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Provide boosts sexual health service access with digital innovation
Community interest company, Provide, has taken an important step forward on its mission to boost access to sexual health services by implementing the Personal Health Record (PHR) from Inform Health.
Already utilising the Inform Sexual Health electronic patient record (EPR) application in clinics, Provide can now offer patients of Essex Sexual Health Service and Thurrock Sexual Health Service the ability to securely book/amend appointments and receive results online, order STI testing kits and condoms by post or for collection, and complete triage interactions that direct to the most appropriate level of care.
Inform Health to launch new tools to improve HIV care
Inform Health is announcing a series of enhancements to its HIV offering ahead of the British HIV Association (BHIVA) Spring Conference in Gateshead next week.
Designed to save clinic resource and improve patient experience, Inform’s patient-facing Personal Health Record will soon facilitate enhanced patient self-management, along with PrEP eligibility assessments. Additionally, new developments to the HIV system will enable faster, more complete and more reliable CD4 and viral load HARS data reporting.
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.
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.
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.