A project to replace bedside paper charts with “early warning” tablet computers to identify at risk patients at Oxfordshire acute hospitals is now being rolled out at Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital. Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust this week started to bring its System for Electronic Notification and Documentation (SEND) project to the Headington hospital. … Read more
News for Clinical Informatics and Big Data
Bedside computer project showcased at forum
The SEND team (left to right) Timothy Bonnici, Peter Watkinson, Soubera Rymell and Samuel Wilson A BRC-supported project to replace bedside paper charts with tablet computers at Oxfordshire hospitals was showcased at an event about innovation in healthcare. The System for Electronic Notification and Documentation (SEND) was demonstrated to visitors at the “Innovation in the … Read more
NIHR Annual Report recognises BRC
The work of the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) in driving research to benefit the NHS has been recognised in the 2014/15 Annual Report of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The report details the achievements of the NIHR – which funds research organisations across England, including the BRC – in the 2014/15 … Read more
Precision medicine boost for Oxford
Oxford is today named as a centre for excellence leading the drive to tailor more treatments to the needs of individual patients. A Precision Medicine Catapult centre will be established in Oxford bringing together business and research to develop new products and services. This project will be led by the Oxford Academic Health Science Network … Read more
BRC projects help Trust scoop award
Projects supported by the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre have helped the county’s hospital authority scoop a top award for using digital technology to improve patient care. Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH) won the Digital Hospital of the Year award in the E-Health Insider Awards 2015 on October 1, from a shortlist of … Read more
Heart failure patients applaud support app
Heart failure patients have praised an NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre-supported project that allows them to monitor their condition and communicate with researchers through tablet computers. A survey of users reported they found the system – through which they monitored their blood pressure, heart rate and weight – was easy to use and helped reassured … Read more
Nomination for BRC-backed blood project
A project supported by the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre has been nominated for a leading patient safety award. The Real-Time Blood Transfusion Data and Decision Support project has been nominated in the Technology and IT to Improve Patient Safety category for the Patient Safety Awards 2015, organised by the Health Service Journal and the … Read more
App is transforming heart patient’s life
Scientists hope to revolutionise the way patients with heart conditions are monitored with a new app. Researchers at the Oxford Biomedical Research Centre have begun the second phase of a study that allows doctors to monitor around the clock the weight, heart rate and blood oxygen levels of patients who have heart conditions. Read more on … Read more
Human liver kept alive outside the body
A donated human liver has been ‘kept alive’ outside a human being and then successfully transplanted into a patient in need of a new liver. So far the groundbreaking procedure has been performed on two patients on the liver transplant waiting list and both are making excellent recoveries. Currently transplantation depends on preserving donor organs … Read more
Oxford spin-out provides software to monitor vital signs via webcam
A new Oxford spin-out, OxeHealth, spun out from Oxford’s Institute of Biomedical Engineering, will allow a patient’s health to be monitored using a webcam and a software application. The software will detect the patient’s heart rate, respiratory rate and oxygen saturation even in artificial light without the need for any physical contact or additional hardware. … Read more
mHealth: mobile technology for 21st century healthcare
Professor Lionel Tarassenko is the theme leader for the Bioengineering, Innovation & Technology research theme at the Oxford Biomedical Research Centre. On Feb 22 he gave a talk hosted by the Royal Academy of Engineering on how mobile technology is being used in modern healthcare settings. Professor Tarassenko is the author of 120 refereed publications, 125 conference papers, … Read more
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