The cyber attack on NHS pathology provider Synnovis caused at least 119 incidents of patient harm, including at least five cases of “moderate” harm, according to figures provided by South East London Integrated Care…
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An independent actuarial report from Strategia has confirmed the potential of Frimley Health’s remote monitoring programme for patients with multiple long term medical conditions and frailty.
Since the programme’s launch in 2022, Frimley ICS has…
Milton Keynes University Hospital (MKUH) is trialling a conversational AI assistant to streamline outpatient appointments in its ophthalmology department.
The digital assistant, called Dora, has been developed by Oxford University spin-out company Ufonia to reduce…
More than 6,000 operations and appointments have been postponed at London hospitals affected by the Synnovis cyber attack, NHS England has confirmed.
In an update, published on 4 July 2024, NHSE said that 4,913 acute…
More than 1,134 elective procedures and 2,194 outpatient appointments have been postponed at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust since a cyber attack on 3 June…
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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…
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NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care System (ICS) has confirmed that its IT systems are “coming back online” following a network outage.The ICS issued a statement on its website at 16.30 on…
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County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust have launched their Patient Engagement Portal this week in partnership with NHS-owned digital health company Health Call. The trust was able to rapidly implement MyHealthCall PEP, a proven technology…
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An NHS England pilot at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (NNUH), which involves embedding Patient Initiated Follow Up (PIFU) to open capacity in outpatients, has helped to avoid 29,000 unnecessary appointments…
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Brisbane hospital digitises outpatient waitlist auditAn unnamed major hospital in Brisbane has started using digital patient pathways by Personify Care to conduct outpatient audits.
The AI and NLP-driven platform, according to Personify Care, was configured…
