University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB), which runs the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (QEHB) has launched its new system OceanoPAS. UHB is one of the 12 NHS trusts designated as an NHS Global Digital Exemplar by NHS England, providing access to up to £10m to invest in digital infrastructure […]
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Case Study: ILUX delivers advanced IT systems for 20 kidney dialysis clinics across the UK
ILUX, an IT firm that provides consulting, technology and support services has reached a significant milestone in helping to transform patient care across 20 kidney dialysis clinics through the design and deployment of advanced IT systems. Working in partnership with NHS England and renal services provider Diaverum, ILUX’s specialist knowledge […]
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 […]
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 […]
iPLATO awarded a contract by the Small Business Research Initiative
iPLATO Healthcare has been awarded a contract by The Small Business Research Initiative for Healthcare (SBRI Healthcare) to develop and trial ‘Intelligent Care Navigation’, to improve access to care for patients and help the NHS manage demand for primary care services. The trial will include a small number of practices […]
Digital maturity assessment to harness digital technologies
NHS England has commissioned the development of a place based digital maturity assessment to support local improvement. It will consider the extent to which effective digital technologies are used across health and care systems to improve outcomes and experience. The work is being carried out by a coalition led by […]
6 CCGs to use iPlato representing 1.6 million patients
iPLATO Healthcare has announced that an additional 6 Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG’s) representing over 1.6 million patients across South West London are to use iPlato and the myGP app. The free patient-facing platform helps speed up access to care by allowing patients to securely book and/or cancel appointments 24/7. Also fully […]
Opinion piece: Next steps for standards
The Next Steps on the Five Year Forward View reiterated the need for integrated care. The NHS and the healthcare IT industry know that integrated care demands integrated data, if safe consistent patient care is to be provided. Yet, says Andrew Meiner, the managing director of Stalis, that’s not happening. […]
Dr Saif Abed talks about the WannaCry attack
The WannaCry or WannaDecryptor virus was a world-wide phenomenon, but the NHS was badly hit. Dr Saif Abed, a founding partner of the health IT consultancy AbedGraham, says a forensic inquiry should be held into what went wrong; so the NHS can deal with the clinical and patient risk issues […]
GP practice triples online patients in one week
A GP practice in Cumbria more than tripled the number of patients registered to use its online services in just one week with an extensive information drive. Practices across England aimed to get 10% of their patients registered for GP online services by 31 March, 2017. The Duke Street Surgery […]