New South Wales’ largest local health district (LHD) has chosen Patientrack’s solution to automate the collection of patient vital signs and clinical documentation using mobile technology. Hunter New England Health will implement Patientrack over 43 sites in the district, covering a major metropolitan centre, a mix of several large regional […]
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BD helps Thun Hospital advance medication management
BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a leading global medical technology company, has announced the STS AG Hospital in Thun, Switzerland has introduced a fully automated hospital wide prescription medicines supply chain, enabling, safe, secure, timely and efficient delivery of patients’ medicines from the central pharmacy to the ward or care […]
Patient portals: Delivering demonstrable value through digital transformation
The ability for patients to access and interact with their health and care information are central themes running through the Five Year Forward View and Personalised Health and Care 2020. The ideal of patient empowerment and collaborative working are aspirations for every Sustainability and Transformation Programme. Yet the clear return […]
Liverpool Women’s to showcase patient experience transformation in Middle East
Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust will showcase how the introduction of self-service technology to patients and clinicians in its outpatient settings has improved patient experience and delivered financial savings at the 1st GCC Patient Experience Summit in Abu Dhabi in September. The Trust’s Director of Turnaround and Transformation, Jonathan Lofthouse, will […]
GOSH recognised as leaders in hospital bedside technology
Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) has been singled out by NHS Digital, as part of its ‘e-nursing’ campaign week, for a pioneering new solution which allows its nurses to use mobile devices to electronically observe its patients. Developed by GOSH Clinical Site Practitioner and nurse, Sarah Newcombe, the solution uses […]
Feature: Robin Modak, CEO, Genmed
Money is needed but the procurement process has to radically change to deliver the kind of efficient and cost effective NHS service we all deserve ‘We will put more money into the NHS, but there isn’t a magic money tree we can shake that suddenly provides for everything that people […]
Nurses becoming e-nurses by using Patientrack to enhance frontline care
Patientrack’s electronic observations technology is helping improve nursing clinical workflow in hospitals across the country, where nursing staff agree that the ease of use of the software, together with the support that Patientrack offers, is empowering nurses of all ages to use technology to help improve the patient experience, and […]
HTN August Newsletter
Here we highlight some of the news we covered in August. If you have a health tech story please get in touch by email to news@thehtn.co.uk Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust announces tech innovations Ripple Foundation launches its showcase stack North West trusts take ‘giant leap’ in connecting […]
Accenture to transform diabetic patient care using data-driven analytics platform
Accenture is collaborating with Roche to improve how diabetes care is managed and delivered through the development of a data-driven core analytics platform for Roche’s digital diabetes ecosystem. The platform and ecosystem will seamlessly connect patients, their caregivers, and healthcare providers with a suite of new digital health services. Under […]
Top universities to deliver new NHS Digital Academy
Three of the world’s top universities are to deliver the new NHS Digital Academy. Imperial College London’s Institute of Global Health Innovation, The University of Edinburgh and Harvard Medical School will offer a world-class training programme in change management, leadership and clinical informatics to CIOs, CCIOs and aspiring digital leaders. The NHS Digital […]
