Digital Health’s monthly roundup of contracts and go lives

Our latest roundup of contracts and go lives includes University Hospitals of Derby and Burton rolling out the BadgerNet EPR for maternity services and Lancaster and South Cumbria announcing plans to launch an AI-driven patient portal.

Ascom signs contract with Children’s Health Ireland to implement ANMS

Last month, Ascom won a tender to implement its alerts and notification management system (ANMS) at the new children’s hospital in Dublin as part of a five-year partnership with Children’s Health Ireland.

ANMS is intended to help seamlessly connect clinical and non-clinical staff with various alarm sources within the hospital, according to a press release published by Ascom on 12 June.

Ascom said that the system will help to ensure that alerts are received by the right person, dealt with or escalated. For example, in a medical emergency such as a cardiac arrest, calls could be communicated and escalated using Ascom’s technology directly to the relevant staff’s mobile phones.

This functionality is hoped to make a significant impact on patient outcomes and hospital emergency readiness.

Derby and Burton rolls out BadgerNet EPR for maternity services

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust  rolled out the BadgerNet electronic patient record (EPR) and Badger Notes online portal in its maternity services.

The BadgerNet maternity system and Badger Notes online portal and app went live at the trust on 18 June, enabling patients to view their maternity records on a mobile phone, tablet or computer.

Previously, pregnant people were provided with a paper maternity booklet, but Badger Notes replaces this, allowing easier access and control of pregnancy notes.

The maternity system also enables users to view some test results, track weekly development of the pregnancy, add personal diary entries and photos of their growing bump, and access the trust’s full library of pregnancy leaflets and recommended information.

Lancaster and South Cumbria NHS FT to launch AI-driven patient portal

Lancashire and South Cumbia NHS Foundation Trust announced plans to roll out an intelligent patient portal (IPP), with the aim of delivering AI-powered, two-way conversation.

The IPP, created by EBO is planned to go live at the mental health trust between July and October 2024, in collaboration with software provider, The Access Group.

According to a press release, the portal has been designed to address the “low level of patient adoption in traditional portals and their lack of patient engagement”.

It adds that through the use of an AI-powered virtual assistant and comprehensive functionality, the new portal will connect with patients in a “richer and more meaningful way, enabling conversational engagement with empathy”.

The Royal Oldham Hospital goes live with digital image tech for biopsies

The Royal Oldham Hospital became the first pathology laboratory in Greater Manchester to use digital images for biopsies, with the aim of speeding up test results and treatment.

It went live with the technology in May 2024, which involves the scanning of traditional glass slides so they can be viewed as an image rather than through a microscope to provide a diagnosis for patients.

Using digital pathology, results can be shared securely between hospital experts across the network, replacing the need to transport glass slide samples between hospitals and enabling a faster turnaround time for test results and treatment starting sooner.

Dublin-based healthcare clinic to go live with Aptvision RIS

The first week of July saw Dublin-based healthcare provider Sana Health Diagnostic implement a radiology information system (RIS) solution from Aptvision to advance the accessibility of medical services in urban areas.

The integration of Aptivision’s VisionRIS-Professional software-as-a-service (SaaS) is aimed to help Sana Health Diagnostic benefit from improved booking processes, performance and reporting of ultrasound scans.

According to Aptvision, the service is planned to go live before the end of July 2024.