Feature by Liquidlogic Hospital bed management and patient flow has always been a challenge, but COVID and the unpredictability of case surges has tested health and social care professionals to the limit. Now, both have a wary eye on the colder months ahead. There are concerns that the triple threat […]
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NHSX publishes Information Governance Framework for Shared Care Records
NHSX has released an Information Governance Framework for Integrated Health and Care on Shared Care Records (ShCR). Shared Care Records, the new programme name previously known as Local Health and Care Records, sets an aim to help local organisations move to a position where an individual’s record is shared across the […]
Feature: The benefit of a cloud-based EPR for smaller care providers
A feature by Jason Stevens, Head of SaaS, Servelec In today’s digital era and with the movement toward remote working, cloud computing is essential for keeping ahead of the curve. The last 10 years have led to significant and widespread adoption of the Cloud thanks to high-capacity networks, virtualisation and […]
Feature: Mark Howie of LIMA talks digital transformation and EPR rollout at Gloucestershire NHS FT
On 14 September 2021, between 11:30am – 12:30pm, LIMA, an IT managed service provider, co-hosted a lunchtime webinar with health tech professionals from Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, to explain how they supported the organisation’s transformation programme and electronic patient record (EPR) roll-out, using VMware’s Cloud Foundation software. To view the video of […]
What Good Looks Like: NHSX’s seven measures of success
Earlier this week, NHSX published its much-anticipated ‘What Good Looks Like’ framework for NHS leaders, to support organisations with ‘best practice’ guidance on digital transformation. HTN covered the release of the guidance, as well as the simultaneous publication of the ‘Who Pays for What’ strategy and the new Unified Tech […]
NHS England pilots AI lung cancer screening programme
NHS England has been conducting pilot lung cancer checks supported by artificial intelligence technology. According to Cancer Research UK, lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer deaths in the UK, but there are hopes around the impact of early detection, with one study finding that CT scan chest […]
Unified Tech Fund and prospectus launched by NHSX
NHSX has released a new Unified Tech Fund and a ‘prospectus’ on the topic, which will act as a guide to help simplify funding for NHS digital transformation projects. The fund itself is expected to bring together “multiple existing pots of national tech funding into a single application”, while the […]
InterSystems to assist with global integration of Cognetivity’s AI platform for early dementia detection
InterSystems has partnered with the healthcare company Cognetivity to support an AI solution that it says can detect dementia ‘up to 15 years earlier’ than conventional methods. Cognetivity uses the advanced data management and integration capabilities of InterSystems IRIS for Health to efficiently deploy across clinical environments its Integrated Cognitive Assessment […]
NHSX releases report on themes and feedback from digital health innovators
NHSX has published a report that responds to feedback from digital health innovators across the sector, with a focus on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and other barriers that creators, providers and suppliers have faced. The ‘Listening to digital health innovators report 2021’, released on 20 August 2021, was […]
Interview Series: Jenny Thomas, Programme Director at DigitalHealth.London
Earlier in August, DigitalHealth.London opened applications for the latest round of its Accelerator programme, which aims to speed up the adoption of digital technologies in healthcare throughout the capital and the NHS. To find out more about the programme – which closes to applicants on 12 September – as well as the […]
