The UK government has launched its new five-year suicide prevention strategy, highlighting the value of digital resources, digital therapeutics and opportunities for machine learning and artificial intelligence in prevention. The new strategy notes that “while overall the current suicide rate is not significantly higher than in 2012, the rate is […]
Author: Jennifer Turton
East of England Ambulance Service plans digital education management system
The East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust has opened an opportunity to procure a digital education management system. A prior information notice details the organisation’s requirements for a digital education management system “to improve the tracking, reporting and development of our clinical workforce”. It adds that the system “will be […]
Three digital community pharmacy system suppliers awarded grants to support the delivery of an EPS in Wales
Three further grant awards have been made to digital community pharmacy system suppliers from the Community Pharmacy System Innovation Fund (CPSIF), to deliver electronic prescription services (EPS) in Wales. The grants aim to support suppliers to develop their systems to use an electronic prescription service and receive prescriptions digitally instead […]
HTN Now: Apira on realising benefits and overcoming challenges for EPR implementation
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 […]
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 […]
