NHSX has revealed plans to develop and publish a new ‘standards roadmap’ for care record and interoperability standards in England. According to the organisation, the roadmap is set to provide support and include access to a ‘system-wide overview’ of the standards proposed, as well as opportunities to engage with the […]
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HTN welcomes CareFlow Medicines Management as HTN Now headline sponsor
HTN is delighted to welcome CareFlow Medicines Management as headline sponsor of HTN Now 2022. HTN Now, a unique online event series, takes place throughout the year to bring together the health tech community and share, discuss and collaborate on a variety of topics focused on health technology for the […]
Interview Series: Glenn Winteringham, Group Chief Digital Officer at Royal Free London
For this instalment of our Interview Series, the first of 2022, HTN spoke to Glenn Winteringham, Group Chief Digital Officer for Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, about the latest developments in their digital transformation programmes. In this piece, Glenn guides us through the Royal Free’s Electronic Patient Record journey, […]
News in Brief: 1m to trial quicker diagnostic tools, Medway’s EPR programme, Hampshire updates maternity tech
January always brings the HTN team a few belated presents – in the form of several exciting events to keep us busy. First up to unwrap is our latest edition of HTN Now, which began on Monday and runs until 20 Jan, offering digital gift bags full to the brim […]
The Reveal: HTN Now Awards Finalists
Over the past few weeks the HTN team has worked with a fantastic team of judges, and we’re now delighted to share with you the finalists in the HTN Now Awards! Following 1,000 hours of judging and the HTN team working on a series of features – you can now […]
Royal College of Occupational Therapists publishes data and innovation strategy
The Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT) has published a data and innovation strategy to support occupational therapists with data management. As well as guidance and instruction, RCOT is providing its therapists with resources and links, and the opportunity to share their ‘data literacy learning and development needs’ through a […]
Feature: Medicines, sickle cell, blood pressure, respiratory conditions and COPD remote monitoring
This time last year, HTN discussed the rapid rise of remote monitoring, reflecting on the surge of adoption of technologies that had allowed patients to be monitored at home, or outside of traditional hospital settings, during the early waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK. Although the innovations and […]
NHS Digital publishes sustainability report and future direction
In December 2021, NHS Digital released its Sustainability Annual Report for the period 2020 – 2021, ahead of the publication of a five-year strategy exploring processes and frameworks and possible new ways of working. The publication highlights the impact of technologies such as MS Teams and communication tools as part […]
Video: the challenges and benefits of validating data in mental health
Our first HTN Now Focus event of 2022 took place on 10 January, with sessions focused on how to support digital mental health. The first of our two live presentations of the day featured the specialist digital transformation consultancy, Ideal Health, and focused on the challenges and benefits of validating […]
Video: Newcastle Hospitals NHS Trust’s EPR journey
Towards the end of last year, Graham King, Chief Information Officer at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust delivered a live webcast on the trust’s Electronic Patient Record (EPR) journey. Part of our HTN Now Focus event on EPR systems, Graham’s presentation focused on the implementation and project ‘Paperlite’, […]
