Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has opened an opportunity to procure a patient engagement portal. Through an opportunity notice, the trust highlights plans to contract a “digital person held record that can be shared” and “will take or exchange data from the patient portal with EPR through bi-directional […]
Month: July 2023
South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust shares EPR plans
South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust in Northern Ireland has shared plans to go live with their electronic patient record programme, encompass, in November this year. The trust has been sharing information and building momentum with regards to the the EPR launch via their Twitter account. In one such […]
Study highlights potential of AI-designed nanoparticles in treating disease
Researchers from Cardiff University, in collaboration with Astra Zeneca, have used artificial intelligence to create microscopic particles capable of transporting medicines to target and treat diseased cells – a process which they hope will have future applications in treating genetic and infectious diseases along with cancer. The study made use […]
Deep dive: what does ‘good’ look like in digital primary care?
What does “good” look like in digital primary care? Join us as we take a deep dive into digital primary care, exploring examples of best practice, challenges and how they could be tackled, and industry viewpoints on what ‘good’ looks like. We’ll take a look at some of the latest […]
£150 million contract for national framework agreement around legacy information and management solutions
A £150 million contract has been awarded to six suppliers following Commercial Procurement Service’s launch of a new framework agreement, designed to allow NHS trusts to procure legacy information and management solutions. Answer Digital, BridgeHead Software Limited, E.Novation UK Ltd, Insight Direct (UK) Ltd, Nautilus Consulting Limited and SynApps Solutions […]
Liverpool Women’s electronic patient record goes live
Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with a new electronic patient record system over the weekend. The trust has moved to the MEDITECH Expanse EPR, 27 years on since they first went live with MEDITECH Magic. Matt Connor, chief information officer at Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust, shared […]
Interview: “Having passion, energy and enthusiasm goes a long way” Channel 3 Consulting discuss EPR journeys and digital transformation
We recently had the pleasure of speaking with members of Channel 3 Consulting about their EPR implementation journey, projects, challenges and thoughts on digital transformation at scale. We were joined by Eleanor Rollason and Simone Collins, two of the lead partners at Channel 3 Consulting, who gave some thought-provoking insight […]
A look at the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Seha virtual hospital – a vision for the future?
What’s happening in health tech in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia? Let’s take a look at the Seha Virtual Hospital (SVH), a programme aiming to enhance access, increase capacity, and support innovation. KSA’s Ministry of Health describes the hospital as “empowering the best health consultants and practitioners in micro and […]
£36.5m investment from UKRI for healthcare technology and digital health hubs
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has announced a £36.5 million investment in healthcare technology, with £20 million to develop and test treatments and tools using advancements in quantum, robot technology and imaging, and the remaining £16.5 million going towards new digital health hubs across England. Five projects designed to “create healthcare […]
HTN Now: “If we do focus on it, we can make a difference” Generated Health on hypertension management and their intelligent messaging platform Florence
At HTN Now we were joined by Generated Health’s chief medical officer Dr Jonathan Serjeant and commercial director John Griffiths. Jonathan and John discussed the ways that digital is changing the realities of care for patients with hypertension, along with providing an overview of Florence, Generated Health’s intelligent messaging platform, […]
