Birmingham and Solihull selects Hyland’s OnBase EDMS
Hyland’s OnBase electronic document management platform will help improve medical data management and reduce operational costs at the trust.
Clinical Software
PatientSource expands to sexual and mental health sectors
The vendor will digitise sexual health, mental health, healthy living and parenting services for London-based charity The Brandon Centre.
Clinical Software
West Midlands AHSN launches Digital Health and Skills Lab
The lab provides a space for digital innovation design, bringing together health tech businesses, clinicians and patients to develop and test solutions.
Digital Patient
Agfa enters talks to sell healthcare IT business to Dedalus
If proposed conditions such as regulatory approvals and employee consultations are met, the deal could be completed by Q2 2020.
Clinical Software
Digital services ‘no substitute’ for GPs but will aid patient access
David Maguire, an analyst for the King’s Fund, said successful digital solutions should be designed to cater for a majority of patients.
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‘Socially intelligent’ robot fitness coach developed by researchers in Bristol
Support from Pepper the robot is personalised based on the runner’s heart rate, speed, personality type, mood and fitness level.
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Technology ‘should not be an add-on when developing an ICS’
Technology on its own is not a solution to integrated care problems but “underpins” the success of many health systems, a Nuffield Trust research said.
Interoperability
Shared care record teams celebrated at Graphnet event
The event featured presentations from the Nottinghamshire, St Helens, Bolton, Salford, Frimley, Cheshire and Greater Manchester shared care record teams.
Shared Records
Researchers borrow astronomy algorithms to tackle skin conditions
Research carried out at the Scotland university used algorithms usually used in astronomy to test how certain treatments would work in medical trials.
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Staff lose more than 26,000 hours to IT issues, CQC reveals
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) revealed in its November board papers that 26,835 staff hours had been lost to IT issues, costing £679,399.
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