Thoughtified Limited, a SETsquared start-up company created by graduates of the Department of Computing, University of Surrey has won a major grant from the Technology Strategy Board. The grant will enable the Surrey Research Park-based company to work in the development of a participatory sensing system that will improve the management of NHS patient records in remote patient treatment.

By Kurt Long, Founder and CEO of FairWarning Inc.
The ability to share computerised patient information represents one of the great hopes for the NHS as it battles to build a sustainable future. Trusts across England are investing tens of millions of pounds in the latest generation of advanced electronic health record (EHR) systems to improve productivity, efficiency and outcomes.

Carefx announced that together with IBM they will enable hospitals across Denmark to provide clinicians with real-time access to the very latest clinical patient information, allowing them to obtain immediate insight and to make faster decisions regarding patient care.

The busiest genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinic in the UK is now using an electronic patient record (EPR) system to improve productivity, patient satisfaction and the quality and safety of patient care.

Broomwell HealthWatch, the leading ECG telemedical service provider, has announced it has now completed over 161,000 successful ECG interpretations, in turn preventing around 144,000 referrals to hospitals or diagnostic centres since the service started in 2006.

On October 1 2011, Germany will begin the country-wide distribution of its new electronic health card. Morpho (Safran group) is the first manufacturer to have received official approval for production of the card.

Doncaster & Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is improving patient care by speeding up the process of patient feedback after implementing a new Digital Pen and Paper solution from technology innovator Anoto and UK partner Ubisys.