For our latest industry view, we asked four representatives from integrated care systems for their thoughts on the digital priorities in their region – and what they are looking forward to in the future with regards to digital in health. Osman Bhatti, GP and chief clinical information officer at North […]
Month: October 2023
NHS England October board papers share update on digital in maternity care, genomics and more
NHS England has shared the papers from its latest board meeting [5 October], with discussion highlighting the role of digital, data and technology in a number of key areas including tackling health inequalities in caring for people with learning disabilities and autism, accelerating genomics research and improving safety in maternity […]
South West London ICB shares how digital triage improves primary care access
South West London integrated care board has shared how a digital system is being used at a practice in Kingston to triage patients. Holmwood Corner Surgery in Kingston launched an online triage service in May 2022, with an aim to support patients choose the best option that suits them when […]
“Innovators need more information and clarity on CQC’s regulatory approach to innovative practice” CQC report notes
A report from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has focused on ‘capturing innovation to accelerate improvement’, setting out CQC’s learnings regarding potential barriers to innovation, how they can be mitigated and current opportunities, along with resources in the forms of guidance and case studies. The project saw CQC engage in […]
Clinical Digital Health Solutions framework opens for clinical and care based digital solutions
The latest Clinical Digital Health Solutions Framework opportunity has opened, with focus on the “next generation clinical digital solutions for the Integrated Health Economy framework”. Worth an estimated value of £2 billion, the framework from the NHS London Procurement Partnership is to open in March 2024, and run to March 2026. It […]
£3 million funding for adult social care projects
The Department of Health and Social Care has announced £3 million in funding to support four transformation projects in adult social care. Through the Adult Social Care Technology Fund, four projects have been identified, including a digital fall prevention programme, sensors to monitor a person’s daily habits, virtual care delivery, […]
What do you think could improve the success of patient portals and patient-facing tech?
For our latest poll as part of our Health Tech Trends series (sponsored by InterSystems), we took to LinkedIn to pose a question to our audience: what do you think could improve the success of patient portals and patient-facing tech? We provided four options for respondents to choose from: increase […]
Journal explores the effectiveness of education through patient portals
An article was published in Jamia Open earlier this year entitled ‘A systematic review of the effectiveness of patient education through patient portals’, with the research team noting “patient portals are becoming a powerful tool for patient education and engagement, and show promise as a means of achieving the quadruple […]
HTN Now: Generated Health and University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS on using intelligent messaging for heart failure
For HTN Now, we were joined by Generated Health’s chief medical officer Dr Jonathan Serjeant and Sean Davies, directorate manager of cardiology at University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, for a discussion on the trust’s use of intelligent health messaging for patients diagnosed with heart failure. In particular, the […]
Prescription management, long-term conditions, and new patient registrations in focus for improving care navigation in general practice
NHS England’s Primary Care Transformation team has published a guide focusing on prescription management, long-term conditions and new patient registrations as part of support to improve care related processes in general practice. For improving prescription management, the guidance places focus on increasing uptake of the NHS App or other patient […]