13+ hour, 49+ min ago   (555+ words) Healthcare technology company Streamwave has launched its Patient Check-in platform at Northwick Park Hospital’s Emergency Department, following an initial deployment at St George’s Hospital in Tooting. The cloud-based software allows emergency department patients to initiate their care registration and triage…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (294+ words) Paula Sussex, the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, is calling on the government to publish clear national guidance to improve ADHD and autism services and to clarify patients’ right to choose a provider as complaints about care continue to rise....

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (413+ words) More than one in five (22%) UK adults have needed urgent medical attention after ignoring early symptoms, as the continued cost-of-living crisis forces many to put their health on hold. Against a backdrop of sustained pressure on household finances and stretched…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (389+ words) With a new administration currently setting its national health priorities, now is the moment for change. Smoother, more streamlined routes to adoption are needed to get digital mental health solutions where they are needed and ensure the innovation poised to…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (735+ words) The argument for a Single Patient Record is very simple. Patients should not have to retell their story at every point of care and clinicians should not have to make decisions with partial information. Bringing patient information together across organisational…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (443+ words) Ahead of the second reading of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill on 11 September, a group of 11 senior Australian palliative care clinicians and VAD providers has written directly to Westminster MPs in the letter seen by Healthcare Today....