The Peterson Center on Healthcare, a non-profit organisation to transform U.S. healthcare, has launched a $50 million institute to evaluate digital health technologies. Peterson Health Technology Institute (PHTI) aims to provide independent evaluations of innovative healthcare technologies to improve health and lower costs, as well to deliver evidence-based assessments that […]
Year: 2023
Study highlights value of health literacy interventions
A research study published in Sage Digital Health journal aimed to deliver an intervention to improve health awareness for infection prevention, hygiene, and sanitation to assess its impact, and identify the risk of multimorbidity in women of reproductive years from low socio-economic background. The digital health intervention in Pakistan demonstrated the value […]
NHS National Services Scotland to launch digital image capture, referral and integration framework
This week, NHS National Services Scotland has published a contract opportunity to form a framework for digital image capture, referral and integration technologies. The framework is to support 14 regional health boards across Scotland and 2 national health boards, with the option to call off solutions that could help to reduce […]
Calderdale and Huddersfield open patient engagement portal tender
Calderdale and Huddersfield Ltd, a subsidiary of Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust, has opened an opportunity to procure a patient engagement portal. The contract is worth between £450,000 to £1,000,000, over a third year period, and has an aim to be implemented on or before 31st March 2024. The notice […]
HTN Now: To frontline digitisation and beyond, a discussion with Apira
At HTN Now we welcomed back the team from Apira for a discussion on the frontline digitisation programme, with focus on the growing challenges of EPR procurement, strategies for the NHS App and patient health records, and more. The conversation included managing consultants Phill James and Kiran Dave, and senior […]
Amazon Clinic expands virtual consultations across the United States
Amazon has expanded their “virtual health care marketplace” Amazon Clinic across the United States, supporting customers to access virtual consultations for more than 30 common health concerns through Amazon’s website or app. Video visits are now supported nationwide, in addition to message-based consultations which are available in 34 states. According […]
UCLH pilot study highlights Archer system supports “quick and accurate” transfer of data from EHR to research software
A pilot study from University College London Hospitals (UCLH) NHS Foundation Trust has found that transfer of data from electronic health records to research-specific software was completed “more quickly and accurately” when using IgniteData’s Archer system, as compared to the manual process of transferring information. Utilising Archer’s EHR-to-EDC technology (electronic […]
Deep dive: community pharmacy and dentistry in digital focus
The Fuller stocktake, published last summer, stated that engagement activities for the purposes of the report “heard very clearly” that the wider primary care team “could be much more effectively harnessed” to support patient access to primary care, with community pharmacy and dentistry noted as particular examples. A year on […]
HTN Now: “Making data actionable and relevant to specific settings requires a collaborative approach” – Dr Kathrin Cresswell and Professor Robin Williams on digital integrated care
At HTN Now, we were joined by Dr Kathrin Cresswell, senior lecturer from the Usher Institute at the University of Edinburgh, and Professor Robin Williams, director at the university’s Institute for the study of Science, Technology and Innovation. Kathrin led a discussion on the definitions, concepts and drivers for the […]
NHS England highlights virtual wards, primary care access and command centres in winter resilience plans
NHS England’s winter resilient system roles and responsibilities plan has highlighted integrated care boards to maintain 24/7 oversight through a system co-ordination centre, the role for digital in supporting primary care access, and a target for virtual wards to maintain 80 percent occupancy rates over the winter period. Following the ‘high impact interventions’ shared […]
