Digital health
Amina Graham, executive director of people and systems at Housing 21, a not-for-profit providing housing for older people of modest means, discusses how integral digital transformation is to the care sector and its ability to meet residents' needs for the future. The pandemic accelerated digital transformation across many sectors, with advancements in technology noticeably changing [...]
Digital care software provider Servelec will provide its Mosaic Social Care Case Management Software to West Lothian Council in Scotland. The council’s existing social care system has been operational since 1998 and has seen many iterations and upgrades over the years. A spokesperson for the council said it was looking to modernise its software and [...]
A new information standard has been developed to support improved medication and allergy/intolerance information sharing across healthcare services in England. The standard, created by NHSX and NHS Digital, aims to standardise medication message content. This will enable the transfer of prescription information across health and care settings in England to help reduce medicines related errors [...]
The NHS App has recorded more than 16m registrations and is the most downloaded free app in England, according to NHS Digital. NHS login, the service which supports the NHS App, now has almost 28m users, this is up from around 2.2m in September 2020. The online service, which is managed by NHS Digital, provides [...]
FINN Partners global health chair Gil Bashe has joined telehealth and remote-care technology provider Rezilient Health. The Health Tech World correspondent will support Rezilient Health's communication efforts and advise executives on their public health, partnership and brand-building efforts. Bashe's 40-year career is rooted in healthcare. He was a health products trade association lobbyist, then launched a [...]
Sponsored The One Dorset pathology network is up and running with its new CliniSys laboratory information system following a big-bang go-live at all three of its laboratories. The WinPath Enterprise implementation included the first deployment of the CliniSys Specimen Processing module, a cloud-based system that can be used to track tissue samples and slides through [...]
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough’s integrated care system has signed an eight-year contract with Orion Health to develop a shared care record for eight health and care organisations and all the GP practices in its area. The shared care record will take data feeds from the IT systems used by health and social care providers and create [...]
In October 2019, Google announced that its scientists had achieved quantum supremacy. The tech giant’s quantum computer had carried out a calculation that was beyond the capabilities of classical computing. Google estimated that the same calculation would take the best classical supercomputer 10,000 years to complete. The announcement elevated quantum-powered healthcare from the realms of [...]
An innovative teleradiology firm is aiming to deal with the worsening shortage of radiologists, amid an increasing demand for scans. Health Tech World spoke to Farzana Rahman, CEO of Hexarad, to find out more. An aging population, the Covid-19 pandemic and workforce shortages have led to a growing backlog in NHS radiology departments and, ultimately, [...]
Health tech influencers Gil Bashe and Stacy Hurt have joined the board of digital health firm Digital Salutem. Digital Salutem’s stated is mission is to make healthcare uncomplicated - by helping to change the way healthcare is accessed and delivered. It implements digital healthcare transformation quickly, “using best in class technologies and services”. Gil Bashe [...]
