The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized marketing of the Hominis Surgical System, a new robotically-assisted surgical device (RASD) that can help facilitate transvaginal hysterectomy in certain patients. The Hominis Surgical System is intended for benign hysterectomy (removal of the uterus for non-cancerous conditions) with salpingo-oophorectomy (removal of one or both fallopian tubes and ovaries).

Health and social care organisations in Derbyshire are working with Orion Health to meet the government's target to have a shared care record in place by September - known in the contract jargon as the 'minimum viable solution'.

Joined Up Care Derbyshire, an integrated care system covering Derby, Chesterfield, and surrounding areas, has signed a ten-year contract with Orion for its shared care record technology and Discover analytics platform, following a rapid procurement using the London Procurement Partnership framework.

First-line treatment of knee osteoarthritis is effectively delivered digitally without a need for traditional face-to-face physiotherapy visits, a new study finds. The research, independently undertaken by the University of Nottingham, led by Prof Ana Valdes from the Nottingham NIHR Biomedical Research Centre using Joint Academy's clinical and evidence-based digital treatment for chronic joint pain, addresses a rapidly growing health concern as hospital waiting lists are mounting while the NHS is expected to spend £118.6 billion on treating arthritis between 2017 and 2027 alone.

Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, announced its Vendor-Neutral Image Viewer (Vue Motion) has won KLAS Research's 2021 Best in KLAS Universal Viewer (Imaging) award. This marks the fourth year in a row that Philips' zero-footprint, enterprise-wide viewer has received recognition in KLAS Research's customer review-driven awards program.

With virtual medical appointments becoming more popular amid physical distancing measures, an expert from a top American hospital, Cleveland Clinic, has advice on what conditions are suitable for virtual visits and how to prepare for them.

"Virtual visits allow us to address patients’ health concerns, safely and effectively," says family medicine doctor Mark Rood, MD. Here, Dr. Rood explains how they work and what to expect.

Greater scrutiny in prescribing amongst elderly patients may have prevented 26,000 falls in a single year, according to new analysis by Kent Surrey Sussex Academic Health Science Network (KSS AHSN).

The review examined the benefits of healthcare professionals using a prescribing decision support technology to avoid risky prescription of anticholinergic drugs in elderly patients with dementia or a history of falls, that might then result in potential adverse side effects.

Medway NHS Foundation Trust is looking to make rapid improvements in its digital maturity with the Allscripts Sunrise electronic patient record.

The Kent trust signed a contract with Allscripts in December 2020 and is planning to go-live with the first phase of core functionality six months from the start of the project.