South East London Integrated Care Board has announced the appointment of their new chief digital information officer, Philippa Kirkpatrick. Described as “passionate about reducing inequalities in access to healthcare, and in ensuring healthcare is culturally sensitive and accessible to all members of our diverse population”, Philippa’s vision is “for digital […]
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HTN Connections launches: exploring people and connections across the health tech community
We’re pleased to announce the launch of our new series, HTN Connections. Through HTN Connections, we’ll be sharing experiences, advice and inspiration from across the health tech community. Taking place online the last Thursday of every month 12:30pm – 1:30pm, we’ll focus on the people side of digital health tech, […]
How can PCNs and practices help to manage their ARRS roles more effectively?
Content by Agilio Primary Care. The Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) was first launched in 2019, offering primary care networks (PCNs) a way to alleviate some of the growing pressures on their GPs and practices and be able to maintain a high standard of care for their patients. The aims […]
HTN Now: How Barnsley Hospital NHS has leveraged Microsoft national tenant for virtual consultations
For our latest webinar, we hosted a discussion with Richard Billam, deputy director of ICT at Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, on how the trust has leveraged the Microsoft national tenant and technology from OX.DH for virtual consultations. The discussion focused on the virtual consultations programme at Barnsley, with emphasis […]
“The key to adopting new technology is inclusivity” Dr Jonathan Serjeant and Matthew Davies on implementing Florence in Bedfordshire
We recently spoke to Dr Jonathan Serjeant and Matthew Davies on the partnership between Generated Health and Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes ICB, with focus on the implementation of Generated Health’s intelligent messaging platform Florence. Firstly, we spoke to Jonathan to get an overview of Florence, how the platform works, and […]
Special report: primary care cloud telephony
Our latest special report revolves around primary care telephony. Earlier this month, we covered the updates to the GP contract, including a new requirement to mandate the use of cloud-based telephony. “All practices need to be aware, that from the end of 2025, all analogue ISDN and PSTN lines will be […]
The future of Spine, providing critical infrastructure for the NHS
A blog post has been shared by NHS England discussing the future of the Spine platform and how the infrastructure is to grow inline with the advancing digitisation of health and care. In the new NHS blog by Shan Rahulan (director of Spine Core) and Mark Burton (lead delivery manager of […]
“We have to be ready with a system fit for the future” Mark Fewster on improving patient safety
We recently spoke with Mark Fewster, Chief Product Officer from Radar Healthcare, about a range of health tech topics, including how they’re developing their risk, quality, and compliance system to improve patient safety in different healthcare settings using AI and machine learning; how their product has evolved over time; and […]
NHSE publishes Who Does What framework on maximising benefits of digital
NHS England has published Who Does What, a framework designed to support NHS and integrated care system leaders on how to move forward together to maximise benefits of IT infrastructure, with the aim of ultimately enhancing provision of care and achieving optimal value for money. “We will support ICSs in […]
HTN AI and Data: Peter Thomas, CCIO at Moorfields Eye Hospital, on building foundations for scaled AI implementation
At HTN AI and Data, we were joined by Peter Thomas, chief clinical information officer and director of digital medicine at Moorfields Eye Hospital, for a discussion on building the foundations of scaled AI implementation. Peter discussed the applications of AI in eye care, and considered how the broader healthcare […]
