For our latest HTN Now live webinar, we welcomed the team from Apira, who discussed value to your electronic patient records; the barriers to realising EPR benefits; the value available to support the workforce during the process; and the ways that resultant digital maturity adds value for patients. Making up […]
Author: Jennifer Turton
The Reveal: Health Tech Awards 2023 Finalists
Our incredible team of judges have been busy scoring entries in the Health Tech Awards 2023, and we’re now delighted to reveal the finalists. Following 1,000 hours of judging with almost 200 judges from across the NHS, and a whole lot of work from our writing team, we have ensured […]
“It’s not about installing technology, it’s about asking what improvements we can make” Gary Mooney of InterSystems on EPMA
For our feature series on electronic prescribing and medicines administration (EPMA), we talked to Gary Mooney, clinical solution executive at InterSystems. Gary has been with InterSystems for ten years and has a background in academic medicine and digital clinical solutions. Starting his career in academic medicine with a focus on medical […]
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals announces “long overdue” £44 million EPR
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals (BHRUT) has revealed its electronic patient record programme, with an aim to go live in 2025. As one of the last trusts in London to move to an EPR, the programme aims to see an end to the trust’s “unhealthy reliance on paper” which […]
Cardiff University launches automated platform for analysing healthcare data
Cardiff University has launched a new website designed to make disease prevalence data in the UK accessible by search, underpinned by an analytical platform called Livingstone which enables routine healthcare data to be analysed “in near real-time”. The platform, entitled Prevalence UK, can process health data “in minutes” according to […]
EPR specialists Nautilus Consulting acquired by Accenture to support digital transformation delivery
Global professional services company Accenture announced that it has acquired UK-based digital healthcare consultancy Nautilus Consulting, in a move hoped to “enhance Accenture’s digital transformation, implementation, and optimisation capabilities across the U.K. and global healthcare space”. EPR specialists Nautilus Consulting will join Accenture’s health strategy and consulting team, helping to […]
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS appoints new CCIO and deputy medical director for digital and data
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust has announced the appointment of Dr Nitin Kolhe as chief clinical information officer and deputy medical director for digital and data, with the appointment to form part of a wider transformation journey including the procurement of a new EPR system and […]
£72.3 million funding for HDR UK sees launch of five health data research programmes
Health Data Research UK (HDR UK) has announced that its new strategy, with five UK-wide research driver programmes focusing on areas “where data science had great potential”, aims to “harness the power of large-scale data to tackle some of the largest health challenges and build a strong foundation for future research”. […]
NHSE publishes guidance on point of care testing for virtual wards and urgent community response
New NHS England guidance on point of care testing (PoCT) has been published for those looking to integrate PoCT into their urgent community response or virtual ward services “to aid clinical decision-making, avoid unnecessary hospital admission and improve outcomes”. The guidance focuses on in-vitro diagnostic (IVD) PoCT device diagnostics, with […]
Tech to support sustainability plans in new strategy from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
The new Sustainability Strategy 2023 – 2028 from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) shares a vision for a “resilient health service which is socially, economically and environmentally sustainable” and sets out plans to utilise technology to support with property, transport, communications and more. In the area of energy efficiency […]
