Our latest interview features John Kosobucki, CEO and founder of Oxford Digital Health (oxdh.health). John shared the story behind OX.DH, what they aim to bring to the healthcare industry, and the key themes that underpin their work: security, integration, and providing a modern, intuitive user experience for patients and clinicians. […]
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Remote monitoring pilot for cancer patients in Dorset
Inhealthcare has partnered with NHS Dorset for the launch of Oncology Monitoring @ Home, a remote monitoring service aiming to help patients to manage their symptoms from home along with providing them with self-care advice. Through the service, patients undergoing chemotherapy and immunotherapy treatment are supplied with devices such as […]
The role of digital in the 2023 mandate for NHS England
The government has published their mandate to NHS England, setting out their objectives for 2023 onwards. In the foreword from the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Steve Barclay states: “We need to enable the health service to deliver and recover in two key ways; through supporting innovation […]
“Cutting waiting lists, recovery plans, tech and workforce” Steve Barclay highlights priorities at NHS Confed
At NHS Confed, secretary of health and social care Steve Barclay delivered a keynote talk focussing on the priorities of “cutting waiting lists; the three recovery plans; tech; and workforce” as well as stating “I am protecting the tech budget.” “Now, I don’t think there’s anything original about a secretary […]
Eight ways a hybrid system can improve the patient record experience for NHS trusts
By Stefan Chetty, director of public services, Restore Records Management. Eight ways a hybrid system can improve the patient record experience for NHS trusts, from optimising clinic prep to reducing file sizes and preventing records going missing Many NHS trusts still have a Health Records Library on site and are […]
NHSE and HDR UK launch survey on adoption of standardised data model
NHS England and Health Data Research UK have launched a survey to understand UK adoption of the Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership Common Data Model, the open community standard designed to standardise the structure and content of observational data, for NHS data. The survey states that adoption of a common data […]
What’s happening in digital and data in London?
What’s happening in digital and data in London? We’ve come to the last of our feature series exploring digital and data across the ICS regions – the latest edition focuses on London, looking at the plans, projects and programmes in place across North Central London ICS, North East London ICS, […]
“Curiosity has taken me a long way in life” Interview: Lorna Allan, CDIO, Northern Care Alliance NHS FT
For our latest interview, we sat down for a chat with Lorna Allan, chief digital and information officer at Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust. Hi Lorna, can you tell us about your role and its scope? My role is brand new within the trust, and it’s at board level; […]
NICE outlines guidance supporting acute respiratory infection and frailty virtual wards
NICE has outlined three work-streams for virtual wards to support systems to deliver 40-50 virtual ward beds safely and sustainably per 100,000 population. Mark Salmon, programme director within the science, evidence and analytics team at the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), has written a blog detailing how NICE […]
“Fundamentally, pathways need to be really clear” Dr Ishani Patel and Dr Shanker Vijayadeva on building digital access hubs
At HTN: Digital ICS, we were joined by Dr Shanker Vijayadeva (GP and clinical lead for NHS England – London region) and Dr Ishani Patel (GP and clinical co-founder of Lantum) for a discussion on building digital access hubs to increase patient access across primary care. How do digital access […]
