Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust has launched a new patient portal via the NHS App with the aim of supporting patients to keep track of appointments, clinical letters and pre-assessments. Through the portal, patients can confirm and check their appointments, receive and access information such as clinical letters, view discharge summaries […]
Author: Amy Archer-Williams
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Go Green, Go Digital week
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust has shared an update on its first ‘Go Green Go Digital’ sustainability awareness week which took place at the start of December and highlights the ongoing partnership between the trust’s digital transformation team and sustainability working group. The week included online drop-in sessions from […]
iPLATO digital framework to support patient recruitment for national cancer trial
Huma health tech company iPLATO is to support patient recruitment for a national oesophageal cancer screening programme through use of its solution framework including deployment of their patient engagement platform, digital patient questionnaires and an online web booking mechanism. The screening study, BEST4, seeks to recruit 120,000 participants; with iPLATO’s […]
Liverpool University Hospitals announces joint chief digital officer role with Liverpool Women’s
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has announced the appointment of a new joint chief digital officer role with Liverpool Women’s, with Liverpool Women’s chief information officer Matt Connor to take up the post in February 2024. The trust highlights that Matt brings more than two decades of experience in […]
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire utilises AI process mining tool to improve processes
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) has collaborated with tech company IBM and data processing company Celonis to implement an artificial intelligence process mining tool, with the aim of helping the trust to better understand processes and where they could be improved. The tool was deployed as part of an […]
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust awards contract for patient portal
Following a call-off from a framework agreement, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust has awarded a contract worth an estimated £865,000 to ICNH Ltd (trading as DrDoctor) for a patient portal. The procurement notice describes how Lewisham and Greenwich sought a trust-wide patient portal for patients under acute and community care, […]
Northampton General Hospital announces preferred EPR supplier
Northampton General Hospital (NGH) NHS Trust has announced the selection of its preferred electronic patient record supplier, with Nervecentre chosen to deliver a ten-year programme to “create exciting new opportunities to transform healthcare services at NGH and propel the trust’s digital capabilities to HIMSS level 5 and beyond.” The trust […]
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust sets date for EPR go-live
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust is to go live with its electronic patient record, encompass, on 6 June 2024, as part of plans to provide every person in Northern Ireland with their own health and social care record. The trust previously supported South Eastern Trust in their own roll-out […]
North East and North Cumbria ICB reports on progress made in digitising social care
North East and North Cumbria ICB has reported on the progress made towards digitisation of social care, following nearly £2 million in funding from the Department of Health and Social Care that has been distributed across the region to support adult social care in the transition to digital records and […]
News in brief: digital health assessments in Birmingham, online staff appreciation hub in London, AI mental health support in Hertfordshire, and more
Let’s take a look at some of the health tech news that has taken our interest recently from across the NHS. New system of digital health assessments in Birmingham Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has revealed that it is trialling a new system of digital health assessments, which asks […]
