The Hewitt Review – an independent review of integrated care systems – has been published. At 89 pages long, there’s a lot to read – here we focus on the report’s key findings and recommendations around digital and data for you. The Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt, previous Secretary of State of […]
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Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICS to introduce care traffic control centres
Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICS has partnered with Faculty to introduce ‘intelligent care traffic control centres’ with an aim to view demand, capacity and predict future need across the ICS. The ICS hopes to improve operational planning, by using a predictive analytics tool from Faculty, that pulls in […]
Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes ICS digital strategy places patient experience at the forefront of innovation
The three-year digital strategy for Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Health and Care Partnership opens with comments from Mark Thomas, chief digital information officer: “The BLMK system is, at its heart, all about orienting services to enable everyone in our towns, villages and communities to live longer, healthier lives. This […]
Data, population health management and infrastructure in focus in North East London integrated care strategy
North East London Health and Care Partnership has published its interim integrated care strategy, with a focus on digitally connecting health and care providers, population health management and leveraging data. The interim plan lays out a focus on building the partnership’s digital foundations, the role of digital in prevention and […]
What’s happening in digital and data across North East & Yorkshire?
What’s happening in digital and data across North East & Yorkshire? Here at HTN we are pleased to share the first in our series of ICS-focused features, exploring the role of digital and data across the integrated care systems region-by-region. First up, we’re looking at what’s happening in the North […]
Dorset ICS plans integration and interoperability redesign
Dorset Integrated Care System has launched a discovery phase to review its current integration and interoperability landscape, with an aim to redesign its data architecture. The ICS is looking for the supplier market to support the review and develop a target architecture. It hopes to explore “an approach, using modern technologies […]
Norfolk and Waveney ICS release digital transformation strategic plan and roadmap
Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care System (ICS) has released a digital transformation strategic plan and roadmap, following on from their engagement work in creating their clinical and digital strategies. The plans lays out the ICS’s digital roadmap, how it will invest in digital as an ICS, its clinical objectives and […]
NHSE case studies focus on partnerships and innovation across ICSs
NHS England has shared a series of case studies, co-developed between the Accelerated Access Collaborative (AAC) and partners, on the implementation approaches of local integrated care systems to promote the adoption and expansion of successful innovation strategies. The studies explore the various ways in which ICSs can facilitate innovation through […]
Mid and South Essex ICS explores unified electronic patient record
A prior information notice has been published by Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System to procure a unified electronic patient record system. Essex University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Mid and South Essex Foundation Trust are currently at the outline business case stage to procure and replace their existing electronic […]
Mid and South Essex ICB awards business intelligence services contract
Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board has awarded a contract to NHS Arden & GEM Commissioning Support Unit to deliver business intelligence services and platform provision across the ICB. The programme is said to support the integrated care board’s digital vision, to provide digital and data solutions that “drive […]
