Products & deployments
System C has been awarded a three-year contract by North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust (NWAS) to deliver its Digital Pharmacy Stock Management solution, supporting the safe and efficient management of medicines. The new system will provide NWAS with a fully cloud-hosted platform for medicines inventory management and medicines assembly workflows for the kits used [...]
George A. Gellert MD, MPH, MPA, is an epidemiologist focused on using information technology to improve public health outcomes. In this article he discusses the findings from his recent research collaboration with Imprivata, just published in the peer reviewed journal Advances in Health Information Science and Practice (AHISP), the official journal of the American Health [...]
Organised crime gangs are making branded weight-loss jabs that mimic legitimate medicines, the UK medicines regulator has warned. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said the trend emerged in recent months, prompting what it called the largest single seizure of trafficked weight-loss drugs ever recorded by any global law enforcement agency. Andy Morling, [...]
A new peer-reviewed study has revealed significant clinical time and cost savings from implementing single sign-on (SSO) technology in hospitals. Dr George Gellert, an epidemiologist focused on using IT to improve public health outcomes, and 27 co-authors, many from UK hospitals, have just had a study into the clinical time savings and the financial value [...]
A new AI-based employee management platform for healthcare has been launched on the back of US$2.1m in funding. Planbase received the investment boost from Y Combinator, LocalGlobe and angel investors. The company will use the funds to expand into more medium-large clinics nationwide and hire additional software engineers. Co-founders Joe Shearman and Jack Light are a married couple and [...]
Medtech company Medtronic has successfully concluded the UK leg of its European ACM2U Truck Roadshow, bringing cutting-edge medical technologies directly to clinicians in Aberdeen, Liverpool and Cardiff and showcasing the future of clinical innovation. The mobile innovation hub offered immersive, hands-on training to hundreds of clinicians, helping address the growing pressures on the NHS through [...]
One Ashford Hospital has announced the launch of a new comprehensive bariatric surgery and weight management service, designed to meet the growing demand for safe and effective weight loss treatments across Kent and the Southeast. The service is led by three of the region’s most experienced bariatric surgeons - Mr Basu, Mr Mamidanna, and Mr [...]
Signature Clinic Glasgow has announced the move of its Glasgow clinic to a newly refurbished, purpose-built facility. Signature Clinic has built a reputation for safe, affordable and life-enhancing treatments. Now, patients in Glasgow will be able to enjoy the same trusted care in a beautiful new fully upgraded clinic designed with comfort, style, and wellbeing [...]
By Mr Fulvio Urso-Baiarda, Consultant Plastic Surgeon, Berkshire Grove Hospital The evolution of technology in plastic surgery has been extraordinary. In just a few short years, we have moved from energy-assisted devices being a niche curiosity to them becoming an integral part of modern surgical practice. Among the most exciting of these advances is IgniteRF [...]
Mr Florian Bast on Using Heidi Health Mr Florian Bast, MD FRCS is an ENT & Facial Plastic Surgeon specialisng in Rhinoplasty in London Balancing technical precision with patient connection is a daily requirement in modern ENT and facial plastic surgery. For Mr Florian Bast, a leading UK specialist in Rhinoplasty and nasal surgery, delivering [...]
