Covid-19 app rolled out across more Greater Manchester care homes
Care homes across Greater Manchester are now using a digital symptom tracker to monitor Covid-19 to help support residents.
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Data from implantable devices to predict heart failure risk in Manchester
The project will collate data from the devices of 1,000 heart failure patients to better spot the signs of heart problems and improve patient outcomes.
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Healthcare innovators encouraged to apply for piece of 300k funding
Applications are now open for the Momentum Fund, which was set up to support innovations in the Greater Manchester area.
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Manchester science centre awards £100,000 to local healthcare initiatives
Health Innovation Manchester has awarded almost £100,000 in funding to three local organisations developing digital healthcare solutions aimed at improving the health and wellbeing of citizens.
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University of Manchester launches BeeActive app to improve fitness
The app has been designed by the university’s eResearch Centre and combines the increase in fitness levels with discovering new things about the city.
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Manchester hospitals cut cardiac arrests and drive safer care with Patientrack
Patientrack helps frontline hospital staff lower mortality, respond to deteriorating patients, and reduce length of stay through e-observations, alerting and assessments. See how Manchester nurses are transforming care with Patientrack.
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Exemplars programme prompts mixed response
Reaction to the news that NHS trusts are to be split into global exemplars, national exemplars and others has been mixed. Digital Health News rounds up responses.
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Manchester student nurses swap paper charts for Patientrack
Student nurses in Manchester are being taught to capture bedside observations on an iPad, using the Patientrack system.
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Manchester Care Record adds end-of-life plans
London NHS devolution deal signed
Chancellor George Osborne and health secretary Jeremy Hunt have signed a health devolution deal for the NHS in London, that follows a similar agreement for Manchester.
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