Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust has worked with TPP to introduce a new medicines dashboard for their mental health services. Using the clinical development toolkit in SystmOne, the Trust has developed the dashboard to provide staff with quick access to information, such as access to medication charts, […]
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Manchester University NHS and Siemens Healthineers agree 15-year, £125m partnership
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) and Siemens Healthineers have agreed a 15-year partnership, representing a £125 million investment. The partnership covers the provision and replacement of key radiology equipment, including over 350 installations, across eight hospital sites, part of the Trust’s transformation journey. Catherine Walsh, Divisional Director of Imaging for […]
NEWS2 evaluated for prediction of severe COVID-19 study
Researchers at King’s College London have conducted a large scale study into the accuracy of National Early Warning Risk Score (NEWS) 2 as a scoring system for predicting severe COVID-19 outcomes in patients. The researchers found poor-to-moderate accuracy for identifying patients at risk of being transferred to intensive care units, […]
Moorfields awards £1.1m triage tool contract
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS FT has awarded £1.1 million to Dem Dx for its triaging tool. The triage platform is to be used by healthcare teams as a clinical reasoning tool, to support the triage process in the specialist eye hospital. The programme aims to reduce patient referrals to unnecessary tertiary […]
GS1 UK signs deal with NHS Wales
GS1 UK, has signed a multi-year agreement with NHS Wales to drive the adoption of GS1 standards to identify, capture and share supply chain data. The decision to do so has been driven by the objectives of the Welsh Government’s Plan for Health and Social Care – A Healthier Wales. The […]
HTN Now Awards 2021: Meet the Winners
HTN, and friends, are delighted to announce the highly commended and winners in the HTN Now Awards 2021! HTN would like to say a huge thank you, and well done to you all – you should all be very proud of what you have achieved. The awards aim to share […]
VR app by Xploro joins US pediatrics collaboration project
Xploro, a developer of apps that help children deal with anxiety around serious illness, has been accepted onto a global health programme that helps hospitals collaborate with tech companies. Over 300 innovators reportedly entered the programme, KidsX Accelerator, before the list was trimmed down to 13. Xploro is the only […]
Southampton innovate to support remote monitoring
Researchers at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust have developed an innovative approach to support remote monitoring, using a clinical trials management system developed at the University of Southampton. The system, called EDGE, is a cloud-based tool to support clinical research, and has been used by the team at Southampton […]
Video: EPR implementation, training, planning and delivery
In our second slot on day one, Ideal Health’s Training Manager, Richard Greenwood gave us an in-depth demo and talk on using Ideal’s Training Management Tools’. This will make a useful resource for any healthcare professional interested in Ideal Health’s products, or anyone who is keen to schedule and provide […]
Video: Dr Peter Thomas discusses the future of digital ophthalmology
Our HTN Now 2021 webinar sessions got off to a great start on day one. First up on the agenda was Dr Peter Thomas, Digital Innovation and Consultant Paediatric Ophthalmologist at Moorfields Eye Hospital. In a fascinating breakfast-time talk, he gave us his thoughts on the future of digital ophthalmology, […]
