Kettering General deploys live translation service within video consultations
The pay-as-you-go translation service can translate more than 100 languages in real-time, audio or text for Kettering General patients.
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King’s selects Healthcare Communications to enhance digital strategy
The provider will implement its patient portal and eClinic video consultation platform at King’s College, aimed at increasing patient safety.
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Patients Know Best and Healthcare Communications join forces
A partnership between Patients Know Best and Healthcare Communications will see ‘digital first’ interactions at every touchpoint of the patient journey.
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Digital portal helps reduce patient do not attend rates in Lincolnshire
The portal, from Healthcare Communications, allows patients to receive appointment letters straight to their smartphone and can accept, cancel or re-book.
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Junior docs clinch $3.9m to expand and grow clinical messaging app
Following successful trials, Forward Health has received seed funding to get the app into the hands of practising clinicians and build on its capabilities.
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Portsmouth cuts DNAs with Patientxt
One of the largest trusts in England has reduced ‘did not attend’ rates by almost 40% by introducing an interactive patient messaging system from Healthcare Communications, Voice Sage and O2 Health.
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Portsmouth signs deal for Patientxt
Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust has signed a deal with software supplier Healthcare Communications for its Patientxt messaging service in order to reduce its Did Not Attend rates.
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EHI’s industry news roundup 14.03.08
E-Health Insider’s industry news round up for the week ending 14 March 2008 featuring supplier news and product launches. Supplier news Ascribe post interim financial results Ascribe’s chairman Stephen Critchlow, has unveiled a fall in pre-tax profits from £1.66m to just £812,000 during the six months to December 31 2007. Turnover fell from £7.5m to £7.1m. […]
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Ofcom investigates patient phone systems
Patientline has said it will suspend new installations in hospitals pending the outcome of an Ofcom inquiry into complaints about pricing of calls and competitive practices. Ofcom, the independent telecommunications and broadcasting regulator, has announced that it has started an investigation today into prices charged to patients by Patientline and another healthcare communications provider, Premier […]
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HL7 explained
In his second article for EHI, Tim Benson from training company Abies explains HL7 V3, the national language of NHS Connecting for Health
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