Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust's Care Co-ordination Centre Transforms Bed Management
One year after implementing TeleTracking's patient flow platform, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust (MTW) has significantly improved capacity management and operational efficiencies across the 512-bed organisation. As part of the Trust's digital strategy, TeleTracking's software centralises capacity management and creates shared visibility and automation around staff workflows. Now a year into their digital journey, 
Huma has bought iPLATO Healthcare, whose patient engagement software covers a network of 26.6m patients across nearly 3,000 NHS primary care organisations and whose myGP app is one of the most downloaded medical apps in the UK. The two companies will continue to operate independently but will combine their expertise to enable more proactive, predictive and personalised care for patients in a joined-up service across primary and secondary care. 
CliniSys is announcing the recent acquisition of HORIZON Lab Systems and the combination with Sunquest Information Systems, as CliniSys. This acquisition and Sunquest combination creates one of the world’s largest organisations dedicated to diagnostic and laboratory informatics. 
Mjog by Livi has launched a remote monitoring tool that will help GPs support and monitor people with depression through messages sent to their smartphones.
A consortium of NHS trusts that covers a population of circa 1.2 million will gain immediate access to important patient imaging, and will mobilise a regional workforce for patients, following a decision to procure a medical imaging system from Sectra.
WiFi SPARK will celebrate the festive season by offering NHS patients in beds with Hospedia entertainment and communication units three days of free TV.