Milton Keynes Hospital Becomes First NHS Trust to Digitally Share Information to Protect Women from FGM
Milton Keynes University Hospital (MKUH) has become the first NHS Trust to introduce an information sharing tool which aims to protect women at risk of suffering female genital mutilation (FGM). The Female Genital Mutilation-Information Sharing (FGM-IS) solution is a tool which allows relevant, authorised healthcare professionals and administrative staff in the region to view information about girls with a family history of FGM, providing an opportunity to safeguard at-risk patients. 
A technology company that has helped NHS hospitals in England and Scotland to quickly identify and respond to their sickest patients, will now be known as Alcidion. Patientrack, which is known for providing technology for electronic patient observations and early warnings of patient deterioration to the NHS, first announced it had been acquired by Alcidion Group Limited in 2018. 
Isansys Lifecare is proud to announce it has been shortlisted in the Most Transformative Digital Healthcare Company category at the OBN Annual Awards 2019. The award recognises the significant uptake of the technology by healthcare providers and the real impact Isansys' technology is having on patients and hospitals globally. 
Initial results from a feasibility study conducted by Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY), Evidation Health, and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) showed that an iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad and the Beddit sleep monitoring device, in combination with digital apps may be able to differentiate people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and mild Alzheimer's disease dementia. 
IMS MAXIMS has secured a place on a framework contract established by NHS England to make it easier for healthcare economies to buy the IT they need for transformation and integration projects.
One of the first pathology networks in the country, set up to serve more than two million people in south west London, has signed a contract with CliniSys for a new laboratory information management system (LIMS). South West London Pathology, which was established in 2014, is now working with the company to prepare to deploy WinPath Enterprise. 
MedTech Europe released today a call to action towards digital health interoperability, endorsing the European Commission's Electronic Health Record Exchange Format released on 6 February 2019. The statement also called on European national and regional health authorities, payers and procurers, and adjacent industries, to do the same.