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North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust (NCIC) has signed a long-term agreement for use of the Alcidion Miya Precision platform, to provide an electronic patient record (EPR) for the trust. The trust joins two others in the region delivering benefits for patient care with the support of technology from Alcidion. The modular EPR Continue reading North Cumbria Integrated Care signs 10-year contract with Alcidion for Miya Precision EPR Platform
As March marks Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Awareness Month, new research from Zerenia Clinic, a specialist UK medical cannabis clinic, reveals a growing demand for policy change to improve access to medical cannabis treatments for those suffering from MS and other chronic conditions. A nationwide survey conducted by Zerenia Clinic highlights strong public support for Continue reading UK Policy Change Needed to Help People with Multiple Sclerosis Access Medical Cannabis
Sodexo Health & Care has joined forces with Culinary Medicine UK, a non-profit organisation, to further enhance patient care with a dedicated online platform offering NHS staff access to valuable nutrition education modules. As a leading provider of food services to the health and care industry, Sodexo understands the critical role nutrition plays in Continue reading Sodexo and Culinary Medicine UK partner to advance nutrition education for healthcare professionals
Leaders from across the health tech sector predict a year of accelerating digital transformation in the NHS; one that will increasingly be driven by AI. From the development of decision support and robotic surgery to a renewed focus on cybersecurity and data interoperability, Highland Marketing’s clients explore the trends that will shape the future Continue reading Health tech leaders set out their digital priorities for 2025
Health technology provider Alcidion has appointed digital health leader Will Smart as a non-executive director A former national chief information officer for health and social care in England, Will Smart will join the Alcidion Group board in a global role from October. He will provide strategic insight as the company continues to support healthcare Continue reading Former NHS CIO Will Smart joins Alcidion
Leading health tech PR and marketing agency will provide media and content services for the conference, exhibition, and networking event, as it expands to become a “festival” of digital health Highland Marketing has been named as the communications partner for this year’s Healthcare Efficiency Through Technology show, which takes place at ExCeL London Continue reading Highland Marketing becomes communications partner for HETT 2024
By Dr Guillermo Moreno-Sanz, Scientific Director, Zerenia Clinic UK Healthcare in the UK faces significant challenges, but what can be done to improve the situation? In recent years, the burden on the NHS and care services has increased dramatically, leading to longer waiting lists and strained social care services. Conventional medications and care services Continue reading How medical cannabis could help the NHS
The UK’s largest independent provider of mental health services will benefit from medicines supply and pharmacy services alongside further development of the newly implemented e-Works electronic prescribing and medicines management solution Priory has signed a new, five-year agreement with Ashtons that underlines its commitment to improving the management of medicines, following the roll-out of Continue reading Priory signs a new five-year agreement with Ashtons
Whichever party forms the next government will find a health and social care system facing enormous challenges. Highland Marketing asked its associates and clients what role health tech and med tech can play in addressing them. Highland Marketing asked some of its associates and clients what they hope the general election will mean for Continue reading What do health tech leaders want from the general election campaign?
Health tech provider C2-Ai has formally launched a new ‘observatory’ system to help hospitals gain a better understanding of risks, outcomes and safety within maternity and neonatal services. Announced at the annual NHS ConfedExpo, the new system will equip hospitals and frontline teams with a detailed picture of individual health trajectories for women, and Continue reading Maternity tech launched to help NHS measure and enhance safety
By Anne-Marie Vine-Lott, Director of Health, Vodafone UK Anne-Marie Vine-Lott Restoring public sector productivity is a national priority. Recent ONS figures reveal productivity levels in the public sector considerably worsened in late 2023 – especially across healthcare and education – and to this day remain 6.8% lower than pre-pandemic levels. The Office for Budget Continue reading Solving the public sector productivity puzzle: why connectivity holds the key
There is considerable excitement about the potential of AI to deliver more accessible, efficient, and high-quality healthcare; alongside concern about data privacy, bias, and how these new tools will be used in clinical practice. The key to realising the benefits and addressing the concerns is the adoption of standards for the development and implementation Continue reading Why standards are key to building trust in AI
We need to focus on solving the right problems with technology, and facilitate better conditions, in order to improve smart healthcare adoption at scale in the NHS, writes Dr Paul Deffley, chief medical officer for Alcidion. Where would you position the NHS in relation to other countries, when it comes to the adoption of Continue reading Is ‘smart health tech’ solving the right problems for the NHS?
UK trade association AXREM and health tech specialist agency Highland Marketing have formed a new partnership, to help support a sector that serves vital healthcare services. Sally Edgington AXREM represents member companies that collectively provide UK hospitals with most of their diagnostic medical imaging technology, and radiotherapy equipment. Mark Venables The association has seen Continue reading AXREM and Highland Marketing partner to support diagnostic health tech industry
The former NHS CNIO for England has joined the Highland Marketing advisory board. Here, she talks to GPSJ about her passion for transformation, the role of technology, and her mission to put nurses at the heart of debate about both. Natasha Phillips is on a mission. “I want to bring the nursing view to Continue reading GPSJ Interview with Natasha Phillips
An NHS first for public cloud: Homerton Healthcare achieves milestone with Sectra imaging technologyHomerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has become the first organisation anywhere in the NHS to deploy Sectra’s enterprise imaging service using public cloud. The deployment has shown that NHS patient imaging can be efficiently accessed from a secure public cloud environment, just as quickly as when data is stored on-premise. This has proven important Continue reading An NHS first for public cloud: Homerton Healthcare achieves milestone with Sectra imaging technology
A systemic cause of patient harm could be better avoided with the help of technology, following the launch of Miya Results Tracking by health tech company Alcidion. The new digital solution is designed to reduce the risk of test results not being followed up. It has been built to help healthcare professionals in hospital Continue reading Alcidion launches Miya Results Tracking in response to patient safety challenge
Once-for-Scotland project uses Tactuum’s Quris platform to make clinical guidance and policy tools available to clinicians when and where they need them Clinicians in Scotland have easy access to clinical guidelines and validated decision support tools using the Right Decision Service (RDS), built on technology developed by Tactuum. The RDS is a once-for-Scotland national Continue reading NHS Scotland’s Right Decision Service built on Tactuum technology
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