Isle of Wight NHS Trust has gone live with its patient portal for digital outpatient appointment letters. The trust noted they join “82 other trusts across the country offering a patient engagement portal” providing access to appointment letters and the ability to make changes to their upcoming care. The trust […]
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Sussex Community NHS contracts £6m TPP EPR until 2034
Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust has awarded a 10-year contract extension for an electronic patient record system from The Phoenix Partnership (TPP), set to run for 10 years and worth an estimated £6,294,780. The contract is described as a “collaboration” between Sussex Community alongside East Sussex Healthcare, Surrey and Borders […]
Hull University Teaching Hospitals trials pre-hospital video triage scheme for stroke patients
Hull University Teaching Hospitals is trialling a pre-hospital video triage scheme enabling stroke coordinators to connect to Yorkshire Ambulance Service crews via video technology, to enable visual checks and digital evaluations. Where suspected stroke is identified through the video assessment, ambulances will transport patients to Hull Royal Infirmary on an […]
Blog: “Unlocking the insights that our data can provide us is central to our ambition” Mark Cubbon, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Mark Cubbon, group chief executive at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, shares his insights on the digital focuses at his trust in this blog for HTN, as well as MFT’s EPR journey and their efforts to tackle health inequalities. Digital focus at MFT I joined Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust […]
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust shares £300k opportunity for remote patient monitoring system
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust has shared an opportunity to procure remote patient monitoring services and hardware worth an estimated £300,000, set to run for three years. Following the end of the existing remote monitoring contract, the trust seeks to establish a new contract to support the clinical effectiveness and […]
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals trials smart tech to reverse risks of diabetes-related nerve damage
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has launched a trial utilising smart technologies with the aim of reversing the risk of nerve damage in people living with type 2 diabetes. The OCEANIC trial will use technologies including wearable sensors, smart weighing scales and activity trackers, to monitor and share patient […]
Royal United Hospitals Bath research strategy highlights need to maximise potential of big data analytics
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH) has published its research strategy for 2024 – 2029, highlighting how “the digital explosion in healthcare provides us with much data” and outlining the use of this data to support the trust’s key strategic priorities as “core business”. On creating a culture […]
Northampton General Hospital signs 10-year contract for deployment of cloud-based EPR
Northampton General Hospital (NGH) has signed a 10-year contract with Nervecentre for the deployment of its cloud-based EPR, with frontline digitisation funding allocated by NHS England. Other trusts in the vicinity are working with Nervecentre include Nottingham University Hospitals, Chesterfield Royal Hospital and University Hospitals of Derby and Burton, with […]
Lancashire and South Cumbria report highlights shared digital approach for trusts and data work to tackle inequalities
Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB has published its ‘state of the system’ report, developed by chief executive Kevin Lavery, which explores the progress made so far by the ICB in driving its vision of “developing a high-quality, community-centred health and care system by 2035”, as well as plans for the […]
Coventry and Warwickshire ICS shares data on length of stay and waiting list reductions
Coventry and Warwickshire ICS has shared insight into its work supporting people at home and improving efficiencies around cardiology care, highlighting how initiatives are run, outcomes including specific data, and wider impact on the system. On how patients have been supported to return home following hospital stays, the ICS shares […]
