Mobile and app news in brief
This month’s round up of news from the world of healthcare apps and mobile developments kicks off with the widely-covered Health4Life sugar cubes calculator.
Digital Patient
Metavision live at new Cumbria hospital
The recently opened West Cumberland Hospital in Cumbria has gone live with a new computer system for its intensive care unit.
Clinical Software
Ambulance trust uses forms on iPads
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust is working with Kainos to develop a version of its Evolve patient record software for ambulance services, and piloting the use of iPads to let paramedics complete forms to add to the system.
Clinical Software
Burton upgrades Meditech EPR
Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust plans to upgrade its Meditech electronic patient record in the next few months.
Clinical Software
Southampton plans three-site EDM project
A Southampton hospital plans to digitise its existing patient records and replace paper processes with electronic forms using Hyland’s electronic document management system OnBase by Hyland, before closing its records library in 2017.
Infrastructure
Hunt: tech money to go on free NHS wi-fi
Free wi-fi will be available across all NHS buildings in England as part of the government’s commitment to a paperless health service by 2020, health secretary Jeremy Hunt has said.
Infrastructure
Mental health data in Leeds Care Record
The medical records of patients at a mental health trust in Leeds are now available on the city’s shared electronic care record.
News
Lorenzo live at Warrington and Halton
Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has implemented CSC’s Lorenzo electronic patient record.
Clinical Software
Health tech helps during Cumbria floods
Effective use of digital technology helped Cumbria’s healthcare system cope during recent floods that have devastated the region, NHS Cumbria’s chief clinical information officer has said.
News
Wales sets out digital ambitions
Welsh patients will access their medical record online and use smartphones to manage their health as part of a five-year digital health strategy published by the Welsh government.
Digital Patient