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 […]
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Hertfordshire and West Essex ICS digital strategy in focus
Hertfordshire and West Essex ICS’s digital strategy is available in text and video format, covering their visions, goals, digital strategy mission and actions for the future. The strategy opens with a comment from Dr Jane Haplin, CEO and SRO For Digital Transformation Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB. Dr Haplin highlights the […]
Dr Helen Davies shares role of data for managing multi-morbidity across an ICS
A step-by-step guide to managing the pandemic of multi-morbidity using population health management has been discussed in a blog for NHS England by Dr Helen Davies, GP clinical lead for community and population health management in Calderdale, part of West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board. Helen explains that evidence shows that […]
HTN Now: Apira’s lessons learned from digital ICS experiences
Our final HTN Now event of 2022 focused on all things digital integrated care systems, and we were joined by a team from Apira for a discussion on the lessons learned from their digital ICS experiences. Apira, a digital healthcare consultancy, supports organisations on a national, regional and local level […]
Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB opens market engagement for remote monitoring tech
NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board has shared a future opportunity notice to seek views from suppliers of digital remote monitoring solutions. Through a prior information notice published on the government’s tender portal, the ICB notes it has “been piloting a number of digital remote monitoring solutions […]
Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin ICS launches winter control room
NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care System has this month launched a winter control room to manage demand and capacity across the county. The control room is said to use multi-agency data to support the region’s response to pressures across the system, where it can match staff with demand to […]
Northamptonshire ICS shares update on Elective Care Collaborative
Northamptonshire ICS has shared an update on their work to develop the Integrated Care Northamptonshire Elective Care Collaborative, bringing together the organisations involved in planning care with the aim of improving health outcomes through working together in a patient-centred approach. This will be achieved through transforming service delivery to focus on […]
Care homes connect to London Care Record
Nine care homes in North East London have connected to the London Care Record, to provide access to information on allergies, test results and care plans as well as GP data and hospital discharge summaries. The London Care Record brings together local sharing systems from each of London’s five Integrated Care Systems, […]
Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB opens shared care record market engagement
NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board has published a future opportunity notice of its plans to procure a shared care record in 2023. The formal procurement is anticipated to open in March 2023, with the ICB currently finalising the scope and requirements for the contract. The […]
ICS system control centres December target for minimum viable product
NHS England has this week shared an updated plan ‘going further on winter resilience plans’ with healthcare system leaders. The plan outlines support for clinical leaders to ensure risk is managed across the system and for all ICBs to implement system control centres (SCC) by December 2022. The plan notes […]