Cera Care rolls out new analytics platform after securing £54m funding
Cera Care’s SmartCare platform helps predict and prevent health deteriorations in the elderly before they occur and could save the NHS millions.
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Sonia Patel named new NHSX chief information officer
Patel is currently joint CIO at London North West Healthcare NHS Trust and The Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust. She will take up her post in the summer.
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Industry news in brief
This month’s industry round-up features news Babylon has been shortlisted for a $100m MacArthur grant and a London uni is using VR to spot sepsis.
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NHSX launches Tech Plan to consult on what the unit should be doing
The newly developed plan consists of five phases of consultations, building on the mission statement the organisation launched with in summer 2019.
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Digital Health Unplugged: February news team debrief
Join us as Digital Health’s editor, Hannah Crouch, editor-in-chief Jon Hoeksma and senior reporter Andrea Downey discuss the biggest headlines of the month.
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Boots teams up with Doctor Care Anywhere to offer e-prescriptions
The service gives patients the option to have their prescriptions sent electronically to a Boots pharmacy within minutes of their GP consultation.
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EMIS joins Yellow Card Scheme for reporting adverse drug reactions
The update allows the 4,000 practices using EMIS Web can report to the Yellow Card Scheme, which acts as an early warning for adverse drug reactions.
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Trust saves 20,000 hours a year time with InterSystems ePMA
The technology has replaced a previously paper-based approach to prescribing and administering medicines to patients at North Tees and Hartlepool.
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Natasha Phillips named NHSX chief nursing information officer
Natasha Phillips, who has been a nurse for 26 years, is the current chief nursing information officer at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
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Consultation on database of consultants launched after Paterson inquiry
The consultation sets out a series of changes to how data is recorded and managed across private and NHS care, based on recommendations from the inquiry.
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