NHS experts have warned of a major growth in cyber-attacks over the next few years, ahead of one of the UK’s largest gathering of healthcare professionals taking place later this month. Thousands of delegates will attend the UK Health Show on 28th September in London’s Olympia, to engage on issues crucial to the future of [...]
In a paper published in the journal Nature Communications, the researchers demonstrate that a system can be used to produce a single dose of treatment from a compact device containing a small droplet of cells in a liquid. In this way, the system could ultimately be carried onto the battlefield and used to produce treatments at [...]
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is the first to apply studies using Apple’s health data-collecting tool, ResearchKit, helping patients with arthritis. As reported by www.mobihealthnews.com, the study is called PARADE, which the company says stands for Patient Rheumatoid Arthritis Data in the Real World. ‘We are the first in our industry to use Apple’s ResearchKit as part of our research, this [...]
The PM Society’s 2016 Digital Awards have revealed the winner of the Social Media Pharma Company of the Year award – Boehringer. According to the awards, in order for a company to have an effective social media presence it must know where the relevant conversations are taking place, the style of messaging that resonates among [...]
A document obtained by New Scientist has indicated that Google’s collaboration with the NHS has more far-yielding consequences than initially suspected. The document – a data-sharing agreement between Google-owned artificial intelligence company DeepMind and the Royal Free NHS Trust –demonstrates what the company is doing and what sensitive data it now has access to. The agreement enables DeepMind [...]
Patients and clinicians are to benefit from the latest healthcare app which targets people with multiple medical conditions. The care of patients with multiple medical conditions is one of the greatest challenges now faced by healthcare providers and it is a key priority in the 2020 Vision Routemap for NHSScotland. NHS Education for Scotland (NES) [...]
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has published updated guidance to support pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in England, Scotland and Wales who have access to patient electronic health records (EHRs). Electronic Health Records (EHR): Guidance for Community Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians informs pharmacy professionals on key principles concerning the maintenance and use of EHRs of all [...]
Health and Social Services (HSSD) in Jersey have signed a contract with JAC to roll out their Chemotherapy Management System (CMS) product in the oncology department at The General Hospital to improve the service provided to cancer patients. The General Hospital is a 250-bed hospital based in St Helier and serves the whole island, with a [...]
The second @WePharmacists ’24 hours in pharmacy’ Twitter event takes is taking place on 24th March. The social media event is a brilliant opportunity to put a spotlight on all the great work that pharmacists from all sectors do for patients every day and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) is urging the profession to get involved. For [...]
Nearly half of Brits are concerned the funding gap for UK care homes will result in a poorer quality of medicine management (46 per cent), according to a recent report. A quarter of the respondents, who have an elderly relative in a care home, also worry about them being given the wrong medicine (26 per [...]
