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Wolverhampton CCG to Connect Pharmacies and GPs

Community pharmacists and GPs in Wolverhampton will soon be able to offer joined up healthcare to thousands of patients, using cutting edge record-sharing technology. Wolverhampton clinical commissioning group (CCG) and EMIS Health have reached an agreement to jointly offer funding towards Pharmacy Access, a software package to enable local community pharmacies and GPs to securely share vital patient information and streamline the ordering and auditing of repeat prescriptions.

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Physicians Want Pharmaceutical Industry to Double Down on Patient Support

Many pharmaceutical companies run beyond-the-pill programmes which support patients toward successful treatments. The goal: improving outcomes by improving adherence. Specially-trained nurses call patients and inform them about their treatment and the specifics of their medication.

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Open Call SC1-PM-18-2016: Big Data Supporting Public Health Policies

Rather than improving existing isolated systems, proposals should focus on how to better acquire, manage, share, model, process and exploit the huge amount of data to develop integrated solutions that support public health authorities of Member States and associated countries in particular in healthcare system management, long-term policy making and increase the ability to provide actionable insights at the point of care.

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New Zealand Hospitals Use Electronic System from UK Specialist Healthcare System Supplier

Canterbury and West Coast District Health Boards (DHBs) in New Zealand are set to implement a new digital patient observation and alert response system, aimed at helping clinicians identify deteriorating patients earlier. The Patientrack system will be introduced from November and is designed to make patient observations immediately visible to clinical teams anywhere through hospital information systems.

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Agfa HealthCare - Third Quarter 2015

Partly due to positive currency effects, Agfa HealthCare posted solid top line growth for the third consecutive quarter. In the Imaging segment's digital radiography business (consisting of Computed Radiography (CR), Direct Radiography (DR) and the hardcopy business), the DR product range's revenue continued to grow strongly, while the hardcopy product range also performed well.

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HIMSS Awards Cambridge University Hospitals Stage 6 Status of the International Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model

Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society has awarded Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) with Stage 6 of the international Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM). The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is an international organisation dedicated to improving healthcare quality, safety, cost-effectiveness and access, through the best use of IT.

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conhIT 2016: Health IT World Focuses on Berlin

19 - 21 April 2016, Berlin, Germany.
The planning for the conhIT in April 2016 is in full pace. In comparison to last year, there are a higher number of registrations for the Industrial fair. The Congress program is taking shape. Amongst others there will be emphases on IT in care, mobility and Apps, IT strategies and IT management, as well as intersectoral networking.

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Computer Assisted CBT Provides Little or no Benefits for Depression

Researchers at the University of York have revealed computerised cognitive behavioural therapy (cCBT) is likely to be ineffective in the treatment of depression. Published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), Professor Simon Gilbody from York's Department of Health Sciences and the Hull York Medical School led the REEACT trial. The study was funded by the National Institute of Health Research Health Technology Programme.

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How mHealth is Spearheading NHS Technology Adoption

Mental health disorders are the 'single largest cause of disability in the UK', said life science minister George Freeman when he announced the creation of a £650,000 prize fund to develop new mental health apps. Using technology to support greater self-care is a key part of the NHS' digital vision for both physical and mental health.

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Driving Out Variations in Clinical Care Across the Patient Journey

Opinion Article by Robert Dunlop, Clinical Director, Elsevier Clinical Solutions.
Good care costs less, the health secretary announced. How much less? According to NHS productivity lead Lord Carter, around £5 billion a year less. That is the amount that the NHS could save if it reduced the amount of unwarranted variation in clinical care.

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