Ipswich Hospital rolls out patient portal for letters and appointments
The next time an appointment is booked patients with a registered mobile number will be sent a text message inviting them to sign up to the system.
Digital Patient

Digital agency partners with Teenage Cancer Trust to redesign care portal
The platform will be designed to allow young patients to be active participants in their own care and support self-management when treatment has finished.
Digital Patient

Industry news in brief
This month’s industry round-up features news Sheffield Teaching Hospitals has deployed a trust-wide data management system.
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Healthcare organisations offered funding to deploy Patients Know Best
The Innovation and Technology 2019/20 programme chose Patients Know Best (PKB) as an interoperable personal health record (PHR) tool.
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The app giving power to outpatients at Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS FT
At Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS FT, a new app for outpatients is starting a journey of greater patient empowerment, data sharing and gathering.
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Northern Ireland prepares for roll-out of patient portal
A patient portal for people with dementia will be launched in Northern Ireland this month as part of the country’s national electronic care record project.
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Coordinate My Care launches online patient portal
Coordinate My Care has launched an online portal across Greater London where patients can select their urgent care requirements.
Digital Patient

Virtual Fracture Clinic reduces hospital return rates, cuts down unnecessary patient journeys
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust deployed Microsoft Dynamics 365 in its Virtual Fracture Clinic, reducing hospital return rates.
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Cambridge’s MyChart patient portal has 300+ users
Cambridge’s MyChart, the first and only patient portal in the UK to be directly integrated with an electronic patient record, has over 300 active users
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Scotland’s Golden Jubilee Hospital goes live with patient portal pilot
A major Scottish hospital has gone live with a patient portal pilot from Orion Health, in one of the first of its type in the country.
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