University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust has confirmed that its virtual ward beds are now over 80% occupied with plans to expand further.The trust confirmed its plans to increase the number of community virtual ward…
Continue Reading
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospital NHS Trust has rolled out Hexarad technology which aims to boost the performance of its radiology departments.Hexarad’s OptiRad is intended to help cut scan waiting times for patients, ensuring they…
Continue Reading
More than 800 planned operations and 700 outpatient appointments were rearranged in the week following a cyber attack on pathology service provider Synnovis.The ransomware attack, which took place on 3 June 2024, disrupted pathology…
Continue Reading
Healthcare translation app CardMedic has been downloaded by nearly 400 members of staff at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust since its roll out in January 2024.The app is designed to help deliver accessible and…
Continue Reading
In this case study, South-West London Integrated Care System (SWL ICS) Digital Pioneer Fellow Alan Rio, Senior Project Manager at the Improvement and Transformation Office Department in Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust shares…
Continue Reading
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust (UHCW) is launching a new electronic patient record (EPR) to digitise the way it delivers patient care and streamline processes.The EPR, based on Oracle Health technology, is…
Continue Reading
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust saved an estimated 959 bed days in the first six months of a virtual ward service, according to analysis by the trust.Virtual wards were launched in partnership with Inhealthcare…
Continue Reading
East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust has confirmed that it plans replace its bleeps system for medical staff with the messaging app Alertive before the end of 2024.In an update on the trust’s digital…
Continue Reading
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is carrying out a six-month pilot of a smartphone app designed to monitor and manage Parkinson’s disease symptoms, with the aim of supporting more personalised patient care. There are…
Continue Reading
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has invested in two additional robotic surgery machines this year, with the aim of enabling cancer patients to go home within 24 hours of an operation. In April…
Continue Reading
