At HTN Now, we were joined by Apira’s founding director Geoff Broome and managing director Alan Brown for a discussion on the deployment of mental health electronic patient records, with particular focus on the choice between two key approaches: ‘get it right first time’ (GIRFT) or ‘land and expand’. Apira […]
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NHSE study explores clinician views on use of digital tech in autism assessment pathway
NHS England has published a summary of a study commissioned to explore clinician views on the use of digital technology in the autism assessment pathway, with the results noting an overall positive attitude from clinicians along with several challenges, including a need for training, difficulties in assessing social communication via video, […]
What should be the highest priority in the short term for digital integrated care systems?
For our latest poll as part of our Health Tech Trends series, sponsored by InterSystems, we put the following question to our health tech audience via LinkedIn: what do you think should be the highest priority in the short term for digital integrated care systems? We saw 121 people respond […]
Digital priorities from North East London, Somerset, Nottingham and Northamptonshire integrated care systems
For our latest industry view, we asked four representatives from integrated care systems for their thoughts on the digital priorities in their region – and what they are looking forward to in the future with regards to digital in health. Osman Bhatti, GP and chief clinical information officer at North […]
NHS England October board papers share update on digital in maternity care, genomics and more
NHS England has shared the papers from its latest board meeting [5 October], with discussion highlighting the role of digital, data and technology in a number of key areas including tackling health inequalities in caring for people with learning disabilities and autism, accelerating genomics research and improving safety in maternity […]
“Innovators need more information and clarity on CQC’s regulatory approach to innovative practice” CQC report notes
A report from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has focused on ‘capturing innovation to accelerate improvement’, setting out CQC’s learnings regarding potential barriers to innovation, how they can be mitigated and current opportunities, along with resources in the forms of guidance and case studies. The project saw CQC engage in […]
What do you think could improve the success of patient portals and patient-facing tech?
For our latest poll as part of our Health Tech Trends series (sponsored by InterSystems), we took to LinkedIn to pose a question to our audience: what do you think could improve the success of patient portals and patient-facing tech? We provided four options for respondents to choose from: increase […]
Journal explores the effectiveness of education through patient portals
An article was published in Jamia Open earlier this year entitled ‘A systematic review of the effectiveness of patient education through patient portals’, with the research team noting “patient portals are becoming a powerful tool for patient education and engagement, and show promise as a means of achieving the quadruple […]
HTN Now: Generated Health and University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS on using intelligent messaging for heart failure
For HTN Now, we were joined by Generated Health’s chief medical officer Dr Jonathan Serjeant and Sean Davies, directorate manager of cardiology at University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, for a discussion on the trust’s use of intelligent health messaging for patients diagnosed with heart failure. In particular, the […]
NHSE publishes framework for action on digital inclusion
NHS England has published ‘Inclusive digital healthcare: a framework for NHS action on digital inclusion’, designed to help services in designing and implementing inclusive digital approaches and technologies which align appropriately with non-digital services and support. Five domains are identified as requiring action: access to devices and data; accessibility and […]
