We spoke with Mike Maguire, chief officer at NHS West Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG): “NHS West Lancashire CCG is one of a number of CCGs in Lancashire that contributed to the delivery of a Lancashire wide Digital Roadmap aligned to the Lancashire Sustainability and Transformation Plan. The Digital Roadmap […]
Month: September 2016
CCG Digital Roadmap Series: NHS Hartlepool and Stockton on Tees CCG
We spoke with NHS Hartlepool and Stockton on Tees CCG and they said: “Good progress is being made with the LDR, the CCG and providers including Local Authorities are working collaboratively. We have developed a vision for the future and the LDR is the essential building block but clearly LDR’s […]
More than 4,700 missed GP Practice appointments for Wiltshire – in one month
In July 2016 more than 4,700 GP, nurse and healthcare assistant appointments were missed across Wiltshire’s 58 GP Practices, an equivalent of around 156 days of general practitioner time. Known as ‘Did Not Attend’ appointments they have a huge impact on the health economy, prevent other patients from being seen […]
InHealth uses Docman to enhance the transfer of care
InHealth, a leading provider of expertly managed diagnostic services to the NHS and the independent sector for over 25 years, has chosen Docman Hub to provide a more efficient digital transfer of the care process. Docman is used by over 120 provider organisations and 6,000 GP Practices as a structured […]
Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust moves to digital
The Trust will use cloud technology to remove the need for paper-based forms using Greenlight, a streamlined intelligent form and workflow solution designed to improve administration of employee forms. Providing healthcare services to around 370,000 people from Colchester and the surrounding area of north east Essex and south Suffolk, The […]
CCG Digital Roadmap Series: an update from 3 CCGs
We spoke with three Clinical Commissioning Groups this week to find out how their digital roadmaps were progressing and what projects they were about to embark on. Berkshire West Clinical Commissioning Groups The CCG said “To implement the national policy, NHS England asked CCGs to develop local digital roadmaps (LDRs). […]
Kodak Alaris expands scanner portfolio further to drive digital transformation
Big Data and unstructured information are among the greatest challenges that modern businesses face. The dilemma is that much of the world’s data is embedded in countless formats: from email to paper documents, to social media posts, to phone calls, text messages and more. Today, Kodak Alaris launches a new […]
Healthy Liverpool Digital Lead, Kate Warriner speaks to us about their digital roadmap
How have you tackled your local digital road map and what is top of your agenda? Our LDR has been pulled together from a collaboration of all organisations involved. We are building on long standing work and have used the LDR to provide clarity to our strategy and approach over […]
Opinion Piece: Integration for millions of patients: making NHS interoperability whole-system
As sustainability and transformation plans shape the future of care for millions, interoperability must extend to all care settings, writes InterSystems’ David Hancock. The NHS is demanding and proving that true integration is finally about to happen. STP success rests on whole-system interoperability Big changes are happening as the NHS […]
MHealth: How Apps are helping the Healthcare sector. By Paul Swaddle, Chairman at Pocket App
Healthcare technology is now a major disruptor in an industry where population is stretching the resources on the NHS. With 1.5 billion global unit sales of smartphones this year. Ten years from now everyone from teens to the elderly will be carrying a smartphone, and these mobile devices will be […]
