A prior information notice for a tender worth an estimated £150 million has been published by NHS Shared Business Services (SBS), for a procurement framework agreement of digital dictation, speech recognition and outsourced transcription services. The notice shares NHS SBS’s plans to establish a framework agreement for the use of […]
Author: Amy Archer-Williams
WHO and HL7 support adoption of global open interoperability standards
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and Health Level Seven International (HL7) have signed a project collaboration agreement to support the adoption of open interoperability standards on a global level. Through the collaboration, WHO and HL7 aim to strengthen implementation of the WHO Global Strategy on Digital Health 2020-2025 at country […]
“Showing the art of what’s possible”: panel discussion explores what good looks like for virtual consultations
The latest panel discussion hosted by HTN explored the question of what good looks like for virtual consultations, from a technology, patient, NHS system and clinical perspective. To bring a variety of expert insights and viewpoints to the discussion, we were joined by Dr Penny Kechagioglou, chief clinical information officer […]
New report highlights role of digital in managing the interface between GPs and hospitals
A new reported entitled ‘Medical Evolution’ has been published today by think tank Policy Exchange, centring around a cross-party call for a proactive approach and highlighting the role of digital in managing the interface between GPs and hospitals. The report, co-authored by Dr David Landau and Dr Sean Phillips, states […]
University of Strathclyde, NSS and Scotland Excel publish £15m tender for digital co-managed care services
A tender worth an estimated £15 million has been published by the University of Strathclyde, NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) and Scotland Excel to establish a dynamic purchasing system in order to provide digital services for co-managed care. The notice states that this procurement is intended to tackle the challenge […]
NHS England publishes £35 million tender for privacy enhancing tech
NHS England has opened a tender worth an estimated £35 million to procure privacy enhancing technology (PET) “to provide robust protection and deliver a standard approach to support safe data use”. The technology is to be initially deployed for the federated data platform (FDP) programme and will potentially include cloud-based […]
“I’m excited for the level of patient empowerment that I expect to see in the next three to five years” Adam Lavington, director of digital transformation at Herts and West Essex ICB
For our latest interview, we chatted to Hertfordshire and West Essex ICS’s director of digital transformation Adam Lavington. Adam shared the key digital lessons he has learned throughout his career, the ICB’s digital priorities, his hopes for the future, and more. Hi Adam, can you introduce yourself and tell us […]
Feature: InterSystems on why data holds the key to accelerating patient flow in ICSs
By Mike Fuller, Regional Director of Marketing, InterSystems. We all want to avoid bad experiences particularly for patients, whether it is from delays in their treatment, unavailable information, or from people falling through the gaps between different care settings. The cause of many of these bad experiences is often suboptimal […]
HTN Now: Ideal Health’s Rod Gamble talks high-performing teams and why they matter
At HTN Now, we were joined by Ideal Health’s director of implementation services Rod Gamble for a discussion on the keys to running a high-performance EPR programme. Rod explored the key elements that he deems essential for achieving success in EPR implementation, including a transparent culture that promotes team member […]
NHS England appoints chief information officer
NHS England has appointed a new chief information officer, with key responsibilities to include running and developing the NHS’s critical technical infrastructure and managing cyber security for national services. John Quinn comes to the role following his previous role as executive director of IT operations and enterprise services for NHS […]
