An app designed to help healthcare professionals document, manage and coordinate care for children and young people with complex needs is to be piloted in West Yorkshire thanks to funding from Innovate UK. EnrichMyCare, part of the 2024 Health Innovation Propel YH Accelerator Programme, was developed by a specialist paediatric […]
Author: Jennifer Turton
Panel discussion: Digital in supporting NHS reform, modernising services, shifting from hospital to community, and supporting the move from reactive to proactive care
For a recent HTN Now webinar, we were joined by a panel of experts to discuss the role of digital in supporting NHS reform – modernising services, shifting from hospital to community, and supporting the move from reactive to proactive care. Panel members shared their insight and experience from a […]
SW London ICS digital strategy 2025 – 2028: developing digital infrastructure, integrating systems, harnessing data, empowering citizens, encouraging innovation, and more
South West London ICS has published its digital strategy for 2025 – 2028 setting out a digital vision prioritising citizen and health professional empowerment, joined up patient pathways, and the “seamless” provision of health and care services for all citizens, “supported by new technologies”. The strategy sets out five digital […]
EU regulation to improve cross-border access to health data requires all EHR systems to be “interoperable at EU level”
The European Council has announced its adoption of a new law aimed at improving individual’s control over their data and making cross-border health data sharing easier, requiring all EHR systems to be “interoperable at EU level”. Member states will also be required to set up a digital health authority in […]
State of digital government review: fragmented tech, underused data, funding not reflecting modern digital practice
The government’s State of Digital Government Review has offered a “realistic and unflinching” analysis of tech in public services, highlighting fragmented technology, underused data, low service reliability, dependence on external resources for core skills, and funding which does not reflect modern digital practice. The review also highlights examples of good […]
2026 go-lives set for “joint Devon EPR”
Go-live dates have been confirmed for the “joint Devon EPR”, in what has been described as “an ambitious programme to transform care for patients and staff across Devon’s acute hospitals and community sites”. The One Devon EPR Partnership is made up of three trusts: Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation […]
New Hospital Programme’s revised deadlines see almost half of intended construction delayed
The Department of Health & Social Care’s plan for implementation for the New Hospital Programme will see almost half of the 40 new hospitals promised by 2030 delayed, with work on 18 hospitals now not set to begin until 2032 and beyond. Wes Streeting noted that funding for the programme […]
US Department of Health & Human Services AI strategic plan focuses on innovation, ethical use, access, organisational culture
The US Department of Health & Human Services has published its AI Strategic Plan, with a focus on four key domains: catalysing innovation in health AI and unlocking “new ways to improve people’s lives”; promoting trustworthy AI development and ethical and responsible use; “democratising” AI technologies and resources to promote […]
Findings and analysis from HTN’s survey on healthcare network management
We were recently joined by Martin Knight, international sales manager for privileged access management at Imprivata, to take us through some of the findings from HTN’s survey on healthcare network management, which asked respondents a series of questions about their organisation’s current practices around managing third-party access, covering onboarding, deprovisioning, […]
Framework agreement for AI published by NHS Shared Business Services
NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) has published a “comprehensive” framework agreement intended to bring together the “wealth of experience” produced from current AI offerings to help “take the NHS above the foothills of digital transformation”. The framework agreement, to be used by NHS SBS approved organisations, is set out […]
