
Interview Series: Ayesha Rahim, CCIO, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS FT
In our latest interview series, Angela Sharda speaks to Dr Ayesha Rahim, CCIO, psychiatrist and deputy medical director of Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust about the importance of technology during the global pandemic, her role as CCIO and her involvement in the Shuri Network. Talk us through your journey […]
