24/7 text messaging services launched to support those in crisis
The Shout helpline operates 24/7 and connects people in need – those feeling suicidal or suffering a mental health crisis – with trained volunteers.
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Barnsley Hospital develops digital whiteboard for patient information
The ProWard system was developed in-house by the hospitals information team and aims to provide a single point of access for patient care information.
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NHS Grampian ditches pagers for faster mobile messaging service
Staff at NHS Grampian are now able to communicate vital patient information within seconds rather than wasting time trying to find a landline.
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Tameside and Glossop employ Civica’s cloud-based solutions
The software company’s CostMaster cloud solution will provide the trust with a clearer view of its cost data to better inform the board of their finances.
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Imprivata partners with Microsoft for cloud-based platforms
The Identity and Access Management cloud platform will be used to address challenges that healthcare customers face with digital solutions.
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£22m competition launched to set up ‘Digital Innovation Hubs’
Part of a £37.5 million funding programme launched last year, the innovation hubs will give UK scientists and clinicians access to quality health data.
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GP at Hand makes “destabilising” move to become primary care network
The NHS funded GP app, which launched in 2017, told Digital Health it was “well placed” to become a primary care network (PCN).
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Technology ‘part of the jigsaw’ to bolster GP numbers, Royal College says
Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard, chair of the Royal College of GPs, said recent financial commitments for technology would help keep the NHS “sustainable”.
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Four medical students share in new digital health technology bursary
The bursary is a joint initiative between BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT and DRIVE, Great Ormond Street Hospital’s new health technology unit.
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Digital health hub to be scaled up across England after successful pilot
After its successful pilot in Nailsea, Somerset, it’s to be expanded in North West London, the Wirral, Blackburn, Middlesbrough and Stafford.
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