OBH's Outcomes Platform Selected to Join NHS Innovation Accelerator by NHS England
A technology developed in the UK has been selected for a national NHS acceleration programme to help measure if care is making a meaningful difference to people and to empower the NHS to prevent diseases, reduce severe illness and improve quality of life.
NHS England Medical Director Professor Sir Bruce Keogh and US digital health expert Professor Robert Wachter revealed in November eight health innovations to join the NHS Innovation Accelerator for 2016.
HIMSS Europe is bringing the Kate Granger Awards for Compassionate Care to Europe - to be launched at at the World of Health IT event - an international conference dedicated to health IT. Nominations are open for the first ever European Kate Granger Awards for Compassionate Care - named after an English doctor who worked tirelessly to raise awareness around compassion in healthcare whilst undergoing treatment for cancer. 
Technology used by retail giants ranging from Tesco to Argos could now save the NHS millions of pounds, as a result of a new partnership between NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) and British technology company Virtualstock. NHS SBS, a Department of Health joint venture with Sopra Steria, has already saved the NHS hundreds of millions of pounds since it was set up in 2005. 
iMDsoft®, a leader in clinical information systems, is proud to be working with two of the NHS's global digital exemplars, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS) and West Suffolk Hospital.