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BLOG: Four ways technology can support the future of SARC provision
We recently attended St Mary’s SARC annual conference. After the Covid hiatus, it was a great opportunity to meet inspiring professionals and survivors and learn more about the current and emerging issues facing SARC services.
After speaking with a range of professionals during the conference, here are four ways we think technology like Inform SARC will support enhanced SARC provision in the future…
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 achieves Cyber Essentials Plus certification
Inform Health have once again demonstrated their commitment to cyber security by achieving a new Cyber Essentials Plus certification.
Cyber Essentials is a United Kingdom certification scheme designed to show that an organisation has reached a high level of protection in cyber security through annual assessments.
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.
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.
NUH NHS Trust rapidly reconfigures sexual health system for fully-electronic management of COVID-19 staff testing
In a remarkable demonstration of innovation and efficiency, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) has designed, set-up and tested a fully-electronic system for testing frontline NHS workers for COVID-19.
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.
Inform Health bolsters ranks ahead of new product launches
Healthcare IT firm, Inform Health, is announcing the appointment of three new recruits, as part of plans to cater for the anticipated high demand of two imminent product launches.
2019 In review & what's new for 2020
Aside from supporting customers to adapt to the current challenges of sexual health and HIV service delivery, we’ve also been investing in the future. Developing next generation solutions that will empower patients to take control of their sexual health and access services with greater autonomy and convenience, while providing visibility of their journey and facilitating pro-active intervention for service providers.
Lincolnshire tech firm marks decade in business
In a decade that has been fraught with economic uncertainty, one Lincolnshire-based healthcare IT firm is preparing for continued organic growth, after marking its 10th successful year in business.