A study published in Frontiers has proposed a series of challenges and recommendations relating to research using electronic health records, highlighting “five key themes” for the challenges associated with conducting research with EHRs, including developing the research proposal; access and ethical approval; data quality; analysis platform; and generalisability and research […]
Author: Jennifer Turton
Manchester University NHS FT highlights benefits to transparency, patient empowerment and sustainability through EPR
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust is celebrating one year of their electronic patient record Hive, sharing how they have launched a new online patient portal and mobile app MyMFT as well as having “transformed our internal systems and ways of working over the past year”. The trust shares how Hive’s […]
News in brief: smart contact lens, digital health passport for asthma, KCL explores use of AI in endovascular surgeries, and more
It’s time for another news in brief round-up – let’s take a look at some of the stories that caught our eye recently. Stanford University and Pohang University of Science and Technology develop smart contact lens Researchers have developed a smart contact lens designed to allow continual blood sugar monitoring, […]
Join us on 19 September for HTN Now: live webinars and research on a range of health tech topics
Join us tomorrow (Tuesday 19 September) for our latest HTN Now event – a day of live webinars and research on a variety of digital health topics, including reducing the productivity slump at go-live, the importance of Privileged Access Management (PAM), and the clinical impact of asking wellbeing vs vital […]
NHS Digital Academy to develop health informatics resources for allied health professionals
NHS England’s Digital Academy for Health and Care has commissioned The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP), to develop “an online, interactive learning resource which introduces allied health professionals (AHPs) across the UK to health informatics, and how technology can support their work”. CSP is to work in collaboration with Keele […]
Poll: What’s the biggest challenge with interoperability across health and care?
For the latest poll in the HTN Health Tech Trends Series, sponsored by InterSystems, we took to LinkedIn to ask our audience: What’s the biggest challenge with interoperability across health and care? 124 participants from a range of backgrounds and settings, including NHS professionals, researchers and healthcare innovators, made their […]
New research on EHR safety performance finds link between usability and improved EHR safety
An article published this week in Jama Network Open, has highlighted the link between EHR frontline usability and EHR safety performance. The article, by Classen, et al., (2023), findings suggest that “current broad efforts to improve EHR usability may be associated with improvements in EHR safety performance”. The new cross-sectional study was […]
North West London ICS shares remote blood pressure monitoring pilot
The North West London Digital First programme has been piloting a remote blood pressure monitoring application with 1,476 patients, and has reported that managing blood pressure and medication from home with the support of a GP is safe and effective. The ICS noted that 79% of the 1,476 patients involved are […]
NHSE guidance on nursing and midwifery documentation sets out principles for “good” digital documentation
NHS England has published new guidance titled, “Towards a unified vision of nursing and midwifery documentation”, which “sets the direction for all nursing documentation across hospitals, community and nursing homes”. The new guidance highlights the digitisation of the NHS in making visible “the volume of documentation that nurses are asked […]
NHS England publishes 2023-2024 business plan with focus on digital
NHS England has published its business plan for 2023-2024, setting out plans to address challenges including health inequalities, access to primary care services, elective long waits and ambulance response, as well as highlighting the intention to “transform care through harnessing data, information and technology”. The new business plan incorporates actions […]
