UK Study Reveals Clinicians Spend More than 50% of their Working Day Dealing with Clinical Documentation
The first report in the UK of its kind to measure the impact of inaccurate and incomplete clinical documentation on patient care, clinicians and Health Trust operating costs, has been published by Nuance Communications. The report, entitled 'The Clinical Documentation Challenge,' uses the 'Business Value of IT' methodology to identify, measure and monetise the value of clinical documentation challenges.
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Aridhia Partners with NHS, University of Glasgow and Philips Healthcare on Unique Brain Injury Study
Aridhia Informatics today announced a two-year funded collaboration with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, the University of Glasgow and Philips Healthcare. The Edinburgh-based clinical informatics company will provide its data science expertise and AnalytiXagility platform to the study which will develop technology enabling the analysis of high frequency neurological data to better inform the diagnosis and treatment of patients with traumatic brain injuries.
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NHS Needs to Wake Up and Smell the Cricket
Opinion Article by Rob Benson, Senior Communications Manager, Highland Marketing.
Listening to Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt proclaim a plethora of GPs available seven days a week and promising new GPs and support staff made me think of the old English one-day international cricket team.
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COCIR and HIMSS Strengthen their Cooperation
The European Coordination Committee of the Radiological, Electromedical and Healthcare IT Industry (COCIR) and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) have renewed their cooperation agreement to progress their common goal of improving the use of information and management systems for the betterment of healthcare.
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Ascom Myco - the First Android Smart Device Designed for Medical Staff
Ascom's latest offering, Ascom Myco, a smartphone with unique features designed to render nurses' work easier, catches the interest of Belgian hospitals and healthcare institutions. Philippe Bosmans, Sales Manager, Ascom Belgium and Tom Decoo, Senior Account Manager Healthcare, Nextel, a Belgium-based telecoms integrator, explain the benefits of the Ascom Myco and the added value it brings to the hospitals.
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Aridhia's Data Science Platform Used in Horizon 2020 Project
Aridhia's data science platform AnalytiXagility has been chosen to underpin a €6 million oral healthcare innovation project funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme and the funding win demonstrates huge confidence in Aridhia's data analytics capability.
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Michael Thick Joins IMS MAXIMS
Renowned health informatics leader Michael Thick has this week been appointed as chief medical officer (CMO) and chief clinical information officer (CCIO) of electronic patient record software pioneer IMS MAXIMS.
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The first report in the UK of its kind to measure the impact of inaccurate and incomplete clinical documentation on patient care, clinicians and Health Trust operating costs, has been published by Nuance Communications. The report, entitled 'The Clinical Documentation Challenge,' uses the 'Business Value of IT' methodology to identify, measure and monetise the value of clinical documentation challenges. 
Aridhia Informatics today announced a two-year funded collaboration with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, the University of Glasgow and Philips Healthcare. The Edinburgh-based clinical informatics company will provide its data science expertise and AnalytiXagility platform to the study which will develop technology enabling the analysis of high frequency neurological data to better inform the diagnosis and treatment of patients with traumatic brain injuries. 
Opinion Article by Rob Benson, Senior Communications Manager, Highland Marketing.
The European Coordination Committee of the Radiological, Electromedical and Healthcare IT Industry (COCIR) and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) have renewed their cooperation agreement to progress their common goal of improving the use of information and management systems for the betterment of healthcare. 
Ascom's latest offering, Ascom Myco, a smartphone with unique features designed to render nurses' work easier, catches the interest of Belgian hospitals and healthcare institutions. Philippe Bosmans, Sales Manager, Ascom Belgium and Tom Decoo, Senior Account Manager Healthcare, Nextel, a Belgium-based telecoms integrator, explain the benefits of the Ascom Myco and the added value it brings to the hospitals. 
Renowned health informatics leader Michael Thick has this week been appointed as chief medical officer (CMO) and chief clinical information officer (CCIO) of electronic patient record software pioneer IMS MAXIMS.