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NHS Trust Chiefs Warn Funding Needed for Post-COVID Digital Uptake

A major survey of NHS IT chiefs has revealed that despite more positive attitudes and uptake towards technology as a result of COVID-19, the long-term challenges of digital transformation within hospital trusts remain unchanged and only 14% of respondents believe they have sufficient funding to cover business priorities.

Patients and Charities to Benefit from Additional Free Media Services in Christmas Offer to Hospitals

Hospital radio, interviews with iconic musicians, BBC archives and more than 600 healthcare information videos are among the services that patients will be able to access free of charge in hospitals that are signed up to WiFi services by WiFi SPARK. Hospital charities will also benefit from being supported on the SPARK Media platform, in a drive to help boost funds and raise awareness.

Getting the NHS Ready for Digital

The Highland Marketing advisory board wanted to discuss how health and care organisations can make sure they are ready to implement technology and get the best use out of it. Who better to lead the discussion than James Freed, chief information officer for Health Education England?

Predicting the Price of Drugs Years Before Launch

OKRA, a Cambridge-based provider of Artificial Intelligence (AI) analytics for Life Sciences, has developed a new AI system to accurately predict the (a) price and (b) 'benefit outcome' of new drug molecules several years before launch. OKRA's system is the first of its kind and uses AI to deliver detailed evidence and reassurance to pharma professionals to aid the submission process, opening doors for more effective drugs to reach the market faster.

Remote Patient Technology Helps Reduce Hospital Admissions and Cares for Patients at Home

Remote patient technology is helping reduce pressure on hospital beds on Merseyside by offering COVID-19 patients the opportunity to be monitored and cared for in their own homes via a new initiative.

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, one of the leading mental health and community health trusts in the country, launched a pilot of the 'COVID Oximetry@Home' service in April and began accepting referrals from primary care last month.

Alcidion Expands Partnership with NextGate to UK Market

Smart health tech provider Alcidion Group Limited (ASX:ALC) has announced an expansion of its reseller agreement with NextGate to include the UK and Ireland.

In 2018, MKM Health (which was acquired by Alcidion in 2018) signed an agreement to resell NextGate's market leading Enterprise Master Patient Index (EMPI) and Provider Registry solutions in Australia and New Zealand.

Oxford Health Chooses Better to Revolutionise E-Prescribing

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust is to implement an Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (ePMA) solution called OPENeP from Better, working with CGI as implementation partner.

The trust is the second global digital exemplar providing mental health services to choose OPENeP as the result of an initiative to develop a procurement framework for open systems and platform technologies that was led by South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, where OPENeP is also currently being deployed.