Rapid integration of care services and secure data interchange has enabled Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust to embrace its EPR move to the cloud through Dedalus’ Healthcare Platform.

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust, was the first NHS Trust to go live with the Dedalus Care Suite EPR and since moving to the cloud they have seen enhanced performance of the EPR.

Abbott announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the FreeStyle® Libre 2 iOS application for use with compatible iPhones(1), providing a comprehensive digital offering for its FreeStyle Libre 2 integrated continuous glucose monitoring (iCGM) system. FreeStyle Libre 2 iOS app is the only sensor-based glucose monitoring app that allows users to check their glucose with a compatible iPhone every minute with optional real-time glucose alarms(2).

CSAM Health Group AS ("CSAM"), the leading provider of niche eHealth solutions in the Nordics, announced it has signed a contract with the five regions within the Danish health authority for CSAM’s Prosang blood, cell, and tissue management system for blood banks. In an agreement between CSAM and all five health regions, the new contract will translate to approximately NOK 75-100 million NOK over at the next six years and will be implemented in all blood banks in the country.

One of the oldest and most extensive shared care records in England has successfully completed its transition to Orion Health, creating a platform for further expansion and development.

The Care and Health Information Exchange (CHIE), which started as the Hampshire Health Record 17 years ago, successfully completed the move in March and saw usage increase to a record 130,000 patient records viewed in June.

Opinion Article by Jamie Whysall, Head of Healthcare, Fujitsu UK.
The NHS is being asked to do more. That isn't new in itself, but the demands that are being put on trusts and their IT teams are being ratcheted up by the coronavirus pandemic.

They are being asked to prepare for more COVID-19 and a difficult winter. To recover the backlog of elective care that has developed over the past 18-months. To change in response to the arrival of integrated care systems and their agenda of more joined-up, more person-centred care.

IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Amadeus (MCE: AMS) announced that they are working together to help meet one of the major challenges facing travel companies today: checking and validating the COVID-19 health documentation of travelers at checkpoints where required.

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GHT) will receive £6m funding as part of the second wave of the Digital Aspirant programme.

The funding will support its five-year digital strategy, which aims to take the trust from a HIMSS rating of around 0.02 to level 6 in five years, as well as supporting its involvement in the region’s shared care record.