Oy Apotti Ab (Apotti) based in Helsinki, Finland, has deployed uPerform, a ‘just-in-time learning platform’ for its Epic®-based electronic health record system. Apotti selected the platform to optimise the development and dissemination of learning materials to over a third of the Finnish healthcare workforce, with an aim to empower users to […]
Month: May 2024
Interview: “The digital genie is out of the bottle, there’s no going back” Henrietta Mbeah-Bankas, NHSE, on digital education in the NHS
In a recent interview, we got chance to catch up with Henrietta Mbeah-Bankas, head of portfolio at NHSE, to find out more about her projects, programmes and priorities for 2024, a year after she joined us for a discussion at HTN: Now on innovation and training in the health workforce. […]
Barts Health introduces tech to help detect deterioration
At Barts Health NHS Trust, tech is being used in the hopes of identifying deteriorating patients more quickly, following an injection of £4.4 million in funding from Barts Charity. The technology works by integrating vital signs data and data from medical equipment such as ventilators and anaesthetic machines, with patients’ […]
Panel discussion: how do you deliver healthcare transformation projects successfully?
For a recent HTN Now panel discussion, we were joined by Andy Willis from Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (CLCH), and Gabi Cohen, director of delivery at Isla Health, to talk about how to deliver healthcare transformation projects successfully, covering topics including stakeholder engagement, interoperability, implementation, and more. Andy […]
Bradford Teaching Hospitals utilises AI solution to support diagnostic accuracy in radiology
Bradford Teaching Hospitals has shared that artificial intelligence software called Annalise.ai is being utilised in its radiology department with the aim of enhancing diagnostic accuracy, efficiency and patient outcomes. The software is being used to provide “a second set of eyes” by being applied to chest X-rays, with the trust […]
Enter the Health Tech Awards 2024 – deadline coming up!
It’s not too late to submit your entry for the Health Tech Awards 2024, sponsored by CCube Solutions! With more than 150 leaders from across the NHS lined up and ready to judge 13 competitive categories covering the uses of digital and data to improve health and care, we’re ready […]
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals’ annual plan for 2024/25 highlights EPR, digital infrastructure and more
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals has published its annual plan for 2024/25, highlighting work towards a new £44 million electronic patient record due to be launched in 2025, improvements in digital infrastructure, new commitments to data sharing, and more. One of the upcoming projects the plan highlights is the […]
Poll: what’s the biggest challenge with interoperability across health and care?
For our latest poll we asked our audience: what’s the biggest challenge with interoperability across health and care? We put forward four possible answers – a lack of a national strategy, suppliers and systems, the need for dedicated funding to support interoperability, or the reality of organisations solving challenges alone. […]
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust achieves HIMSS stage six validation
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust has achieved HIMSS stage six validation for its use of data (Adoption Model for Analytics Maturity – AMAM). Rob Birkett, chief digital and information officer, announced the news in a LinkedIn post, thanking colleagues and noting that the achievement represents “deserved recognition of the […]
Digital health and data across the ICS regions in 2024: East of England
Digital health and data across the ICS regions in 2024: East of England Our regions series continues with a deep dive into what’s happening with digital and data across the East of England, covering Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes ICS; Hertfordshire and West Essex ICS; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough ICS; Mid […]
