A public consultation on an evidence standards framework (ESF) used by local evaluators to help identify digital health technologies and their benefits has opened. The updated framework is intended to make it easier for “innovators and commissioners to understand what good levels of evidence for digital health technologies look like”, […]
Month: April 2022
Join us for the next edition of HTN Now [April 2022]
It’s nearly time for the return of HTN Now, a health tech tour in which we virtually visit different teams to find out what’s happening in the world of digital healthcare, and invite suppliers to share their news and innovations. Join us on 19 – 21 April for virtual discussion and […]
Feature: How Malinko is putting community services at the centre of NHS data strategy
As part of our focus on data strategy, HTN spoke to Malinko, to find out about their caseload management system, their partnership with NHS Wales, their goals for the future, and the importance of community health data sets for the NHS. We were joined for a virtual chat by Rob McGovern, Malinko’s […]
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals starts go-live to digitise patient records
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has started its go-live of CCube Solutions’ electronic document and records management system (EDRMS), as part of a significant investment in delivering digitally-enabled care. The project is part of a major change programme within the trust that will see 7500 clinical staff trained to […]
‘Better, broader, safer’ report published on use of health data for research
‘Better, broader, safer: using health data for research and analysis’ has been published, a report on how the safety and security of health data use can be improved. Professor Ben Goldacre was commissioned in February 2021 by the government to undertake the review. It is aimed at policy makers in […]
Opinion: Trusts to HIMSS5 by December 2023: will they make it this time?
Feature by Highland Marketing Health and social care secretary Sajid Javid has announced a new target to complete the digitisation of the acute sector. The Highland Marketing advisory board discussed the approach being developed by NHS England’s transformation directorate, and the challenges to making it work. In the first week […]
Grants available for care providers to test technologies for ageing population
Care providers are being invited to apply for grants of £75,000 as part of the Technology for our Ageing Population: Panel for Innovation (TAPPI) project, led by the Housing Learning and Improvement Network, and the TEC Services Association. The purpose of the grants is to enable care providers to test […]
Significant rise in telephone appointments in general practice, NHS Digital data highlights
NHS Digital has published data this month on the number of general practice appointments held in February 2022, including the type of appointment. Comparing the total number of appointments with data before the pandemic, it shows over 2.2 million more general practice appointments were held in February 2022 than February 2019. […]
Skin cancer pathway in focus in NHS COVID plan
NHS England has released guidance to be considered as systems seek to tackle their backlog and meet new demand for suspected two-week wait skin cancer referrals, as part of its COVID-19 recovery plan. The guidance details how ‘targeted interventions’ are required, with particular focus on harnessing new technology such as […]
Report on chatbot triage tool in Rwanda released
A report has been released evaluating the experience of implementing an artificial intelligence tool from Babylon Health in Rwanda, following a pilot of its chatbot tech in November 2021. The pilot forms part of a programme involving the World Economic Forum with an aim to create a ‘soft governance’ framework to […]
