Healthcare IT news round-up
The healthcare IT round-up includes new drug theft preventative software, a trust’s digitisation of its HR records and the ICO’s new grant programme.
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Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust help create vital signs app
Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust has helped develop a vital signs app which alerts staff to a patient’s deterioration before it becomes life threatening.
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New service to untangle data in NHS trusts
NHS trusts and healthcare organisations now have access to a service for consolidating their data in readiness for General Data Protection Regulation.
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GP statistics available to public through new data hub
NHS Digital have created GP Data Hub allowing for patients to get statistics relating to their practice. It will cover GP practices from across England.
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Could Apple be working on its own glucose monitoring technology?
Apple CEO Tim Cook was spotted wearing a glucose monitoring device attached to his Apple Watch, monitoring how his blood sugar responds to food and exercise.
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Instagram and Snapchat worst for young people’s mental health
Instagram and Snapchat are the most detrimental to young people’s mental health and wellbeing according to The Royal Society for Public Health.
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Mobile and app news in brief
The round-up includes a Manchester based company’s app to help children navigate hospitals, a technology to assist with handovers and a NICE endorsement.
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Evergreen Life app launches nationwide
Evergreen Life launches NHS-approved medical records app that places patients’ personal medical records at their fingertips.
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Entia receives £1 million to develop take-home blood testing kit
Entia partner with The Royal Marsden Hospital to develop hand-held blood testing kit for chemotherapy patients. Funding has been secured through Innovate UK.
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Humber signs with My Health Guide for three years
People with learning disabilities have benefited from a new app allowing them to easily access all their health and well-being information.
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