Digital whiteboards save 5,000 hours of nurse’s time at Gateshead
Since they were installed in 2017 as a way of improving patient safety and care, the whiteboards have streamlined processes within the trust.
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Digitally supported care needs to be ‘the norm’, NHSI says
The NHS Interim People Plan found genomics, artificial intelligence and robotics will “significantly influence” how care in delivered in the future.
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Digital portal to streamline inclusion in NHS App library launched
It will act as an online self-service tool for developers, aimed at making the process of securing a place in the app library easier.
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Online portal launched for people with Type 2 diabetes
The NHS England initiative aims to help people manage their condition to reduce the need for extra medication and unnecessary hospital visits.
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‘Skype doctors’ prevent 3,000 A&E visits in Manchester
The on-call Skype NHS team takes around 8,000 calls per year from wardens working in sheltered accommodation, care home staff and community teams.
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Poor communication between central and local NHS ‘hindering digitisation’
Establishing “clear dialogue” between local and central NHS is “essential” for ensuring national policy supports local digital advancement, a report found.
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Northern Care Alliance launches electronic risk assessment for blood clots
Clinicians will begin using the electronic form to assess inpatients for clots including deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) from 4 June.
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GP at Hand’s primary care network application to be ‘considered’
Hammersmith and Fulham CCG has said it would “consider” an application from Babylon’s GP at Hand to become its own primary care network.
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UK’s first maternity record system launched in Birmingham
The single maternity record will enable clinical information to be shared between four hospitals in the region, improving quality of care for patients.
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Industry news in brief
This month’s industry round-up features news that millions of NHS patients can now benefit from free Wi-Fi in hospitals and GP surgeries.
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