Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust recently began recording and administrating medical information through the electronic prescribing and medicines administration (EPMA) system, MedChart, as part of their ongoing “strategic initiatives” to increase digital adoption. The system has been piloted by the trust’s EPR team with support from colleagues on Ward […]
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Encompass patient record system goes live at Southern and Western Health and Social Care Trusts
The encompass patient record system in Northern Ireland has gone live at the final two trusts, said to provide a single digital care record for every citizen in receipt of health and social care, and granting service users across the region the ability to access health information online via the […]
HTN Now: Virtual wards in practice: approaches, learnings, and what does the future look like
For a recent HTN Now webinar on the topic of virtual wards, we were joined by a panel of experts including Francesca Markland, senior programme manager for remote monitoring and virtual wards at NHS England; Fhezan Ashraf, senior pharmacist clinical configuration manager at The Dudley Group; and Abigail Scullion, virtual […]
Feature: Nervecentre on breaking down barriers, a vision for seamless NHS care
By Nervecentre At the beginning of the year, Nervecentre marked its 15th anniversary with the NHS at a pivotal moment in frontline digitisation. 15 years ago, in the final gasps of NPfIT, the primary focus of healthcare technology was on data capture and record-keeping, with early EPR systems giving acute […]
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS goes live with CCube electronic document management system, by Noveva
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with the CCube electronic document management system by Noveva Software Group, this month. The platform has gone live across the trust, following a migration of 8 million digital documents from the previous incumbent Kainos Evolve system. The trust’s in-house scanning bureau […]
Medway NHS, Dudley Group, Imprivata and Mid and South Essex and Essex Partnership discuss approaches to EPRs
For HTN Now, we were joined for a panel discussion on the topic of optimising and adding value to EPRs by an expert panel including Ciara Moore, unified EPR programme director at Mid and South Essex and Essex Partnership University; Neill Crump, digital strategy director at Dudley Group NHS Foundation […]
Interview: David Newey, digital health expert on the future of EPRs
In our latest HTN interview, we spoke with David Newey, interim chief digital transformation officer at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (BHRUT), about the future of EPRs. We discussed some of the challenges of successful EPR implementation, with a particular focus on the financial pressures within the […]
Barts Health highlights impact of virtual ward for children with cancer
The Royal London Hospital has highlighted the impact of the use of a virtual platform for its children’s cancer ward, reportedly enabling children deemed well enough to be monitored from home. Launched in 2023, the trust noted that children with cancer are at an increased risk of infection, and when […]
North London NHS FT digital strategy to 2029 focuses on AI, digital skills, data and innovation
North London NHS Foundation Trust has published its digital strategy, with a focus on AI and data, EPR optimisation, launching an NLFT app building programme, digital foundations and infrastructure, creating a culture of innovation, and supporting staff with digital skills. “Our strategy is not only about adopting new technologies but […]
Somerset NHS FT shares ePMA rollout and impact
HTN recently spoke with Somerset NHS Foundation Trust on the deployment its electronic prescribing and medicines administration system (ePMA) at the trust, highlighting benefits around increased efficiency and patient safety. The ePMA system has reportedly been successfully deployed at Musgrove Park Hospital and all community hospitals, with the team now […]
