Southern Communications Group has acquired X-on, a cloud-based telephony specialist that supports 1,400 GP practices. Business-to-business communications provider, Southern Communications Group (SCG), said the move will help drive a significant new phase in X-on’s growth plans. Currently 17.5 per cent of the GP practice market uses the company’s tech. Under the […]
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EMIS acquires medical appraisals specialist FourteenFish
EMIS Group has announced its second acquisition of 2022, purchasing medical appraisals specialist FourteenFish. Founded by a GP and IT specialist in 2012, the UK-based technology company supports over 100,000 healthcare professionals, such as nurses, GPs and practice managers. They are known for providing an easy-to-use, modern, Trainee Portfolio and […]
Frimley ICS adopts EMIS analytics for patient trends
Frimley Health and Care Integrated Care System (ICS) has utilised EMIS-X Analytics to identify trends, such as patient behaviours and areas of increasing demand. Using data drawn from the local shared care record and population health tools, EMIS and Frimley ICS, have identified a 17 per cent annual rise in demand for […]
New remote triage and consultation platform in East Midlands
Lakeside Healthcare Partnership, a group of NHS GP practices in the East Midlands, has introduced a digital assessment platform to help redesign pathways by digitising patient triage and assessment workflows. Doctrin’s care navigation platform, which enables patients to be triaged and directed onward to a healthcare practitioner, is being rolled out […]
Cheshire and Merseyside tech kit recycling project targets digitally excluded
Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership has shared how a ‘tech kit’ recycling project has helped improve outcomes for digitally excluded groups. By supporting the group online and encouraging them with digital health services, the ICS says it’s opened up access to mental health support, and how to live healthier […]
Video: Transforming referrals with digital specialist advice
Hosting our closing session at the recent HTN Digital Primary Care 2022 conference, we welcomed Dr Mala Ubhi, a GP in Gloucestershire and Clinical Advisor for Digital Productivity in NHSE/I, and Christopher McLlveen, a Patient and Public Voice partner for the Transformation Directorate at NHSE/I. In her talk she discussed […]
Policy Exchange publishes proposal for digital general practice and redesigning ‘first-contact’
The Policy Exchange has published a set of proposals which focus on how general practice and digital healthcare should be reformed. Entitled ‘At Your Service: A proposal to reform general practice and enable digital healthcare at scale’, the 98-page document addresses integration, workforce, digital transformation, and scaled provision, as well […]
Video: Dr Minal Bakhai keynote, transforming the model of general practice
Dr Minal Bakhai, Clinical Director for General Practice Transformation and Digital First Primary Care at NHS England and NHS Improvement, delivered one of the two keynote speeches at HTN Digital Primary Care 2022. Focusing her talk on ‘transforming the model of general practice’, Dr Bakhai discussed the changes in access […]
Dr Minal Bakhai to keynote HTN Digital Primary Care 2022
HTN is delighted to announce that Dr Minal Bakhai will be joining us at the upcoming HTN Digital Primary Care Conference 2022, to deliver a keynote speech. The one-day conference takes place on 2 March 2022, from 9:00am-3:00pm, providing practical, educational and informative sessions focused around digital solutions within primary care. […]
HTN Digital Primary Care agenda revealed
HTN is delighted to reveal the agenda for HTN Digital Primary Care, our one-day online conference, taking place on 2 March 2022. Join HTN and colleagues from 9:00am-3:00pm, for the free-to-attend online conference, providing practical, educational and informative sessions focused around digital solutions within primary care. The day includes talks […]