(Opinion Article) NHS' Technology Strategy Needs to Go that Extra Mile for Frontline Staff
By Colin Reid, Chief Executive of TotalMobile.We are on a journey. The Department of Health's (DH) first mandate told the then NHS Commissioning Board where we needed to get to in order to deliver an improved national health service. The DH's 'Power of Information' strategy plotted the routes of healthcare providers, commissioners and technology suppliers to drive better heath, care and support.
Agfa HealthCare announces its successful participation in the IHE (Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise) initiative's 13th European Connectathon in Istanbul, Turkey. The event tests the integration capabilities of hospital information systems (HIS), picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) and other healthcare solutions in a controlled environment.
Scientists from Guys' and St Thomas', King's College, London, Imperial College, London and University of Oxford will use a Philips state-of-the-art MRI scanner combined with specially developed imaging techniques to investigate the wombs of pregnant women and image their babies' brains, even while the fetuses are moving.
Anoto, leader in digital writing technologies, announced that almost half of NHS Boards across Scotland are using its digital writing technologies. The digital pens have been deployed across the Scottish NHS Health Boards in order to achieve the Government's target of making the NHS fully digitised by 2018, as well as deliver more time dedicated to patient care.
iPLATO, a leader in mHealth and Analytics, reports strong support from CCGs - the new healthcare commissioners in England. Following explosive growth in new patients and primary care practices over the last year the company reports 100% renewal rates for CCGs on iPLATO Enterprise in 2012/13.
Tunstall Healthcare, the leading provider of telehealth and telecare solutions, is showcasing its latest innovations to transform healthcare by supporting patient self-management and successfully delivering telehealth at scale at Commissioning 2013.