The Welsh government has awarded £17 million to Betsi Cadwaladr (BCUHB) and Cwm Taf Morgannwg (CTMUHB) University Health Boards following successful business cases for digitising mental health services patient record systems. The selection of a provider, in principle, is expected by the end of the financial year. BCUHB will receive […]
Author: Jennifer Turton
Feature: Rackspace Technology – Is your EPR system as efficient as it could be?
HTN caught up with Matt Moore, Director of Health and Public Sector at Rackspace Technology, who shared some insight into current trends and future directions around EPRs. Trusts tend to fall into three different categories, he shared: “They either have an EPR that they’re looking to optimise; they might […]
Ramsay Health Care UK implements workforce app
Ramsay Health Care UK has implemented RLDatix’s Loop workforce app as part of its workforce evolution project. Taking to LinkedIn, Ramsay Health Care UK’s head of talent acquisition and HR systems, Kevin Feely, welcomed the “significant milestone” in the company’s workforce programme, praising the “exceptional rostering and project team”, and […]
Navigate Health acquires Patient.info health information platform
Navigate Health has announced its acquisition of the Patient.info health information platform as a major step in its mission to build an “accessible, personalised and empowering” future for digital healthcare. In a LinkedIn post, Navigate Health shared the belief that the next generation of healthcare will be guided “not just […]
Accurx launch AI scribing tool for use across the NHS
Accurx has partnered with Tandem Health, a European health tech company, to launch an AI scribe tool for use across the NHS. The tool supports transcribing, summarising and coding of patient consultations into the clinical record, with the ability to write back to EMIS and SystmOne. It is said to […]
HTN Now: Virtual wards in practice: approaches, learnings, and what does the future look like
For a recent HTN Now webinar on the topic of virtual wards, we were joined by a panel of experts including Francesca Markland, senior programme manager for remote monitoring and virtual wards at NHS England; Fhezan Ashraf, senior pharmacist clinical configuration manager at The Dudley Group; and Abigail Scullion, virtual […]
News in brief: Dorset women’s health website, falls prevention tech, Kent and Medway’s digital and data involvement group
Let’s take a look at some of the latest health tech stories to have caught our eye over the last few weeks. First citizens recruited to Kent and Medway Digital and Data Involvement Group 16 “digital citizens” have been recruited to Kent and Medway’s Digital and Data Involvement Group, set […]
Suffolk and North East Essex ICB shared care record strategy, ICS cyber plans, social care integration
Suffolk and North East Essex (SNEE) ICB, has shared an update on digital progress as part of the board’s latest meeting in March, highlighting work underway and benefits realisation on shared care records, future systems, digitising social care, EPR, and more. Priorities that the system is working toward span an […]
Pan American Health Organization launches virtual digital literacy programme
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has launched a new virtual digital literacy programme aimed at supporting the digital skills of health workers across the Americas and supporting the use of emerging technologies in health and care. PAHO notes all health workers are encouraged to register for the free course, […]
Mayo Clinic Platform_Accelerate shares latest cohort of startups deploying AI
The Mayo Clinic Platform_Accelerate has shared an update on its latest cohort of 15 health tech startups, who are utilising AI to solve health challenges from monitoring heart and lung conditions to detecting alcohol use, tracking disease progression, and predicting life-threatening complications. Startups are involved from across the globe, each […]
