NHSX has revealed plans to develop and publish a new ‘standards roadmap’ for care record and interoperability standards in England. According to the organisation, the roadmap is set to provide support and include access to a ‘system-wide overview’ of the standards proposed, as well as opportunities to engage with the […]
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Interview Series: Glenn Winteringham, Group Chief Digital Officer at Royal Free London
For this instalment of our Interview Series, the first of 2022, HTN spoke to Glenn Winteringham, Group Chief Digital Officer for Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, about the latest developments in their digital transformation programmes. In this piece, Glenn guides us through the Royal Free’s Electronic Patient Record journey, […]
Video: NHSX’s Blueprinting case studies – building a digital future
The NHSX Blueprinting team joined us at the latest HTN Now series, concluding our first day of events with a presentation and panel discussion on Blueprinting. The team were joined by a number of health tech professionals from NHS trusts, who shared their experiences and case studies. Speakers at the […]
Case Study: Northampton General Hospital Trust rolls out virtual wards for asthma patients
A feature by Doccla In the past few months there has been a ‘ground shaking’ shift in the adoption of virtual wards in the NHS. It has been a vital and valuable tool for delivering safe, effective healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s set in motion an altering of how […]
Feature: Medicines, sickle cell, blood pressure, respiratory conditions and COPD remote monitoring
This time last year, HTN discussed the rapid rise of remote monitoring, reflecting on the surge of adoption of technologies that had allowed patients to be monitored at home, or outside of traditional hospital settings, during the early waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK. Although the innovations and […]
Video: the challenges and benefits of validating data in mental health
Our first HTN Now Focus event of 2022 took place on 10 January, with sessions focused on how to support digital mental health. The first of our two live presentations of the day featured the specialist digital transformation consultancy, Ideal Health, and focused on the challenges and benefits of validating […]
Feature: Inhealthcare leads the way in remote monitoring with patients and clinicians voicing support for digital health technologies in the NHS
Feature by Bryn Sage, CEO, Inhealthcare Some patients like remote monitoring because it makes them feel reassured about their NHS care. Others enjoy the freedom of being able to live independently with long-term health conditions. For Gurmit Bhamra, who joined Surrey Heartlands Health and Care Partnership’s new service for patients […]
Video: Newcastle Hospitals NHS Trust’s EPR journey
Towards the end of last year, Graham King, Chief Information Officer at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust delivered a live webcast on the trust’s Electronic Patient Record (EPR) journey. Part of our HTN Now Focus event on EPR systems, Graham’s presentation focused on the implementation and project ‘Paperlite’, […]
CNWL launches new local apps library with ORCHA
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) has created a new local apps library for patients, in partnership with ORCHA (the Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Applications). The Health and Wellbeing App Library is a joint effort from both organisations to provide patients with a […]
Health and Social Care Committee’s latest report calls for tech and digital roadmap
The UK’s Health and Social Care Committee has released its latest report on tackling the healthcare backlog caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which includes publishing further recommendations related to health tech and digital developments. Entitled ‘Clearing the Backlog caused by the pandemic’, the 46-page document looks at the scale and […]
