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Glaucoma Clinics Run On Moorfields App

Lis Evenstad | eHealth Insider | April 18, 2013

Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has developed an app to run virtual glaucoma clinics. Read More »

Internet of Things in Healthcare: What's Next for IoT Technology in the Health Sector

Graysen Christopher | Computer World UK | July 19, 2016

Internet of Things technology holds the potential to revolutionise the healthcare industry, but not before overcoming barriers of security and data ownership.
Internet of Things (IoT) refers to any physical object embedded with technology capable of exchanging data and is pegged to create a more efficient healthcare system in terms of time, energy and cost. One area where the technology could prove transformative is in healthcare – with analysts at MarketResearch.com claiming the sector will be worth $117 million by 2020...

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Moorfield's OpenEyes catches award judges’ eyes

Press Release | Moorfields Eye Hospital | September 5, 2012

Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has been shortlisted for a clinical IT leadership award for OpenEyes, its open source electronic patient record system, in the E-Health Insider (EHI) Awards 2012. The EHI Awards reward excellence in healthcare IT and are judged by a panel of distinguished industry experts. The winner will be announced during an awards ceremony in London in October.

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Open Source To Be Big Tech Fund 2 Winner (UK)

Jon Hoeksma | eHealth Insider | January 25, 2015

Open source projects will likely be the stand-out winners of NHS England’s tech fund 2 awards, EHI News has learned. Projects based on use of open source clinical software are expected to be largely spared the axe that has been wielded on other projects, after an estimated £90 million was slashed from the £240 million Integrated Digital Care Technology Fund according to EHI News sources.

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UK's Blackpool Teaching Hospitals selects open source electronic patient records

Press Release | Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, openMAXIMS CIC, IMS MAXIMS | January 7, 2016

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has selected an open source electronic patient record (EPR) called openMAXIMS from healthcare software provider IMS MAXIMS, to improve the recording and sharing of patient data across its hospital and community sites. The open source approach is expected to save the trust several million pounds in licence fees and future development costs, while also providing more control on how the software is developed in line with the hospital’s needs. Implementation started in December 2015 and once rolled out, Blackpool will become the third NHS trust to deploy the IMS MAXIMS open source EPR.