NHS Nightingale London has used an app from Induction Healthcare to support the onboarding process of 418 clinicians. Using the Induction Switch app, a popular communication platform used by 185,000 healthcare professionals, the temporary hospital has adopted the tool to support communication, secure messaging, directory services and document sharing. London’s Nightingale hospital was reopened last month […]
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Report: Healthcare providers and systems brace for a third recovery wave; 6,100 monthly cancer patients, and 2.5m elective patient gap
Feature by Draper & Dash, view the insight report here > As far as intensity goes, this has been one of the most extreme and challenging months in history for the healthcare sector. As a I write this, we are simultaneously experiencing one of the most transformative periods in healthcare, […]
PRSB launches supplier scheme to drive standards
The Professional Record Standards Body (PRSB), a non-profit organisation responsible for the development of standards for digital health and care records, has launched a new vendor scheme to support integrated care. The ‘Standards Partnership Scheme’ has been launched to visibly recognise and support vendors that are implementing endorsed record standards, in a bid […]
A week in health tech: a summary of HETT Reset
This week, the HTN team joined the health tech community for a very interesting virtual HETT Show. During the week we attended the panel discussions and covered some of the themes and key discussion points: NHS digitalisation and the future role of NHS Digital; an interview with Sarah Wilkinson Integration […]
NHS digitalisation and the future role of NHS Digital; an interview with Sarah Wilkinson
HTN today attended a session, as part of the HETT Show, hosted by Charles Alessi, Chief Clinical Officer at HIMSS International who spoke with Sarah Wilkinson, CEO at NHS Digital. The session discussed the current state of NHS digitalisation and the future role of NHS Digital in supporting new and evolving […]
Lancashire Teaching extends agreement with Harris EPR
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS FT has extended its agreement to use the electronic patient record from Harris Healthcare for a further five years. In 2017, the Trust went live with the platform across its organisation, and last year implemented its electronic prescribing medication administration (EPMA) functionality. The company said the […]
Royal Free London starts second phase of EPR roll-out
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust has launched the second phase of its electronic patient record journey. The Trust went live with the Cerner Millennium system at Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, Edgware Community Hospital, Finchley Memorial Hospital and in the maternity department at Royal Free Hospital in November 2018. The second […]
Industry leaders on re-defining digital maturity
On day one of the HETT Show 2021, one of the first sessions was based around the question, re-defining digital maturity what should the components be for place-based care? In a panel discussion, hosted by Paul Rice, Chief Digital and Information Officer at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS FT and Airedale […]
Microsoft HoloLens introduced in Kendall to connect care homes to GPs
A mixed reality headset has been introduced across Kendall care homes to support nurses at the bedside and connect with a GP remotely. Introduced in October 2020 for 60 care home residents who have skin conditions or are bedfast, a nurse using the Microsoft HoloLens 2 can connect with a GP without the […]
North Staffordshire Combined opts for cloud document management
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust has upgraded its electronic document management system, moving from on-premise to the cloud. The Trust has utilised the system from software supplier CCube Solutions over several years to manage and deliver patient electronic records around the organisation with the system deployed locally. It has […]
