North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust (NCIC) has signed a long-term agreement for use of the Alcidion Miya Precision platform, to provide an electronic patient record (EPR) for the trust. The trust joins two others in the region delivering benefits for patient care with the support of technology from Alcidion.

The modular EPR will enhance digital maturity and support clinicians as they deliver high quality, safe patient care.

Opinion Article by Piyush Mahapatra, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon and Chief Innovation Officer at Open Medical.
There is a new ten-year plan for the NHS. It will "focus efforts on preventing, as well as treating ill-health"; make "out of hospital care a much larger part of what the NHS does"; and "upgrade technology and digitally enabled care."

Are we talking about the 10 Year Health Plan that will be published next summer?

Leading chief nursing information officer Sam Neville is joining the Highland Marketing advisory board. Sam brings a passion for nursing and safety to the board, which debates the big issues in NHS IT and advises the specialist health tech agency and its clients.

She has been a nurse for 30 years and became interested in the potential of digital in healthcare when she led an e-NEWS scoring implementation at what is now Mid and South Essex NHS Trust. She is currently associate director of clinical applications and CNIO at the trust, as well as regional CNIO and clinical safety officer for the East of England.

As leaders gather for the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2025 in Davos, Leaps by Bayer, the impact investing arm of Bayer, and Boston Consulting Group (BCG) announced the launch of one of the largest surveys examining global public sentiment towards transformative technology. The field work was conducted by market research company Ipsos.

Bayer is today announcing that it plans to acquire HiDoc Technologies GmbH in the first quarter of 2025 and to start commercialization of the digital health application, Cara Care®. Cara Care® is the first prescribed digital health application for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and offers a novel, holistic therapeutic approach for patients with IBS.(1)

Patients with irritable bowel syndrome have generally already been through a lot by the time they receive a formal diagnosis, and they face numerous daily challenges and obstacles associated with their symptoms that impair their quality of life.

Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) and Mayo Clinic announced a research collaboration aimed at advancing MRI for cardiac applications. Through this investigation, Philips and Mayo Clinic will look to harness the power of AI and the expertise of Mayo Clinic physicians to increase operational efficiency by shortening complex MRI exams and improving workflow for radiologists.

How can you make sure you get the right message across to an NHS chief information officer, or chief nursing information officer?

Replay this webinar with Professor Natasha Phillips, former NHS England CNIO, and Neil Perry, a former acute trust CIO, in live conversation with Highland Marketing's Matthew D'Arcy and the ABHI's Jonathan Evans.