Midwifery leaders have outlined the numerous technical challenges facing maternity care as the NHS implements its 10 year health plan.
Safety issues caused by interoperability issues between systems, digital skills gap, and the implementation of…
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New technology can bring immediate efficiencies but after a few years “the picture changes”, writes Matthew Little, chief nurse information officer (CNIO) at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The NHS has made tremendous strides in…
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has deployed a knowledge-based medication administration (KBMA) system, which utilises barcode technology.
Altera Digital Health’s Sunrise KBMA solution was rolled out in phases across adult inpatient wards at Cheltenham General…
DrDoctor has made its first foray into the mental health and community support space after acquiring personal health record platform (PHP), Maia.
Maia is a patient engagement and care planning app that allows patients to…
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has partnered with DrDoctor to provide an online portal for outpatients, reducing the need for paper appointment letters.The patient engagement portal (PEP), which went live on 14 May 2024,…
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The government has announced that it has met its target of 90% of NHS trusts having an electronic patient record (EPR) in place, but are efforts to hit 100% of trusts too slow?Thanks to…
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A government commitment to eliminate paper prescribing in hospitals by 2023, will not be met, with the failure being blamed in part on a lack of digital maturity.The government had pledged that by 2024…
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The Accelerated Capability Environment (ACE) has worked with NHS AI Lab to develop a pioneering artificial intelligence tool to identify those patients who are at risk of prolonged hospital stays, which is helping to…
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As the next step in Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s five-year digital transformation journey, it has gone live with an electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA) solution. Provided by Altera Digital Health, the ePMA…
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