Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, and LeQuest, a leading provider of online interactive simulation-based training for the use of medical devices [1], today announced a partnership to provide online interactive training for the Philips Ultrasound Affiniti system. 
Eight NHS hospital trusts in Greater Manchester are to benefit from medical imaging technology that will transform how doctors and other NHS healthcare professionals access and review images from patient scans that are crucial to identifying illnesses and delivering effective care. 
Hospitals face new demand for virtual visiting, and more patients are confident they don't always need to see a doctor in person, as the use of remote technologies rise. But concerns around data security and privacy are voiced, and people with lower incomes are more likely to express anxieties about the virtual shift, new research commissioned by health tech company Visionable has revealed. 
The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust has renewed its contract with Silverlink Software, to retain the use of one of the country's leading patient administration systems (PAS), supporting the trust’s strategy to deliver flexible and affordable digital innovation using a 'best-of-breed' approach. 
Black Country Pathology Services has pushed ahead with a major initiative to create a laboratory network to serve four trusts and delivered a successful go-live for its CliniSys laboratory information system despite the coronavirus emergency.
BCPS was formed in response to a report by Lord Carter of Coles, which recommended that NHS laboratory services should be re-organised into a regional 'hub and spoke' model to improve quality and efficiency.
North Bristol NHS Trust has successfully and safely fast-tracked the roll out of a series of digital tools to clinicians to help in their response to COVID-19.
Over 3,500 clinicians went live with the CareFlow instant messaging and care co-ordination app to aid collaboration in and between teams, facilitate electronic handovers and share clinical photos, with more clinical information for patient care in one place to improve decision making.
The university and the company have formed a partnership to enable students to experience OPENeP, learn about the principles of prescribing, dispensing and administering medicines electronically, and explore the patient safety aspects of the technology.