Technology is the answer to the healthcare productivity challenge
As healthcare spending rises, Jonathan Pearson, UK head of healthcare at PA Consulting, looks at why technology could help improve productivity in the NHS.
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Special Report: VNA and Data Storage
As more and more documents are stored electronically, the need for suitable data storage grows. Jennifer Trueland investigates the growing number of ways in which vendor neutral archives (VNAs) can be used.
Infrastructure
‘Time running out’ for telecare services to go digital
Around 900,000 telecare users in the UK could be affected as BT and Virgin Media begin to retire analogue phone networks, a report from Doro Care has suggested.
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Liverpool rolls out city-wide telemedicine service to care homes
Immedicare’s telemedicine platform provides care home residents with 24-hour access to clinicians based at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust in Yorkshire.
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Digital leaders debate best of breed approach to NHS IT
The event sought to determine whether ‘best of breed’ approaches could deliver the same level of digital maturity as ‘big box’ solutions.
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ESA signs Spirit Digital for air quality monitoring platform
CliniTouch Vie 2 will use air quality data from satellites and mobile sensors to provide a warning system for people with chronic respiratory conditions.
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Cheshire CCGs receive approval to merge in April 2020
NHS Eastern Cheshire, NHS South Cheshire, NHS Vale Royal and NHS West Cheshire will become the first CCGs in Cheshire and Merseyside to merge.
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‘No better place’ for med-tech start-ups, says Ireland’s trade minister
Pat Breen, Minister of State for Trade, Employment and Business, commended Ireland’s thriving med-tech sector during the 2019 Med in Ireland exhibition.
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Bridgewater partners with IntelliCentrics to improve patient assurance
Patients at the community trust who receive care at home will be able to view the credentials of visiting healthcare professionals.
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NHS Wales to receive £50m digital reboot in long-needed IT overhaul
Alongside £50m in new funding, the reformed NHS Wales will appoint a CDO who will help define national standard for Wales’s digital health services.
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