We recently spoke with The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust’s chief information officer David Newey on his latest digital projects and experiences, including the trust’s EPR go-live in March this year. Royal Marsden’s EPR plans “The procurement for our electronic patient record (EPR) originally started back in 2019, off the […]
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Research offers recommendations for research using electronic health records
A study published in Frontiers has proposed a series of challenges and recommendations relating to research using electronic health records, highlighting “five key themes” for the challenges associated with conducting research with EHRs, including developing the research proposal; access and ethical approval; data quality; analysis platform; and generalisability and research […]
Innovative Devices Access Pathway pilot launches to help NHS address unmet needs
The Innovative Devices Access Pathway (IDAP) pilot has been launched today, aiming to support “rapid development of innovative technologies” that could be introduced into the NHS to address currently unmet needs. Innovators are invited to register their interest for access into the pathway, which will offer targeted support from the […]
“Shared Care Records are at a cross roads” – Channel 3 Consulting on the benefits of a Shared Care Record
For our latest interview, we spoke with Paul Henderson and Astrid Grant from Channel 3 Consulting, who shared their insights on Shared Care Records. The discussion focused on benefits, challenges, the opportunities and the role of Shared Care Records in transforming services, as well as covering where Shared Care Records […]
Manchester University NHS FT highlights benefits to transparency, patient empowerment and sustainability through EPR
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust is celebrating one year of their electronic patient record Hive, sharing how they have launched a new online patient portal and mobile app MyMFT as well as having “transformed our internal systems and ways of working over the past year”. The trust shares how Hive’s […]
News in brief: smart contact lens, digital health passport for asthma, KCL explores use of AI in endovascular surgeries, and more
It’s time for another news in brief round-up – let’s take a look at some of the stories that caught our eye recently. Stanford University and Pohang University of Science and Technology develop smart contact lens Researchers have developed a smart contact lens designed to allow continual blood sugar monitoring, […]
Thought leadership: Altera on patient flow, supporting hospital efficiencies and planning demand and capacity
FEATURED INTERVIEW Thought leadership: Altera on patient flow, supporting hospital efficiencies and planning demand and capacity September 18, 2023 1:10 pm For our thought leadership feature series, we spoke to a selection of people from Altera to get their views on how technology can support patient flow and, ultimately, increase […]
Join us on 19 September for HTN Now: live webinars and research on a range of health tech topics
Join us tomorrow (Tuesday 19 September) for our latest HTN Now event – a day of live webinars and research on a variety of digital health topics, including reducing the productivity slump at go-live, the importance of Privileged Access Management (PAM), and the clinical impact of asking wellbeing vs vital […]
Thought leadership: Civica on AI and data, the opportunities, challenges, and how to tackle them
For our thought leadership feature series, we’re speaking to a range of experts on different health tech topics. In this edition, we chat to Ben Court, head of AI and analytics at Civica. Ben explained how Civica works across the global public sector, including healthcare, education and local government. He […]
NHS Digital Academy to develop health informatics resources for allied health professionals
NHS England’s Digital Academy for Health and Care has commissioned The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP), to develop “an online, interactive learning resource which introduces allied health professionals (AHPs) across the UK to health informatics, and how technology can support their work”. CSP is to work in collaboration with Keele […]
