Digital whiteboards save 5,000 hours of nurse’s time at Gateshead

Since they were installed in 2017 as a way of improving patient safety and care, the whiteboards have streamlined processes
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Digitally supported care needs to be ‘the norm’, NHSI says

The NHS Interim People Plan found genomics, artificial intelligence and robotics will “significantly influence” how care in delivered in the
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Digital portal to streamline inclusion in NHS App library launched

It will act as an online self-service tool for developers, aimed at making the process of securing a place in
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Online portal launched for people with Type 2 diabetes

The NHS England initiative aims to help people manage their condition to reduce the need for extra medication and unnecessary
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‘Skype doctors’ prevent 3,000 A&E visits in Manchester

The on-call Skype NHS team takes around 8,000 calls per year from wardens working in sheltered accommodation, care home staff
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Poor communication between central and local NHS ‘hindering digitisation’

Establishing “clear dialogue” between local and central NHS is “essential” for ensuring national policy supports local digital advancement, a report
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Northern Care Alliance launches electronic risk assessment for blood clots

Clinicians will begin using the electronic form to assess inpatients for clots including deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism
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GP at Hand’s primary care network application to be ‘considered’

Hammersmith and Fulham CCG has said it would “consider” an application from Babylon’s GP at Hand to become its own
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UK’s first maternity record system launched in Birmingham

The single maternity record will enable clinical information to be shared between four hospitals in the region, improving quality of
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Industry news in brief

This month's industry round-up features news that millions of NHS patients can now benefit from free Wi-Fi in hospitals and
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