Feature by Inhealthcare As NHS and local government leaders set up new integrated care systems across England, it is worth remembering a post-war speech by the founding father of the national health service. Aneurin Bevan said: “We must recognise that our hospital service is organised for the service of the […]
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Frimley ICS adopts EMIS analytics for patient trends
Frimley Health and Care Integrated Care System (ICS) has utilised EMIS-X Analytics to identify trends, such as patient behaviours and areas of increasing demand. Using data drawn from the local shared care record and population health tools, EMIS and Frimley ICS, have identified a 17 per cent annual rise in demand for […]
Feature: Sussex ICS community diagnostic centres
As we’ve launched our new Integrated Care Systems (ICS) channel, we wanted to explore some practical digital solutions and programmes that are supporting new pathways and models of working, across a local healthcare system. Here we focus on community diagnostic centres (CDCs), delving into what this model looks like and the opportunities […]
Liverpool Heart and Chest awarded HIMSS stage 6
Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS FT (LHCH) has achieved the HIMSS (Health Information and Management System Society) Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM) Stage 6 rating. The HIMSS EMRAM system, an international quality standard, measures the adoption and maturity of a health facility’s inpatient EMR (Endoscopic Mucosal Resection) capabilities […]
Lyniate and NextGate announce merger agreement
Interoperability specialists Lyniate have entered into a definitive merger agreement with Nextgate, a company focusing on identity and master patient index solutions. The organisations said through ‘increased market demand’ for interoperability solutions, and to support data quality and data sharing, the two will be joining. Erkan Akyuz, president and CEO of Lyniate, […]
NHS Scotland announces national remote patient monitoring programme
NHS Scotland has awarded a contract to Inhealthcare to support the scaling up of remote monitoring services across Scotland, bringing them into mainstream use. The award supports the Scottish Government’s Digital Health and Care Strategy, which details how the country’s services and public can ‘adapt to change’ and ‘thrive in a […]
Cheshire and Merseyside tech kit recycling project targets digitally excluded
Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership has shared how a ‘tech kit’ recycling project has helped improve outcomes for digitally excluded groups. By supporting the group online and encouraging them with digital health services, the ICS says it’s opened up access to mental health support, and how to live healthier […]
Video: Transforming referrals with digital specialist advice
Hosting our closing session at the recent HTN Digital Primary Care 2022 conference, we welcomed Dr Mala Ubhi, a GP in Gloucestershire and Clinical Advisor for Digital Productivity in NHSE/I, and Christopher McLlveen, a Patient and Public Voice partner for the Transformation Directorate at NHSE/I. In her talk she discussed […]
Health Tech Trends Series 2022, we would love to hear from you!
HTN’s Health Tech Trends Series, sponsored by InterSystems, is back for the first round of questions for 2022! At HTN, our aim for the series is to produce a range of features and insight articles, seeking a wide range of views and opinions – and we would love your help […]
Policy Exchange publishes proposal for digital general practice and redesigning ‘first-contact’
The Policy Exchange has published a set of proposals which focus on how general practice and digital healthcare should be reformed. Entitled ‘At Your Service: A proposal to reform general practice and enable digital healthcare at scale’, the 98-page document addresses integration, workforce, digital transformation, and scaled provision, as well […]
