For HTN Now: Digital Primary Care, we were joined by Jan Donnelly (Business Development Manager at Dictate.IT), Dr Senad Telalbasic (GP, Specialist in ENT Surgery and Medical Advisor) and Professor Vivienne Harpwood (Professor of Law at Cardiff University), for a discussion on the role of digital solutions in primary care […]
Month: August 2022
Interview: Jaki Taylor, Nikki Turner and Alexis Farrow on women in technology and digital leadership
Following on from our HTN Festival, which explored different topics across the world of digital healthcare, we were joined by Jaki Taylor (Director of Nottinghamshire Health Informatics Service), Nikki Turner (Interim Director for Digital Services at Nottinghamshire University Hospitals NHS Trust) and Alexis Farrow (Digital Programme Director for Nottingham and […]
Doncaster and Bassetlaw pilots Accurx tech for GP communications
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has piloted a digital tool from Accurx to support communications between its Skin Integrity Team and GPs. The application is being used to send wound care plans to GP practices once a patient is discharged, using a messaging tool in the company’s […]
HTN Digital Primary Care: Dr Minal Bakhai and Dominic Vallely on improving the digital journey for patients
A session at HTN Now: Digital Primary Care was led by Dr Minal Bakhai, National Director for Primary Care Transformation at NHS England, along with Dominic Vallely, User Experience Lead at Digital First Primary Care Unit, NHS England. Minal and Dominic joined us to discuss how the digital journey for […]
GP practices in Tayside select GP cloud clinical system
Cegedim Healthcare Solutions, the supplier of the Vision primary care clinical system, has announced a new contract award for its cloud-based product in Scotland. Following a call-off contract placed by NHS Tayside in July, the first GP practice in the area has gone live with the new Vision product on […]
NICE updates evidence standards framework to include AI and data-driven tech
The National Institute for Health and and Care Excellence (NICE) has updated their evidence standards framework (ESF), working with stakeholders, system partners and thought leaders to ensure that digital health technologies (DHTs) are “clinically effective and offer value to the health and care system”. Originally published in December 2018, the […]
Dr Penny Kechagioglou on embedding innovation in modern healthcare
Dr Penny Kechagioglou, Chief Clinical Information Officer and Deputy Chief Medical Officer at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire, wrote about embedding innovation in health and care in this blog for HTN. The UK National Health Service is facing significant challenges due to the ageing population, and the higher cost of […]
North Lincs and Goole picks data platform
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust is to introduce a foundational data management platform from tech supplier Insource. The platform will initially span across three hospitals, including Diana Princess of Wales Hospital in Grimsby, Scunthorpe General Hospital, and Goole and District Hospital, as well as connecting with community services […]
NICE publishes draft guidance evaluation for smartphone-linked ECG device
NICE has published its first draft guidance from its early value assessment pilot project on a smartphone-linked ECG device for measuring cardiac QT interval in people having antipsychotic medication. The draft guidance, now subject to a consultation phase, focuses on the KardiaMobile application, a portable ECG device to provide readings on […]
NHS Digital Staff Passport alpha assessment criteria ‘not met’
The government’s central digital and data office has published a report from a cross-government alpha assessment of the NHS Digital Staff Passport service. Its assessment on 5 July highlights four of 15 standards were not met in the evaluation, in the published report on 5 August. The programme aims to introduce […]
