NHS Hospital Goes Live with First Open Source Electronic Record for Patients
Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust has become the first NHS hospital in the UK to go live with an open source electronic patient record (EPR), a landmark move expected to help staff deliver better patient care through improved access to information.
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Tunstall Shares New Best Practice Models for Technology in Social Care at NCAS 2015
Tunstall Healthcare will be showcasing its latest solutions for delivering better for less in social care at this year's National Children and Adult Services conference. Delegates will be able to explore services to support social inclusion, self-management of long-term conditions and wellbeing, as well as finding out more about the exciting new possibilities represented by the growth of digital technology.
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Orion Health Technology Central to Success of Double EHI Awards Winner
Orion Health (OHE:NZX/ASX) technology has played a crucial role in the success of the double prize-winning Connecting Care Partnership announced at October's EHI Awards 2015 in London. The 'Connecting Care' shared care record scheme in the South West was named the 'Overall winner' at the ceremony, shortly after being named as the winner for the 'Best use of IT to support integrated healthcare services' category.
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University Hospital of South Manchester Selects Allscripts Sunrise(TM)
University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust (UHSM) selected the Allscripts (Nasdaq:MDRX) SunriseTM platform as its new Electronic Patient Record (EPR) system to enhance care coordination for healthcare providers, patients and families.
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Philips Strengthens Collaboration with Amazon Web Services to Expand Digital Health Solutions in the Cloud
Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG; AEX: PHIA) today announced that it is strengthening its collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) as part of its strategy to enable an ecosystem for new types of connected and personalized digital health solutions.
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UK SMEs Can Play a Crucial Role in Meeting NHS Grand Challenges
Opinion Article by Donald Kennedy, Managing Director, Patientrack. When clinicians at Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust sought to become the first in the country to be able to predict when patients were at risk of one of the UK's most deadly conditions, the hospital turned to a small specialist UK company to enter into what would quickly become a strong collaboration.
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Agfa HealthCare Highlights 'Need for Speed' with Enterprise Imaging for Nuclear Medicine at EANM 2015
Agfa HealthCare will showcase how its Enterprise Imaging for Nuclear Medicine helps nuclear medicine departments excel in efficiency, increase clinical throughput and enhance cross-departmental communication, at the 2015 Congress of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM), held in Hamburg, Germany, October 10-14.
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