First-of-its-Kind Healthcare Communications App Inspired by the Challenges of COVID-19 Signs First Agreement with Acute NHS Trust
A web and mobile app-based start-up launched during the COVID-19 pandemic to help UK healthcare professionals communicate with patients has signed its first commercial agreement with a hospital trust.
The Oxford-based CardMedic app, which offers online flashcards to guide patients through common clinical interactions, will be now available to healthcare professionals across University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust.
A programme to enhance patient diagnoses, speed up turnaround times and modernise pathology services has begun at Barts Health NHS Trust. The initiative will improve clinical collaboration and access to specialists, build foundations for the introduction of AI, and harness data to support life sciences and important clinical research. 
Simply Connect, the digital social prescribing platform and its partner Content Guru, leader in cloud communications solutions, have together been awarded a place on the 2021 NHS England Health Systems Support Framework (HSSF) for social prescribing(1).
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough's integrated care system has signed an eight-year contract with Orion Health to develop a shared care record that will be used by eight health and care organisations and all the GP practices in its area.
Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) has entered an agreement with PathAI, a global leader in artificial intelligence (AI)-powered technology for pathology. Under the development and distribution agreement, the companies will jointly develop an embedded image analysis workflow for pathologists. 
Allscripts (NASDAQ MDRX) Guided Scheduling, launching in Allscripts Practice Management, is an artificial intelligence scheduling application that uses real-time provider, practice, and industry data to optimize providers' days. The system looks at key clinical and operational metrics, allowing users to appropriately schedule each patient visit. 
CliniSys has won a major contract to deploy a single laboratory information system across Northern Ireland as part of a modernisation programme to create a world-class pathology service for the country.