The Welsh Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing has shared an update on the NHS Wales App, its use and plans for upcoming features, including test results, patient-reported outcomes, and an “about me” section for patients to share information they would like health professionals to know about them. Since the […]
Author: Jennifer Turton
East Cheshire NHS and Mid Cheshire NHS trusts reflect on EPR roll-out and next phase
The East Cheshire NHS Trust board has noted a “smoother than anticipated go-live” of its MEDITECH EPR in June of this year, noting learnings to share with other trusts, the impacts across the hospitals and the next phase of the programme. The joint go-live with Mid Cheshire NHS Foundation Trust […]
Mersey Care NHS launches digital intervention to support young people with anorexia nervosa
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust has launched a digital support platform to help young people with anorexia nervosa and their families. The TRIANGLE platform, developed by Mersey Care’s Children’s Eating Disorder Service (CEDS) in partnership with Professor Janet Treasure at King’s College London and Informatics Merseyside, was created with input […]
North Bristol NHS Trust goes live with EPMA
North Bristol NHS Trust is celebrating going live with electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA), with hopes of improving medication safety, streamlining clinical workflows, and enhancing patient care. Jenna Auchraje, lead pharmacist for electronic prescribing, and leading the trust-wide implementation of Careflow Medicines Management, shared news of the “successful” go-live […]
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS FT goes live with EPR
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with the Epic electronic patient record system this week. In a LinkedIn post, David Grannell, associate director digital at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS, counted down the hours to the trust’s Epic EPR launch, following “four years of […]
HTN Now: Livi, The Rotherham NHS and Sheffield Children’s discuss scaling health technologies
For a HTN Now webinar discussion on scaling health technologies we welcomed Clair Scaife, nurse/AHP clinical lead with the service improvement team at Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust; Annmarie Grogan, clinical and palliative lead nurse with the children’s community nursing team at The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust; and Riccardo Arduini, […]
Stanford Health Care trials AI tool for clinicians to interact with and ask questions about patient medical records
Stanford Health Care is piloting an AI-backed software, ChatEHR, that enables clinicians to interact with and ask questions about patient medical records. ChatEHR uses information about a patient’s medical history to offer responses to clinician queries, automatically summarising charts and performing a range of other tasks to assist clinicians in […]
Chatbot utilised for 30 percent of Talking Therapies referrals at Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership
In the year since its initial introduction, an AI-powered digital referral assistant (chatbot) has been utilised for 30 percent of Talking Therapies referrals for anxiety and depression at Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust. The chatbot engages in conversation with individuals to capture referral information which is then automatically added […]
NHS England updates guidance on patient initiated follow-up
NHS England’s latest guidance on patient initiated follow-up has highlighted the role of the NHS App and digital tools in enabling patient choice, aiming to reduce operational barriers, promote consistency, and support providers in “embedding PIFU as part of routine clinical practice”. In a foreword, Stella Vig, elective recovery national […]
£300k patient management solution for intensive care units procured by University Hospitals Birmingham
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust has entered a contract worth over £300k with Kinseed Limited for an end-to-end patient care management solution for intensive care units. The contract, set to run to March 2028, has a total value of £309, 680.20. Marked as an “IT software package”, the solution […]
