The Department of Health and Social Care has announced that a new data strategy is to be published. In an announcement made this week, the proposed strategy will be released ahead of public and stakeholder consultations. It’s said to propose how patients will view their digital medical records and ensure […]
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RPA supplier reports 24% growth
Blue Prism, a supplier of robotic process automation tools, has reported revenue growth of 24% in its recently published half-year report. Published on 17 June, the report highlights revenues up to £80.4m, from £66.6m in the first half of 2020. The company has seen bookings in the first half of […]
Data and digital standards forms part of NHSE Integrated Care Systems design framework
NHS England has published a design framework for NHS leaders and organisations, to provide guidance and operational commitments from April 2022 – with a section also dedicated specifically to digital and data. Published 16 June, the document sets out the next steps for Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) to ‘seize opportunities […]
Dr Nikki Kanani to keynote HTN Digital Primary Care 2021
HTN is delighted to announce that Dr Nikki Kanani will be delivering a keynote on the future of General Practice at the upcoming HTN Digital Primary Care Conference 2021, which will take place on 4 August 2021. Dr Kanani, a GP in south east London and the Medical Director for […]
‘NHS data sharing success rests on transparency and gaining public trust’; Paul Walker, CTO at Skills for Health
By Paul Walker, Chief Technical Officer, Skills for Health The implementation of a large-scale data collection service from UK GP patient records has been delayed by two months after unions and sector bodies who represent doctors aired concerns over a lack of transparency and public engagement about the right to […]
NHS Digital Terminology Server goes live
The NHS Digital Terminology Server is now live. The platform supports data exchange between systems and integration of local coding systems with national and international coding languages, such as SNOMED-CT and FHIR. In September 2020, NHS Digital awarded a contract to Dedalus and CSIRO, the creators of Ontoserver, to implement […]
University Hospital Southampton goes live with new maternity app
University Hospital Southampton has this week gone live with a new system ‘Badgernet Maternity’, for pregnant women to access their records online or via the app. A joint project spanning maternity services across Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Portsmouth, the app will replace paper notes, and provide a centralised platform. The system is an […]
Salford Care introduces new remote monitoring app for heart failure patients
Healthcare teams at Salford Care Organisation, part of the Northern Care Alliance Group, is piloting the use of a remote monitoring system to support heart failure patients. The tech includes a smartphone app designed by connected care supplier Dignio and easy-to-use bluetooth devices. It’s currently being used by teams in […]
Frimley Health picks Hyland as part of five-year strategy
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust has selected OnBase from Hyland, an information platform, to digitise and manage clinical documents. In September 2020, Frimley announced it would adopt Epic as it electronic patient record, part of a £108m deal. The trust in late 2019 published an ambitious five-year strategy, ‘Our future FHFT’, […]
News in brief: NHS Arden and GEM analytics contract, Welsh Nursing Care Record roll-out, surgical robot to speed up cancer ops
This week we’ve been building up to our latest instalment of HTN Now – a series of live webcasts and content – so it’s been a busy time. But that hasn’t stopped the health tech news. In the past few days alone we’ve also covered NHS Digital’s two month delay […]
