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Black Country Pathology Services Delivers Lab Network 'in Adversity'

Black Country Pathology Services has pushed ahead with a major initiative to create a laboratory network to serve four trusts and delivered a successful go-live for its CliniSys laboratory information system despite the coronavirus emergency.

BCPS was formed in response to a report by Lord Carter of Coles, which recommended that NHS laboratory services should be re-organised into a regional 'hub and spoke' model to improve quality and efficiency.

Liverpool John Moores University Gives Students a Better Insight into e-Prescribing

Liverpool John Moores University is to use Better's OPENeP electronic prescribing and medicines administration solution to teach nursing and pharmacy students about modern prescribing practices.

The university and the company have formed a partnership to enable students to experience OPENeP, learn about the principles of prescribing, dispensing and administering medicines electronically, and explore the patient safety aspects of the technology.

Highland Marketing Resilient through COVID-19 with Three New Recruits

Highland Marketing, a full-service agency for health tech marketing, PR and communications, is recruiting three new account team members to support clients and growth. This is despite the economic and employment challenges brought by COVID-19.

FDA Launches the Digital Health Center of Excellence

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it is launching the Digital Health Center of Excellence within the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH). The launch of the Digital Health Center of Excellence is an important step in furthering the agency's overarching dedication to the advancement of digital health technology, including mobile health devices, Software as a Medical Device (SaMD), wearables when used as a medical device, and technologies used to study medical products.

Health Tech Innovator Hospify Expands Support to GP Surgeries and Pharmacies with Launch of New Web App

An innovative health technology company, that has seen its secure mobile communications app scale rapidly in the NHS during the coronavirus pandemic, is expanding its multi-platform solution to pharmacy networks and GP practices to improve the coordination of important communication and prescribing information between healthcare professionals and patients.

Funding Boost for AI-Based Epilepsy Monitoring

University spinout company Neuronostics has received funding to develop its BioEP platform, an AI-based system for faster, more accurate diagnosis of epilepsy and to monitor response to treatment with anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs).

BioEP works by creating mathematical models of the brain using short segments of electroencephalogram (EEG) recordings.

South London and Maudsley Continues Tradition of Innovation by Deploying Oxehealth's Digital Care Assistant

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust is using the Oxehealth Digital Care Assistant in the seclusion suite of Eileen Skellern 1 ward.

The women's ward has a tradition of improving the therapeutic environment and is using the Digital Care Assistant to support clinical staff to monitor the safety and physical health of patients when they are unwell.