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Industry News
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»» About £400m to build a new website
(nhs.uk), develop apps and provide
free wi-fi
Through the funding, everyone will
have access to their own electronic
health record, which will be shared
between professionals so patients will
no longer have to repeat their medical history. Patients will also be given
the opportunity to upload and send

real-time data to medical professionals on long-term conditions such as
blood pressure and by 2020, the NHS
hopes that a quarter of patients with
long-term conditions such as hypertension, diabetes and cancer will be able to
monitor their health remotely.
The UK government wants at least 10%
of patients to use computers, tablets or
smartphones to access GP services by
March 2017.

The difficulties of changing an organisation as large and fragmented as the NHS
are significant and previous efforts to
modernise NHS technology have been
fraught with difficulty. This latest funding
announcement has been met with some
scepticism as it follows a number of similar commitments in recent years by the
current UK Conservative government –
they will be hoping that this latest initiative will be sufficient to begin to deliver
on the promise of a paperless NHS. n

Medopad Delivers First mHealth
Enterprise Solution for iPad Pro
Medopad has announced that Royal Free
London NHS Foundation Trust is one
of the first NHS organisations to deploy
the iPad Pro equipped with Medopad’s
enterprise mHealth solution. Medical
professionals can take full advantage
of the iPad Pro’s capabilities, including
the larger Retina display, high resolution
graphical advancements and powerful
functions of the Apple Pencil.
Doctors using Medopad’s solution have
a centralised source of integrated patient
data whenever required. This provides
them with the ability to collaborate in
real-time with colleagues without any
need to return to multi-disciplinary team
(MDT) spaces, computer stations or
administrative offices. This enhanced
mobility and flexibility helps increase
staff productivity, reduce costs and
improve the operational efficiency of the
healthcare organisation.
Dr. Rich Khatib, CEO at Medopad said,
“Empowering medical employees and
improving patient care is what drives
Medopad to keep innovating. The iPad
Pro offers a host of new possibilities
for doctors. Hospitals such as the Royal
Free are recognising the medical, operational and financial gains that are possible from using the latest developments
in the field of mHealth.”
Specifically designed for use anywhere
within the hospital environment, Medopad’s solution reflects Apple’s design
simplicity. Highlights include:

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patient imagery can be easily recalled,
annotated, actioned and shared
between colleagues in the hospital
and across the world.
»» The iPad Pro’s Split View enables
side-by-side data comparisons and
multi-tasking between Medopad’s
solution and other installed medical
applications.
»» An enterprise-grade, CE certified
source medical data customised to
each individual doctor, nurse, medical staff member and patient.
Dan Vahdat, CTO at Medopad said,
“The iPad Pro’s larger screen delivers
imagery of the highest quality. This is
a critical requirement for practitioners

who must interpret complex medical
charts, clinical images, scans and other
critical documentation. We are excited
for what this means for both patients
and doctors.”
This news completed 12-months of
landmark developments for Medopad.
In April 2015, the company launched
its new patient monitoring solutions in
NHS London’s King’s College Hospital, which is now live in the majority of
London’s teaching hospitals. The company has also received private investment from one of China’s most successful entrepreneurial families in the
healthcare space, taking its company
valuation to $100M. n