For a recent HTN Now webinar, we were joined by members of the NHS blueprinting team, along with representatives from Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership, who shared their approach, learning, and successes from the implementation of an EPaCCS (Electronic Palliative Care Coordination System) in Humber and North […]
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Buckinghamshire Healthcare launches new patient portal via NHS App
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust has launched a new patient portal via the NHS App with the aim of supporting patients to keep track of appointments, clinical letters and pre-assessments. Through the portal, patients can confirm and check their appointments, receive and access information such as clinical letters, view discharge summaries […]
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Go Green, Go Digital week
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust has shared an update on its first ‘Go Green Go Digital’ sustainability awareness week which took place at the start of December and highlights the ongoing partnership between the trust’s digital transformation team and sustainability working group. The week included online drop-in sessions from […]
iPLATO digital framework to support patient recruitment for national cancer trial
Huma health tech company iPLATO is to support patient recruitment for a national oesophageal cancer screening programme through use of its solution framework including deployment of their patient engagement platform, digital patient questionnaires and an online web booking mechanism. The screening study, BEST4, seeks to recruit 120,000 participants; with iPLATO’s […]
Tech to support falls prevention piloted by Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT) has shared how it is using tech to pilot new falls prevention methods with the aim of enhancing its offer to patients and minimising the impact of falls on health, quality of life, and the NHS’s finances. The projects and programmes being piloted […]
Liverpool University Hospitals announces joint chief digital officer role with Liverpool Women’s
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has announced the appointment of a new joint chief digital officer role with Liverpool Women’s, with Liverpool Women’s chief information officer Matt Connor to take up the post in February 2024. The trust highlights that Matt brings more than two decades of experience in […]
Royal College of Midwives calls for Scotland’s IT systems to be made more “neurodiverse friendly”
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) in Scotland has called for Scotland’s NHS IT systems to be made neurodiverse friendly, noting a significant increase in the use of electronic systems whilst acknowledging that “not all systems, computer screens and software currently being used by midwives have been designed to consider […]
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire utilises AI process mining tool to improve processes
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) has collaborated with tech company IBM and data processing company Celonis to implement an artificial intelligence process mining tool, with the aim of helping the trust to better understand processes and where they could be improved. The tool was deployed as part of an […]
£1.28m AI upgrade to radiology training facilities at University Hospitals of North Midlands
University Hospitals of North Midlands (UHNM) has announced a £1.28 million AI upgrade to its radiology training facilities, thanks to funding from NHS England Midlands which aimed to support the development of a new training model at the Midlands Imaging Training Academy (MITA). By utilising a newly-installed XRNET high speed […]
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust awards contract for patient portal
Following a call-off from a framework agreement, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust has awarded a contract worth an estimated £865,000 to ICNH Ltd (trading as DrDoctor) for a patient portal. The procurement notice describes how Lewisham and Greenwich sought a trust-wide patient portal for patients under acute and community care, […]