When safely implemented, EPR systems can help to support and improve care and treatment. However, in recent years there has been growing awareness of the significant patient safety risks also associated with their implementation and use.
The trust, which provides hospital and community health care for approximately half a million people, has made a clinically-led decision to use Alcidion's Miya Precision platform. The modular EPR will enhance digital maturity and will support clinicians in the delivery of high quality, safe care for patients.
Intuitive design, ease of use, and interoperability with specialist systems that NCIC wishes to retain, were key benefits recognised by the trust's EPR evaluation team, which represented all services, at all levels, across the trust.
Health tech provider C2-Ai has formally launched a new 'observatory' system to help hospitals gain a better understanding of risks, outcomes and safety within maternity and neonatal services.
Announced at the annual NHS ConfedExpo, the new system will equip hospitals and frontline teams with a detailed picture of individual health trajectories for women, and the performance of maternity units.
Bayer AG today announced a strategic collaboration with Samsung Electronics America, Inc. to address data gaps on sleep disturbances associated with menopause (SDM). The companies will co-develop an observational study to further improve the understanding of the burden and impact of SDM using data provided by women through Samsung consumer devices. Sam Shah has a very diverse portfolio: spanning clinical work, academic leadership, legal advice, and health tech advisory roles that see him travelling from the UK to the Middle East and back.
The trust, which employs 14,000 people across two acute hospitals, 13 community hospitals and a range of community, primary care and mental health services, is planning to go-live with the new recruitment, applicant management, and reporting software in May.
AXREM represents member companies that collectively provide UK hospitals with most of their diagnostic medical imaging technology, and radiotherapy equipment.
The association has seen substantial growth in recent years, with membership also including suppliers of health IT, AI and care equipment such as patient monitors. AXREM helps to facilitate cross industry dialogue on key issues affecting the sector.