Tom’s digital health disruptors: EHRs crunch with Apple
In the first of a new, monthly column looking at disruptive technologies, Digital Health reporter Thomas Meek considers the potential of the Apple Watch – and why so many EPR vendors are rushing to link up with it.
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Records access target hit
Nearly all GP practices in England are able to offer a variety of online services to patients, including access to a summary of their record, appointment booking, and ordering repeat prescriptions.
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Lancashire uses digital sleep aid
Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust is giving patients access to an app to help people with sleeping problems.
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Kent babies are ‘born to move’
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust has launched a mobile app to help parents of newborn babies and young children with brain development and physical activity.
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QR coded helmets to help in RTAs
Starting this summer, paramedics at South East Coast Ambulance Service will be able to access details of people involved in motorcycle or bicycle accidents by scanning a barcode on their helmet.
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King’s pilots Apple Watch app
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has become one of the first trusts in the UK to use the newly launched Apple Watch as part of patient care.
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West Suffolk telemedicine pilot at risk
West Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group has pulled out of a partnership with West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust to pilot a telemedicine service, putting the project at risk.
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NHS Choices aims to aggregate
NHS Choices plans to become an aggregator platform for a more integrated system of NHS services, its head of business development has said.
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Scots’ Dallas project fails to recruit
A £10 million digital health project in Scotland has recruited just one quarter of expected users.
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Healthwatch hosts comparison sites
Healthwatch Sandwell has set up a GP practice comparison website including information on how long it takes to get an appointment.
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