Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has withdrawn its decision to award a £65 million electronic patient record (EPR) contract following a legal challenge.
The trust previously told Digital Health News that it…
NHS England has announced plans to provide advanced eye scans in the community for people with diabetes, potentially saving up to 120,000 hospital appointments a year and helping to prevent sight loss.
The rollout of…
Dr. Francesco Pompei, CEO and Founder of Exergen Corporation
Accurate and frequent temperature monitoring is paramount when it comes to ensuring favorable patient outcomes in the medical community. When a patient is admitted to the…
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Dr. Kathy Ku is vice president at Vive Collective, a venture capital firm focused on digital health. Kathy is an entrepreneur, an engineer and a former consultant. She holds an MD/MBA from Stanford, where she…
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What You Should Know:
– A new report from Strata Decision Technology reveals a significant decline in the number of bariatric surgeries performed in U.S. hospitals in recent years.
– The trend coincides with the rising…
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Krishna Subramanian, Co-Founder & COO at Komprise
In recent years, the healthcare industry has increasingly emphasized the importance of controlling costs, minimizing waste, and enhancing care outcomes. This focus is particularly urgent in California, where…
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The virtual-first approach to healthcare that some hospitals and health systems are taking is helping to reshape how patients receive care. And virtual care providers – online companies that specialize in telemedicine, sometimes known…
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North Country HealthCare is a highly rated clinical provider running three critical access hospitals in northern New Hampshire. In this video, their CIO Darrell Bodnar describes their on-going efforts to optimize and integrate a new…
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What You Should Know:
– Hospital and health system finances have shown signs of stability over the past year, but rising labor costs continue to put pressure on the bottom line, according to the latest…
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More than 9,000 automatic letters from hospitals to GPs in Kent were delayed by three weeks due to an error which occurred during an IT upgrade at Kent Community Health Foundation Trust.
The delayed letters,…
