From April, parents of the 136,000 babies born across London each year will be able to record and manage information about their child’s health and development online. The NHS in England has announced a digital version of the Redbook will be rolled out across London, answering calls from parents who […]
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Free App helps patients cure leg ulcer
A free App has been released to help patients suffering from leg ulcers. The Leg Ulcer Charity has teamed up with Medopad to develop an App that allows patients or their carers to track the progress and treatment of the leg ulcer. The patient or their carer uploads information regularly, […]
Hicom wins national welsh contract
The All-Wales Diabetes Implementation Group, acting on behalf of the Welsh Government and in partnership with The Children and Young People’s Wales Diabetes Network (and Brecon Group), has commissioned Hicom’s paediatric diabetes patient management solution Twinkle for all NHS Wales Paediatric Diabetes Units. Latest research shows that there are about […]
AbedGraham and Highland Marketing partner
Global efforts to enhance clinical engagement and accelerate the impact of digital technology in improving patient care, will be boosted by a new bilateral relationship between two organisations dedicated to supporting effective digital uptake in healthcare. AbedGraham, an exclusively clinically based health IT consultancy, and healthcare technology PR and marketing […]
Nuffield Trust responds to “Next steps on the Five Year Forward View”
Responding to NHS England’s “Next steps on the Five Year Forward View”, Nuffield Trust Chief Executive Nigel Edwards said: “Today’s plan is an important outline of the historic changes now needed across the NHS – from working more closely with local authorities to reduce pressure on hospital beds, to making […]
Opinion Piece: Why checkups shouldn’t only happen in a doctor’s office: protecting data in the healthcare sector
By Peter Godden, VP of EMEA at Zerto Healthcare IT is faced with many evolving threats and challenges. Regulation in the sector is constantly evolving, creating a greater need for uninterrupted IT services, and cyber criminals continue to present a bigger problem. By targeting hospitals zealously with ransomware and pushing […]
Leicestershire celebrates Chat Health milestone
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) is celebrating this month as the number of young people able to access its award winning secure text messaging service, ChatHealth, reaches one million.ChatHealth is a web-based text messaging service which ChatHealth is a web-based text messaging service which young people of secondary school age […]
NHS Digital extends programme to widen participation in digital health
NHS Digital aims to help thousands of people to improve their digital health skills, with the launch of the next phase of a three-year Widening Digital Participation (WDP) programme. The project will develop 20 local digital inclusion pathfinder projects across all four NHS regions, over the next three years. The […]
CSC Partners with Draper & Dash to transform data visualisation
CSC has announced a partnership with Draper & Dash, London based specialists in enterprise wide healthcare analytics and data visualisation. Under the agreement, CSC will serve as reseller for Draper & Dash in Australia and New Zealand, offering hospitals and health services more than 20 proven dashboards that are rapidly […]
Electronic records enable safer hospital care for Ayrshire patients
A multidisciplinary team is giving safer, more efficient care to vulnerable patients in an Ayrshire hospital, with the help of two-way record sharing via EMIS Health. More than 50 staff – including doctors, nurses and allied health professionals such as physiotherapists – have switched from paper records to the EMIS […]
