Allscripts Clients Dedicated to Patient Health throughout COVID-19 Pandemic
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Allscripts (NASDAQ: MDRX) and its clients have taken significant actions to ensure effective care delivery in the communities they serve. With unwavering dedication to patient health, caregivers from both large hospital systems and independent physician practices around the world continue to excel in the face of the unprecedented crisis to help manage their patients and combat the spread of the virus.
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Digital-First Patient Communications at London North West Healthcare Trust Improves Clinical Capacity and Helps Save over £5M a Year
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) has boosted its clinical capacity, reduced the administrative burden on staff and gained millions in potential savings by cutting missed appointments and postal costs using a digital-first approach to patient communications.
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NHS Trust Accelerates its Deployment of the Allscripts Information Sharing Platform
The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust has accelerated the roll-out of a pioneering information sharing project to support its clinicians during the coronavirus outbreak.
The trust is one of the first in the UK to adopt the Allscripts dbMotion information sharing platform, and was planning a full-scale deployment this summer, following internal testing and a proof of concept with local GPs.
Siilo Raises £8.6 Million to Enable Secure Collaboration Between Healthcare Professionals across Europe
Siilo, the secure collaboration app for healthcare professionals, has raised a £8.6 million (€9.5m) in Series A funding. European digital health VC Heal Capital is at the forefront of the investment, backed by Germany's private health insurers. It is the VC's first investment following the Berlin-based fund’s launch in 2019. Also participating in the round are Philips Health Technology Venture Fund and current investor EQT Ventures.
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Philips Launches Pre-Hospital Wireless Monitoring Solution for Emergency Medical Response in U.S.
Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today announced the launch of its remote monitoring and defibrillator solution (Tempus ALS) for pre-hospital settings in the U.S. The solution is a complete end-to-end system that combines innovative hardware and advanced software to expand the pre-hospital scope of care for first responders.
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NHS Lanarkshire to Advance Scotland's Patient Safety Agenda with Patientrack
An early warning system that helps busy doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals to quickly identify when patients are at risk of deterioration is to be deployed across hospitals and community settings throughout Lanarkshire.
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IBM Watson Health Recognizes Top-Performing U.S. Hospitals and Health Systems
IBM (NYSE: IBM) Watson Health® announced its 2020 Fortune/IBM Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals list and 15 Top Health Systems award winners, naming the top-performing hospitals and health systems in the U.S. Extrapolating the results of this year's studies, if all Medicare hospitalized patients received the same level of care as those treated in the award-winning facilities, more than 100,000 additional lives and billions of dollars in inpatient costs could be saved.
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