NHS England approves updated NEWS early warning score
NHS England will adopt the updated National Early Warning Score (NEWS) to improve the outcomes of critically ill patients, including those with sepsis.
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NHS England negotiating new enterprise wide licensing deal with Microsoft
NHS England is said to be in negotiations with Microsoft to put in place a new EWA for Office 2010, with a view of eventually migrating to Outlook 365.
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NHS seeks the Amazon appeal with Virtualstock expansion
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals has implemented Virtualstock’s The Edge for Health, which aims to bring Amazon-like simplicity to the NHS’s supply chain.
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Digital healthcare accelerator offers £68k to machine learning, AI start-ups
Merck Sharp & Dohme and Wayra UK are seeking startups using machine learning and artificial intelligence to support disease and illness prevention.
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Universities trial patient record replicator tool
A new electronic patient records tool has been developed by TPP to make simulation training easier for healthcare students.
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Scotland connects ambulances to satellites for better pre-hospital care
Paramedics will be able to access diagnostic tools usually confined to hospitals to improve the prospects of patients on long ambulance journeys.
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University Hospitals Southampton links up data from neonatal ICU unit with its EPR
The CIO for a trust in Southampton has said it was a “big decision” to link up data from its neonatal intensive care unit with its EPR.
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Former Chair of NHS Digital appointed to Silverlink Software board
What attracted Manning to Silverlink Software was its “long track record of excellent customer service, delivering a very well-respected PAS system.”
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St Helens and Knowsley readies telehealth trials in bid to demonstrate tech’s potential
St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust will pilot video consultation clinics in the hopes of establishing a business case for telehealth.
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Cerner expected to announce cloud deal with Amazon
US health software giant Cerner is thought to be on the verge of announcing a major new cloud deal with Amazon Web Services next week.
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