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G-Cloud Suppliers See Opportunity and Alarm in Framework’s Extension
With G-Cloud 9 now extended by an unprecedented 12 months, BridgeHead’s Jamie Clifton gives his take on what this means for the NHS users of the framework and what he would like to see the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) consider for the next iteration. Read More
Best Tips for Keeping Your Data Secure Over the Holidays: The Top Experts Speak
Although the holiday season is a time of giving and charity, it’s also an opportunity for the seasoned cybercriminal when it comes to getting their hands on data. That’s why our CTO, Gareth Griffiths, offered several tips to safeguard data for an article published in...
Give Physicians the Data They Need
Patients are the sum of their conditions and their experiences, both of which play vital roles in making diagnoses. However, patients by themselves shouldn’t be relied upon to voluntarily supply information about current medications, past surgeries, recent...
Why Multi-layered Backup is Key to Business Continuity in the Battle Against Cyber Crime
Continuity Central’s lead article was contributed by BridgeHead’s Chief Technology Officer, Gareth Griffith, in response to the release of NHS England’s 2017/2018 Data Security and Protection Requirements, which sets out ten data security standards. His article...
Independent Clinical Archive a Great Gift Amid Hospital Acquisitions
The trend of hospitals acquiring physician practices, which began picking up steam in 2012, is continuing at a steady rate five years later. In nearly all acquisitions, the hospital wants the new entity to adopt its EMR and other systems which begs the question, what...
Independent Clinical Archive Brings Complete Patient Record Together in One Place
A physician’s ability to access historical patient information is an important part of providing value-based care. However, older information which is often still housed in older EMRs, or other applications and media, still has value, for both patient care as well as...
BridgeHead Software Becomes Member of CommonWell Health Alliance
WOBURN, Mass., and Boston, Mass., October 03, 2017 – Today, BridgeHead Software, a leader in healthcare data management, announced it is joining CommonWell Health Alliance® as a General Member to help break down barriers to nationwide data exchange. CommonWell, a...
PACS – Renew or Rethink?
With many Picture Archive and Communications System (PACS) contracts coming up for renewal is a straight PACS renewal or replacement contract for another five, seven or ten years with an existing or new vendor really the best solution? Or is it simply perceived to be...
Common Approach for the Common Good
In response to NHS Englands’ Matthew Swindells speech to the 2017 Health and Care Innovation Expo in which he urged software providers to “not be protective about ‘your’ data”, Jim Beagle, President and CEO at BridgeHead Software argues that common standards and an...
BridgeHead Software expands global product marketing team
BridgeHead Software has expanded its global marketing team with the addition of Rob Quinn. Rob brings more than 15 years experience in healthcare IT product marketing and will be instrumental in leading the development of BridgeHead’s solution strategy and...
BridgeHead Software Expands Global Product Marketing Team
Rob Quinn Joins the Company to Leverage His Extensive Clinical Software Experience to Lead the Product Marketing Function, Worldwide WOBURN, Mass. and Ashtead, UK – September 26, 2017 – BridgeHead Software, a leader in healthcare data management, today announced the...
Comment: Healthcare Data – Data Silos in NHS a Risk to Patient Care?
With clinical effectiveness increasingly measured by the ability of healthcare organisations to provide high-quality care in a timely fashion, our Chief Medical Officer, Dr Saif Abed, provides his view on healthcare’s most important resource for effectiveness – data....
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