NHS South West London (SWL) ICB’s latest board meeting for September has highlighted its “significant work” around bringing digital, workforce and estates together under a single Infrastructure Strategy, and shares updates on the finalised SWL Urgent and Emergency Care Winter Plan for 2024/25, the ICB’s plan for urgent and emergency […]
Month: September 2024
Liverpool University Hospitals utilises remote monitoring platform for heart failure virtual ward
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s heart failure virtual ward has introduced use of the remote monitoring KiActiv digital service with the aim of improving recovery rates for patients experiencing serious cardiac conditions. KiActiv combines an online platform with a wearable device that collects personalised data about the user’s everyday […]
Webinar recap: Leveraging Microsoft’s national tenant and OX.DH technology for consultations
In a recent webinar, we were joined by John Kosobucki, CEO and founder of OX.DH, who showcased OX.DH’s innovative OX.waiting room (OX.wr) solution. The presentation focused on enhancing clinician experience, engaging patients, and key considerations for patient engagement projects. “We started with our solution for assisted reproduction,” John explained. “But […]
Digital Health and Care Wales issues £2 million contract notice for network as a service solution
Digital Health and Care Wales has issued a contract notice for a Network as a Service (NasS) solution worth in excess of £2 million, designed to enable the department to “strategically interconnect its physical datacenter estate, public cloud platforms, and consumer base using a resilient underlay/transit network”. According to the […]
MHRA opens applications for AI Airlock pilot, seeking innovations offering patient benefits and novel AI applications
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has opened applications for its AI Airlock pilot, offering innovators the chance to benefit from expert support and sandbox testing for medical devices utilising AI. Launched in spring of 2024, the AI Airlock programme is described by the MHRA as “a proactive, […]
Interview: Rich Temple, vice president and CIO at Deborah Heart and Lung Center, New Jersey
For a recent interview, HTN caught up with Rich Temple, vice president and chief information officer at Deborah Heart and Lung Center in New Jersey, to find out more about the organisation’s digital status, priorities and progress from the last 12 months. Rich started out by offering a brief introduction […]
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS FT 2024-2029 maternity strategy highlights EPR plans for 2025
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has published its maternity service strategy for 2024-2029, highlighting innovation and technology as key enablers to develop the service and noting plans to launch a new maternity end-to-end electronic patient record in 2025. The strategy focuses on four key aims, including understanding clinical outcomes based […]
SBRI Healthcare announces new funding for work-related digital innovations to support individuals with poor mental health
SBRI Healthcare has announced a new funding competition seeking “work-related digital innovations for individuals with poor mental health”, focusing on supporting individuals to stay in work, return to work, or overcome barriers to workforce entry. With applicants able to apply for up to £200,000 per innovation for up to 12 […]
Panel discussion: patient engagement, patient-centred solutions, and managing patient expectations around digital
For a recent HTN Now panel discussion on the topic of patient engagement, we were joined by a panel of experts to talk about current priorities and projects in this space, to share learnings on adopting patient-centred processes and solutions, and to highlight outcomes and challenges around engaging patients with […]
Panel discussion: digital trusts, digital teams, measuring value, and demonstrating impact
For HTN Now, we welcomed a panel of experts for a discussion around digital trusts, focusing on what good looks like from a tech perspective, the best ways of fostering a culture of innovation, building great digital teams, and more. Making up our panel were Georgie Duncan, associate CCIO at […]
