First digital framework for allied health professionals sets out three ambitions
The ambitions; digitally ready services; digitally mature services; and data enabled services, provide a “structure to develop a local plan of delivery”.
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NHSE to roll out new digital portal to cut delays for care home beds
The tool can be used on any device and takes staff just 30 seconds to upload details of available beds. More than 6,250 care homes have already signed up.
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Salford harnesses robot technology to speed up medicine dispensing
PillTime is a dispensary, featuring a robot and optical checker which has been set up in the global digital exemplars (GDE) pharmacy deparment.
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ORCHA chief executive gives thoughts on problems facing medical apps
Speaking at a Royal Society of Medicine event, Liz Ashall-Payne said awareness, accessibility, trust and governance were among the challenges.
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Patient safety charity calls for regulatory standards for medical apps
There are “more questions than answers” surrounding the safety of medical apps, the cheif executive of Patient Safety Learning told an audience in London.
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Five digital healthcare projects share £9m innovation funding
The funding boost, through the government’s Digital Health Technology Catalyst, aims to accelerate the development of digital health innovation.
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New wearables trial allows COPD patients’ to be monitored at home
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde believes the trial will result in fewer hospital visits for COPD patients – which costs about £6,000 per admission.
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More than 2,600 patients sign up for NHS App in beta trial
Leanne Summers, digital strategy delivery lead for NHSE, also said that of the 2,650 only 270 (10%) had actually booked appointments through the app.
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‘Unsatisfactory’ Capita to be stripped of cervical screening contract
NHS chief executive Simon Stevens said the health service had “not been satisfied” with the way Capita had handled the contract.
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Industry news in brief
This month’s industry round up includes a new independent association for social care software providers and Portsmouth NHS saving hours with e-rostering.
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