Open Medical Works with Moray's Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre to Transform Occupational Therapy Referrals
Open Medical is working with the Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre’s Rural Centre of Excellence on a referral management plan, as part of a research and development scheme to help transform the community occupational therapy service in Moray - and beyond. This will include integration with self-assessment and digital assessment tools to support self-management and reduce waiting times. 
NHS England has been downsized and abolished. Integrated care boards have been told to change function, consolidate, and deliver savings. Trusts are planning big cuts. The Highland Marketing advisory board met to consider the impact on health tech, and how suppliers can navigate the chaos. 
A new technology partnership formally announced, could help NHS, local government, and housing organisations collaborate to create an unprecedented understanding of the risks and needs of people in their care. Resulting intelligence could enable co-ordinated decisions that help to ease demand on recovering NHS services, prevent avoidable harm and A&E visits, and target community interventions where they can make the biggest impact for individuals. 
Healthcare teams responsible for paediatric care in Ireland are to save significant time in accessing important diagnostic imaging and reports, with the help of a new agreement with medical imaging and cybersecurity company Sectra.