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Choices celebrates new clinic opening
Choices, a not for profit charity and the main provider of contraceptive and sexual health services in Guernsey, went live this month with a bespoke health information system from Inform Health. Developed specifically for sexual health services and designed to improve patient experience and support best clinical practice, the Choices’ system has been fully scoped, customised and tested within a record 8 weeks.
Sexual health charity set to transform service delivery with new health information system
Choices, a not for profit charity and the main provider of contraceptive and sexual health services in Guernsey, went live this month with a bespoke health information system from Inform Health. Developed specifically for sexual health services and designed to improve patient experience and support best clinical practice, the Choices’ system has been fully scoped, customised and tested within a record 8 weeks.
Solent NHS Trust goes live with integrated sexual health self-service
As NHS services continue to adapt in response to COVID-19, Solent NHS Trust has become the first in the UK to go live with a system that will facilitate an integrated approach to remote provision of sexual health services.
Solent’s Personal Health Record (PHR), designed by healthcare IT provider Inform Health, will alleviate pressure on clinics and traditional methods of booking appointments via a telephony system. It will also provide holistic visibility over patient data, while empowering patients to self-manage their sexual health by registering on a secure website and creating their own patient record.
Inform Health and NUH NHS Trust win ‘Partnership of the Year’ at Leading Healthcare Awards 2021
Inform Health’s Covid-19 staff testing partnership with NUH NHS Trust gained national recognition earlier this month, after winning the Partnership of the Year Award at the 2021 Leading Healthcare Awards.
Designed to celebrate and recognise great teams, partnerships, innovations and programmes across the health and care sectors, the Leading Healthcare Awards ceremony took place online, with a live-streamed digital awards evening announcing both category winners and runners up.
Barts Health NHS Trust creates online ‘end-to-end’ COVID-19 staff testing system with Inform Health
Barts Health NHS Trust has transformed Covid-19 staff testing by reconfiguring its existing Inform Health sexual health system to create a digitalised method of managing testing programmes for staff and members of their households.
The Inform Health system replaced spreadsheets in late April, following rapid specification, reconfiguration and user acceptance testing.
Is over the counter contraception the answer to an existing lack of access?
A public consultation led by the MHRA will be collecting public opinion on the potential reclassification of two progestogen-only pill types: Lovima 75 microgram film-coated tablets and Hana 75 microgram film-coated tablets.
Both products are currently only available with a prescription following a medical consultation. If reclassification is approved, the two pill types could be sold over the counter at pharmacies, in what would be a UK first.
System launches to automate management of COVID-19 NHS and social care staff vaccination programmes
Software designed to enable NHS Trusts to automate the management of Covid-19 vaccination programmes, for NHS and social care staff, is being launched this week by healthcare IT specialist, Inform Health. The software, which recently went live at a London teaching hospital, will deliver substantial reductions in administrative resource for Trusts, while facilitating quick and convenient participation in the biggest immunisation programme in history for appropriate staff.
Cumbria Sexual Health Service gets set to digitalise appointment booking & STI testing with Inform Health
Cumbria Sexual Health Service (CSHS) is announcing plans to offer its patients the ability to book appointments and order STI self-testing kits online. Expected to become available to patients in the New Year, the plans form part of an initiative designed to improve access and reduce pressure on clinic staff.
Sexual Health in the COVID-19 era: rolling back progress or a once in a lifetime opportunity to tackle STIs?
Conflicting reports have circulated in the media about the state of the UK’s sexual health in recent weeks. While some stories focus on the threat the current situation poses to sexual health services and therefore health outcomes, with the Independent reporting that sexual health services could be ‘rolled back decades after STI treatment delays and cancelled cervical screenings’, others have struck a more optimistic note.
COVID-19 update from Inform Health
Amid growing concern about the Coronavirus pandemic, we want to assure you that Inform remains fully operational and we are prepared and taking actions to keep our customers and staff safe.