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HTN Now: NW London’s digital access e-hub for consultations with the NHS England Blueprinting Programme
Over 40 HTN Now online webinars planned for 2024
Interview: Doron Dreyer, Cynerio, on the opportunities and challenges of cyber security in the NHS
London independent hospital signs contract for web-based EPR
SBRI Healthcare and the Health Innovation Network award £885,000 to nine innovations around young people’s health
HTN at Rewired 2024: what does the future hold for the NHS App?
HTN at Rewired 2024: managing cyber threats, supplier compliance, supporting supply chain resilience
HTN at Rewired 2024: what have we learned from virtual wards?
Department of Health and Social Care shares recommendations to support equity in medical devices
Norfolk and Waveney ICB among eight organisations joining InSites innovation programme
Feature: overcoming the implementation challenges of the data security and protection toolkit
NHSE shares update on metrics for urgent and emergency care capital incentive scheme
Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust opens early engagement for digital tech for clinical management of low back pain
Interview: “It’s about opening up opportunities to get to the grassroots and bring people on that journey with us” Sarah Hanbridge, CCIO at Leeds Teaching Hospitals
Birmingham and Solihull ICS strategy highlights central role of data in service design
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare pilots VR tech to support staff wellbeing
Feature: adding intelligence to data capture
Study explores potential for 999 calls to be “video live streamed” to aid response decision-making
Novari: Supporting the UK government’s ambitious spring budget productivity plans and reducing NHS waiting times
Dr Dan Bunstone on utilising digital tech for a population health management approach to hypertension
Cynerio launches enhanced Healthcare Cybersecurity Platform
University Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust announces EPR supplier
Panel discussion: how can digital help us to bridge the gender health gap?
UnitedHealth targets mid-March to restore Change Healthcare systems following ransomware group cyber attack
Digital Health and Care Wales 2024-2027 primary care strategy commits to building connectivity and research capability
Teledermatology service supporting waiting list reductions in Cornwall
Royal Devon University Healthcare moves to ‘digital by default’ approach for outpatient letters
HTN Now: Think Healthcare on the journey of NHS cloud telephony from transition to transformation
HTN at HETT North 2024: tackling AI risks and tips for virtual care
Government announces budget for long term growth including funding for NHS digital transformation
Featured interview: “We don’t believe there is such a thing as digital or physical healthcare; it’s just healthcare” Kalle Conneryd Lundgren, COO at Livi
North Staffordshire Combined launches patient app with ability to connect personal tech and smartwatches data
Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust achieves HIMSS Stage 7
Royal Orthopaedic Hospital strategy highlights plans for digital and data to streamline operations
Central and North West London NHS awards contract for digital neurodevelopment assessments
HTN Now: automation in primary care processes with Healthtech-1
NHSE leadership competency framework highlights need to recognise and champion digital, data and tech
Data linkage, app development and a rare disease prevalence tool: exploring the England Rare Diseases Action Plan 2024 report
2024/25 GP contract places focus on role of data from digital telephony systems
Panel discussion: digital primary care “Small incremental steps will lead to bigger and better changes”
News in brief: VR app for blood transfusion training, cyber security e-learning, online kidney donor education, and more
Research and innovation hub in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes seeks applications for £15,000 awards for local innovators
NHSE publishes guidance on network segmentation for cyber security
Featured interview: Luscii and Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust on virtual wards for acute settings
University of Leeds researcher develops AI device designed to predict acute kidney injury
Panel discussion: driving patient outcomes through health tech “It’s about working with patients to work with demand”
North East and North Cumbria ICS pledges to adopt analytics-driven approach in draft innovation strategy
Elsevier launches “heart education experience in spatial computing” tool
22 NHS trusts receive funding for sickle cell tech in South East London
HTN Now: learnings and insights from the virtual COPD service at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
Norfolk and Waveney ICS plans new repeat prescription service for digitally excluded patients
Promptly Health secures £11m NHS Wales contract to manage national patient-centred outcomes data
GP Connect integrated at The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust
Pilot projects in Buckinghamshire to further develop community diagnostic centre care pathways
Seer data platform in Scotland expands to utilise cloud tech
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS selects EPR
NHSE stats indicate three ICBs met virtual ward target for 2023
Health tech for Parkinson’s: NHSE rolls out automatic pump and app receives funding for second phase
Join us on 27 Feb for webinars sharing insights on digital primary care
Panel discussion: achieving long-term outcomes with digital workforce systems
Scottish dementia strategy highlights role of digital and data in creating “resilient communities”, educating carers, and promoting inclusion
Humber Teaching updates on virtual ward usage, and common reason for referral
NHSE highlights data monitoring and evaluation in SAMEDAY strategy
Digital Health and Care Wales signals 2024-2030 objectives for digital across infrastructure, research, workforce and more
Health tech international leaders to join HTN’s international event
Interview: “We need to push for more collaborative working” Dr Osman Bhatti, GP and CCIO at North East London ICB
Crown Commercial Service opens G-Cloud 14 framework
Calderdale and Huddersfield goes live on NPIC digital pathology platform
Digital Academy launched in North London offering digital skills training to staff
Poll: where should digital investment go in the short term?
Feature: making virtual wards a success
Digital Health and Care Wales seeks to procure £1.4 million medicines information solution and drugs tool
Key regulators asked to share update on AI strategy by April 2024
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals virtual wards supports A&E performance
Humber Teaching NHS plans redesign of mental health crisis referral pathways
£10m funding from DHSC to support health tech companies in bringing innovations to UK market
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS announces introduction of patient engagement portal
South Yorkshire Digital Health Hub receives Google investment in health tech research and training
Thermometer app from Google utilises infrared sensor to allow users to take temperature using their phone
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital goes live with shared care record
NHS Supply Chain launches Medical Technology Dynamic Purchasing System to “accelerate new innovation products into the NHS”
£1m in funding from NHSE for seven trusts through the Wireless Trials programme
Three new trusts join London Care Record
Lilli announces £8.2m in Series A financing to support scale-up, AI and new app
Bolton NHS FT pilots animated videos to help patients understand breast cancer treatment
Patient portal to launch at George Eliot Hospital
Health Tech Awards 2024 launched!
Two suppliers on Tech Innovation Framework on track to go live within general practice
Bupa Ventures Fund launches with $20m to support healthcare innovation start-ups
Jersey publishes report on EPR programme outlining challenges around engagement and benefits identification
NHS App and website to help “make the system simpler” in plan to recover dentistry
News in brief: thoracic robotic surgery virtual observership programme at Guy’s and St Thomas’, two new UK Approved Bodies for medical device certification, trials for sobriety app and stroke treatment, and more
Predictive modelling, data dashboards and early warning systems feature in strategic data themes from Somerset NHS
Legacy information systems: approaches from across the NHS
Feature: insights and best practice in navigating digital transformation
Calderdale Council awards £130k contract for digital platform to support family hubs
Government shares plans for regulatory work around AI including plans to launch AI risk “single source of truth”
Virtual ward and hospital stay compared for length of stay and cost effectiveness
Feature: “Systems are changing all the time”, BridgeHead Software’s John McCann on tackling legacy systems
SBRI Healthcare awards £4.9m in innovation funding across learning disability and maternity care
South West London ICB shares findings and recommendations from digital otoscopy pilot
Re-wiring hospitals, data-sharing and remote monitoring feature in strategy from University Hospitals of Leicester
White paper: Optimising patient records in the NHS, how innovation can help optimise the experience
Study suggests linking whole genome sequencing and clinical data could help personalise cancer care
Virtual reality used to support sepsis identification at Great Western Hospitals
NHSE board explores digital portfolio with focus on FDP, primary care, NHS App and more
Cloud services playing significant role in Microsoft’s reported $62 billion revenue
EMIS announces active rollout to begin for EMIS-X functionality
2024-2030 strategy from Oxfordshire Health and Wellbeing Board focuses on data-driven decision-making
£1.99m contract awarded for technical services to support NHS Digital Staff Passport development
News in brief: upgraded catheterisation lab in Birmingham, sight loss e-learning in Shropshire, virtual ward update from Cornwall, and more
NHS National Services Scotland plans “once for Scotland” digital heart failure system
New round of funding announced for Innovation Open Call from NHS Cancer Programme
Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes ICB updates on digital progress for care homes
North Cumbria Integrated Care launches 2024-2029 strategy, highlighting need to increase digital connectivity
Journal explores impact of primary to secondary care data sharing on quality of care in NHS hospitals
Hertfordshire SEND Improvement Plan highlights developments in data and dashboards to prioritise services
Interview: “Machine learning can help us re-conquer compassion and humanisation of healthcare” Ricardo Baptista Leite, HealthAI and UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health
National roll-out for NHS App waiting times feature
Health Innovation Hub Ireland announces winning FemTech companies
Strategy for hybrid closed loop tech recognises it as “next step in evolution of diabetes technology”
NHS Education for Scotland announces e-Pad, enabling “paperless placements” for nursing students
Panel discussion: building a great digital team “It’s about bringing people from different backgrounds and from different disciplines together”
Guiding pathway principles and gold standard case studies from NHSE on technology enabled care referrals
Great Western Hospitals digital strategy places focus on access, infrastructure, applications, information and digital literacy
10 successful applicants announced for Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre health tech accelerator
HTN Now Awards 2023/24: meet the winners!
HTN International: exploring digital health in Canada, South Africa, Switzerland, Portugal and more
AI in research: proposals for informed consent, ChatGPT in diagnosis and treatment, and recommendations for tackling disparities
Welsh Nursing Care Record upgraded to single national database
Sciensus acquires patient app and physician support platform Vinehealth
Engagement invited on new draft primary care strategy launched in Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West
NHS England £16 million opportunity for “Tiger Teams” to support EPR delivery
HTN Now: Delivering innovative new models in community healthcare
GOSH joins consortium of children’s hospitals to collaborate on decentralised data ecosystem
Digital-first provider Livi launches “all-in-one primary care solution”
Northumbria Healthcare’s action plan to tackle climate change shares “digital by default” target
Headset and behaviour training app offered as depression treatment option in Northamptonshire
£7.5m in grant funding from Innovate UK for development of virtual regulation networks
News in brief: data survey launched in Norfolk, remote monitoring in Bedfordshire, digital fair in the Midlands, and more
UK National Screening Committee says digital pathology can support quality assurance and flexibility for pathologists
Care platform connecting over 1k patients with clinical team at Northumbria Healthcare
23 suppliers named on NHS SBS framework agreement for audio visual solutions and integrated operating theatres
Digital platform to link recently-retired consultants with providers in need
Poll: which area should be the 2024 priority for an ICS and digital across a system?
NHS Supply Chain issues £500 million contract notice for MedTech dynamic purchasing system agreement
Study into training around remote services highlights value of “on-the-job” experience
Thought leadership: the digital landscape for PCNs and practice managers
Readiness Dashboard performs self-automated checks on defibrillators at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh
£98k contract awarded for review of London’s virtual wards and remote monitoring programme
Interview: Eleanor Rollason and Chris Tack, Channel 3 Consulting; How NHS organisations and ICSs can better deliver value through digital
HTN Now: Panel on digital transformation, successes, challenges and learnings…
Clatterbridge Cancer Centre launches new digital strategy emphasising digital foundations, patient and staff empowerment, and better use of data
30 South West GP practices to utilise AI tool to help identify vulnerable patients at risk of ED admission
First annual review for Digital Medicines Transformation Portfolio in Wales
The Reveal: HTN Now Awards Finalists
Interview: “It’s time we brought IT innovation into the NHS”, GP and NHSE deputy chief medical information officer Dr Rajkumar A Shanmugam
MHRA regulatory roadmap to support access to medical tech shares plans for 2024-2025
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership issues prior information notice for digital therapy programme
Data reviews and targeted services take focus in strategy from Cambridge University Hospitals
Interview: “Involve everybody”, Clare Gallagher, project manager for social prescribing, Digital First at NHS North West London ICB
Mid and South Essex NHS FT chief exec Matthew Hopkins on implementing a system-wide EPR, investing in foundational tech, and more
Scotland Excel opens £25 million technology enabled care goods framework for 32 local authorities
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s publishes tender for EPR integration and data migration services
November virtual ward data: capacity and occupancy across ICBs
Cambridge University Hospital launches learning platform uPerform to support staff training
News in brief: portable virtual radiotherapy system in Tayside, digital tech for COPD, research for speech recognition tech, and more
AI platform Sanius Health and primary care provider Modality Partnership announce £225m deal
VR tech to support psychosis patients demonstrates positive findings in Early Value Assessment
Electrocardiographic imaging vest developed by UCL and Royal Free researchers supports 800 patients
Lincolnshire Community Health Services shares virtual ward approach and benefits
NHS Scotland’s chief data officer on the “transformative power of data and AI”
Interview: “A big focus has been around creating and embedding a digital culture of change” Aislinn Gannon, Ireland’s Health Service Executive
£5 million award for non-clinical decision support software for NHS 111 Wales
Roadmap for “better adult social care data” from DHSC highlights planned actions for 2024 – 2028
Surrey Heartlands ICS awards contract for virtual care digital platform solution
West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts annual report highlights key role of tech in delivering improvements across the region
Digital transformation priorities for 2024 and beyond, from across the NHS
Deep dive: innovation strategies, innovation pathways, and adopting a culture of innovation
North Lancashire and South Cumbria pilots AI and teledermoscopy tech
NHS England update on planning for 2024/25 reinforces key requirements
Healthcare Improvement Scotland announces new app-based service to support decision-making
News in brief: virtual tours for patients with additional needs at Solent NHS, miniature pacemaker implanted in Southampton, and more
Reflections from across the NHS: Primary care access, patient portals, EPRs, optimisation, data, emerging tech, digital inclusion and more…
Leeds Teaching Hospitals introduces 3D heart replicas to support surgical interventions
Eight community pharmacy suppliers awarded grants to develop electronic prescription service in Wales
HTN Now: Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals on the implementation of an integrated referral management platform
29 suppliers named in NHS SBS £250m framework for intelligent automation
Digital dashboard helping to analyse data on research activity in Newcastle
Interview: Sarah Andersen, GP, on digital in primary care and sustainable digital transformation
Focus on improving core systems and patient empowerment in new digital strategy from Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS FT
Trial of powered biopsy device at Clatterbridge leads to “measurable benefits for patients”
Digital Health and Care Wales opens £20m NHS Wales App opportunity for agile product delivery partner in digital services
Study launches to explore AI bone analysis tool for predicting patients’ risk of osteoporosis
NHS vaccination strategy highlights role of digital services, national data record and NHS App in promoting access, uptake and delivery
Milton Keynes University Hospital goes live with inicio’s new mPage for jaundice
HTN Now: NHS Blueprinting team and Humber and North Yorkshire on Electronic Palliative Care Coordination System roll-out
Buckinghamshire Healthcare launches new patient portal via NHS App
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Go Green, Go Digital week
iPLATO digital framework to support patient recruitment for national cancer trial
Tech to support falls prevention piloted by Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Liverpool University Hospitals announces joint chief digital officer role with Liverpool Women’s
Royal College of Midwives calls for Scotland’s IT systems to be made more “neurodiverse friendly”
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire utilises AI process mining tool to improve processes
£1.28m AI upgrade to radiology training facilities at University Hospitals of North Midlands
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust awards contract for patient portal
South Tees agrees eight-year extension for EPR and ePMA contract
Northampton General Hospital announces preferred EPR supplier
NHS contract awarded to scale up virtual wards across West Yorkshire ICB
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust sets date for EPR go-live
NHS England December board focuses on operational, financial, digital primary care and Federated Data Platform
Milton Keynes University Hospital partners with local council, EXI, Apple and Loughborough University in trial to tackle diabetes
Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS pilot informs national guidance for ECGs in mental health
Virtual “pill school” launched at Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals
North East and North Cumbria ICB reports on progress made in digitising social care
Functionality updates to Patients Know Best portal at University Hospitals of North Midlands
News in brief: digital health assessments in Birmingham, online staff appreciation hub in London, AI mental health support in Hertfordshire, and more
VR software creates “immersive environment” to help young people with stammer in Barnsley
London Ambulance Service awards EPR contract and framework agreement awarded to five suppliers for ambulance services EPR
Royal Devon University Healthcare initiates new patient communications policy
Sandwell and West Birmingham launch cancer care app
HTN Now: Generated Health and Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes ICB on improving population hypertension management
£6.4m investment for Pathology Laboratory Information Management System at North West Anglia NFT
National telehealth roadmap for 2024-2027 launches from eHealth Ireland
iCare innovation development programme funds innovative projects to enhance patient care in Bradford
Enhanced framework for care homes highlights need for digital readiness and data sharing
Innovate UK opens FemTech Boston and New York accelerator
October virtual ward data shares capacity and occupancy across ICBs
NHS England strategic framework for the NHS commercial sector, outlining ambitions for next five years
Ideagen acquires compliance management platform
NHS England publishes £307m tender for New Hospital Programme
Hillingdon Hospitals NHS goes live with EPR
Digital Health and Care Wales focus on knowledge-sharing and collaboration in new Information & Analytics Strategy
Ireland’s National Forensic Mental Health Service launches new electronic medical record
3D virtual tours of 13 neonatal units launched across Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Additional funding for GP practices where digital telephony has lower functionality than national standards
Humber Teaching reveals EPR provider, “following a dedicated period of procurement”
Medway Council Public Health opens tender for NHS Health Check software
AI trial leads to altered care plans for over 300 cardiac patients in Oxford
Digital strategy development and transition plans for new NHS trust in South East
Oxford University Hospitals staff and Thrombosis UK launch new app
COVID-19 secure research platform expansion to support research into other major diseases
News in Brief: mental health chatbot in Bradford, roll-out of virtual wards in Derbyshire, online booking system for blood tests in Bolton, and more
Health data interoperability group highlights challenges and recommendations for progress
Journal establishes framework for global medical-imaging data sharing
Digital as an enabler in NHS Northamptonshire ICB’s Five-Year Joint Forward Plan 2023-28
Panel: Using data for proactive care “how we plan, what we prioritise, and creating the right solutions”
HTN Now: CCube Solutions on key considerations for EDMS implementation
Royal Marsden NHS CIO announces move to Nervecentre
£4.3 million funding for virtual hospital and telemonitoring supplier
Feature: data that speaks volumes
AI solutions piloted to support preventive care in Birmingham, Buckinghamshire and Somerset
NHS England announces £330m Federated Data Platform contract
Interview: Keltie Jamieson, CIO at Bermuda Hospitals Board
Launching… HTN International!
Interview: Ceire Costelloe and Lisa Scerri on using health data to improve cancer outcomes at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Amanda Pritchard highlights role of digital and tech in speech to NHS Providers Annual Conference
Healthcare executive Angela Single joins Novari Health
University Hospitals Birmingham seeks electronic content platform to make data more accessible
AI study at The Royal Marsden NHS shows benefits for tailoring treatment and diagnosing rare disease
Join us tomorrow for live discussions on AI in eyecare, data for proactive care and more
Manchester University NHS FT appoints new CDIO
Sheffield Health and Social Care goes live with EPR, with NHSE announcing 90 percent EPR adoption across NHS trusts
DHSC highlights importance of “appropriate digital systems” to support launch of Pharmacy First service in January 2024
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde publishes contract notice for neonatal EPR
University Hospitals of Leicester virtual wards connects with Pioneer Wound Healing and Lymphedema Centres
HTN Now: Dr Minal Bakhai on a modern general practice and digital tools to improve experiences for patients and staff
Chelsea and Westminster pilots AI solution for cataract patients
Clatterbridge Cancer Centre announces role as early adopter of data professionals framework
NHSE issues prior information notice for dental digital referral solution for the South West
Mid and South Essex digital action plan to deliver “excellent, connected care through being a digital-first organisation”
HTN Now: NHSE blueprinting team and Manchester NHS FT on their journey with EMIS migration
NIHR grants £42m to 14 new HealthTech Research Centres across England
Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust appoints new CDIO
HTN Now: Misbah Mahmood, deputy chief midwifery information officer, on the digital maternity journey at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Digital inclusion programme launched in Rotherham
Panel discussion: patient engagement and communication “It’s about designing for usability, and easy user experience”
Bleepa: 87% reduction in referral response times at the Northern Care Alliance
News in brief: 64 trust receive AI funding, PIDMAS system launches, care planning tool for Southern Health, and more
NHSE begins national roll-out of Paediatric Early Warning System
MHRA announces ‘regulatory sandbox for AI developers’ will officially launch April 2024
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICS’s insight report highlights digital in delivery access and data in promoting capacity
Devon Partnership NHS Trust goes live with EPR
Journal explores efficacy of iCBT in reducing depressive symptoms for patients with MS
Sustainable healthcare recycling and waste management framework highlights how tech can support net zero
Northern Ireland South Eastern Trust goes live with EPR
General practice care navigation guidance highlights role of digital tools
West Yorkshire Digital Ambassador Programme opens for applications to support understanding of digital tech in primary care
Four ICBs currently meeting NHSE’s virtual wards target for end of 2023
NHSE urges general practice to sign digital telephony contracts ahead of December deadline
All Wales PROMS framework agreement worth estimated £11m awarded to five suppliers
Interview: “No-one’s got a magic formula, but what we do have is learning” Cara Afzal, Health Innovation Manchester
Health tech supplier partners with UK Brain BioLink, supporting consent-gathering for neuroscience research
Poll: which area in health tech would you prioritise this year?
Join us on 7 and 8 November for live health tech webinars and panels
New research and innovation strategy from University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust signs 10-year EPR contract
Help judge the HTN Now Awards!
Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board awards £1m EPR contract for eye-care digitisation
NHSE publishes latest stats on GP appointments including percentage of video consultations
Journal shares recommendations to support data infrastructure transformation
NHS England publishes roadmap designed to support roll-out of teledermatology
“We need to get to a point where we can deliver the level of seamless care that patients expect” – panel discussion on the primary and secondary interface
Digital to support care at home and consistent messaging in Scotland’s new winter preparedness plan
Interview: “You need people with broad experiences to lead digital agendas” William Monaghan, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NFT
Roadmap and priorities for Greater Manchester in new digital transformation strategy
Innovation applications open for SBRI Healthcare Competition 2024: delivering a net zero NHS
Midlands and Lancashire CSU procures £400,000 eating disorder app
2023 Essential Diagnostics List from WHO published, with inclusion of personal glucose monitoring devices
Patient portal launches today at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
Imperial College London introduces new online course for Extended Reality (XR) in healthcare education and clinical practice
Government proposes £100 million AI investment for healthcare and life sciences
King’s College London secures £1.5 million funding for MedTech acceleration programme
South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust shares updates ahead of EPR go-live
£4 million South Yorkshire digital healthcare hub set to “lead the UK’s digital revolution and address inequalities in patient care”
Medway NHS FT seeks views on new digital, data and technology strategy
Five guiding principles for machine-learning-enabled medical devices from MHRA, FDA and Health Canada
Addenbrooke’s surgeon predicts increased use of computer-assisted surgeries and robot systems in the future
Journal highlights potential of data fusion from wearable devices
Swansea Bay University Health Board on the benefits of Welsh Nursing Care Record, EPMA and Signal
NHSE shares progress made against digital clinical safety commitments
DHSC announces £42.6 million funding for innovative projects in adult social care
Focus on GM Care Record, data integration and cloud-based telephony in new five-year-plan from NHS Greater Manchester
Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB opens £1m tender for digital mental health support for young people
World Health Organisation publishes key principles on the regulation of AI for health
Barts Health holds ‘hospital of the future’ workshop, utilising video generated by AI
Central London Community Healthcare publishes annual review on technology use
News in brief: MS detection tool, online cancer hub, wearables to support communication and more
Introducing the HTN Playbook 2023: digital ICS in focus
Draft guidance from NICE recommends digital technologies to help lower back pain
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton and Chesterfield Royal Hospital name preferred EPR supplier
Projects, progress and learning following five years of GOSH DRIVE
Department of Health and Social Care publishes update on data access policy
London Care Record linked to neighbouring areas to support visibility of data
HTN Now: Integrated Care Northamptonshire’s Matthew Hutton on the benefits of a system-wide digital academy
NHS England opens £300 million procurement framework for digital pathways in primary care IT
Digital maternity app Badger Notes rolled out at three NHS trusts
Black Country ICB opens procurement for digital tech to support independence
NHS England plans “large-scale engagement events” to gather public views on digital and data
HTN Now: NHS England blueprinting team and South-West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust on EPMA in mental healthcare
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust goes live with new secure digital messaging platform
What are your top tips for digital transformation?
“Building a very low-friction data flow is key” – panel discussion on delivering remote care at scale
Applications open for ICS £30 million tech fund
Accurx integrates batch messaging with NHS App
Patient education tools support Virtual Royal Infirmary Programme at Bradford Teaching Hospitals
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare picks Sectra’s picture archiving and communications system
12 India based SMEs join Health Innovation Yorkshire’s boot camp
HTN Now: Dr Joseph Firth on digital lifestyle interventions in mental healthcare
Health Tech Awards 2023: meet the winners!
Journal examines role of digital fellowships in healthcare transformation
HTN Now: Apira on approaches for deploying a mental health EPR
NHSE study explores clinician views on use of digital tech in autism assessment pathway
Public Health Wales launches a new digital and data strategy
HTN Now: NHSE Blueprinting Team and Derbyshire Community Health Services on electronic job planning and rostering
Wales awards £1.4m primary care workforce intelligence system contract
What should be the highest priority in the short term for digital integrated care systems?
Digital priorities from North East London, Somerset, Nottingham and Northamptonshire integrated care systems
NHS England October board papers share update on digital in maternity care, genomics and more
South West London ICB shares how digital triage improves primary care access
“Innovators need more information and clarity on CQC’s regulatory approach to innovative practice” CQC report notes
Clinical Digital Health Solutions framework opens for clinical and care based digital solutions
£3 million funding for adult social care projects
What do you think could improve the success of patient portals and patient-facing tech?
Journal explores the effectiveness of education through patient portals
HTN Now: Generated Health and University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS on using intelligent messaging for heart failure
Prescription management, long-term conditions, and new patient registrations in focus for improving care navigation in general practice
NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme opens for innovators
Interview: “It’s up to ICBs to prioritise community services and make the digital funding that they need available” David Williams, NHS Providers
Interview: Paul Tambeau, chief executive officer of Induction Healthcare
ICSs invited to bid for share of £30 million tech fund
Buckinghamshire connects surgical wait lists with shared care record
NHSE publishes framework for action on digital inclusion
Agilio acquires primary care specialist iatro
Interview: Cynerio’s Daniel Brodie on healthcare cyber risks, improving protections, and the promises of generative AI
Update on NHS IMPACT urges NHS leaders to adopt five practices for an improvement-led approach
Primary care virtual consultations increase to 597,670 in August
Modernising infrastructure and plans for AI and robotic automation take focus in London Ambulance Service strategy
Markets authority clears £1.2 billion EMIS purchase
General Practice Improvement Programme focuses on improving telephone journeys
HTN Now: the opportunities and challenges for national digital health strategies in small island states
Barnsley Hospital NHS shares experience using Microsoft tech for virtual consultations
Uni of Oxford spin-out Navenio secures over £5 million funding for US expansion
Former CEO of NHSX appointed to Quantexa advisory board
Integration and awareness key success factors of a web-based application in Sweden, researchers find
Multi-year contract to deliver Nervecentre tech as Ireland’s sole acute floor information system
$60 million in Series B funding raised by Danish AI company Corti
Feature: Inhealthcare on how scaling remote monitoring can prevent more deaths from cardiovascular disease
Ordnance survey mapping underpins new mobile data system for ambulances
Ten projects to explore how tech can support new approaches in care at home and in the community
“Digital mental health will be most successful when there’s good interplay between practitioners and academics” – Dr Martin Dechant on research in digital in mental health
National Data Guardian, Information Commissioner and CMO for England call for effective information sharing
“At the heart of Keystream’s approach is our gold-standard ethos” – James Quirke on the importance of preparedness and onboarding in EPR implementation
South West London ICB board highlights progress and plans on updating the ICB’s digital offer and improving digital pathways
Competition launches to encourage green innovations
Newcastle Hospitals “identifies documents which may not have been sent to GPs”
Feature: Lumeon on how clinical workflow automation can address staff shortages, cost reduction and the backlog
Feature: Mr Krisztian Deierl on maximising the value of your EPR and making sure to get your order right
Spain-based health tech supplier partners with Cornwall Partnership NHS FT
Crown Commercial Service awards contract for digital and legacy application services
Guy’s and St Thomas’ prepares for EPR go-live
HTN Now: Imprivata on cyber security strategy and why privileged access management matters
“It’s so important that training and change work together” Ideal on EPR training and reducing the productivity slump at go-live
Thought leadership: insights from HTN speakers on digital primary care
Nourish Care acquires CarePlanner, expanding community care management and support
Moorfields Eye Hospital and UCL develop AI foundation model for ophthalmology
Thought leadership: Restore Records Management on releasing space for clinical care and improving patient records inventory
Government response to report rejects calls to change pay scales for DDaT staff, but highlights upcoming digital workforce plan
Improving data use takes focus in new intermediate care framework for rehabilitation, reablement and recovery
“It was one of the smoothest go-lives I’ve been party to” David Newey on Royal Marsden’s EPR journey and the markers of successful digital innovation
Research offers recommendations for research using electronic health records
Innovative Devices Access Pathway pilot launches to help NHS address unmet needs
“Shared Care Records are at a cross roads” – Channel 3 Consulting on the benefits of a Shared Care Record
Manchester University NHS FT highlights benefits to transparency, patient empowerment and sustainability through EPR
News in brief: smart contact lens, digital health passport for asthma, KCL explores use of AI in endovascular surgeries, and more
Thought leadership: Altera on patient flow, supporting hospital efficiencies and planning demand and capacity
Join us on 19 September for HTN Now: live webinars and research on a range of health tech topics
Thought leadership: Civica on AI and data, the opportunities, challenges, and how to tackle them
NHS Digital Academy to develop health informatics resources for allied health professionals
Poll: What’s the biggest challenge with interoperability across health and care?
New research on EHR safety performance finds link between usability and improved EHR safety
North West London ICS shares remote blood pressure monitoring pilot
Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals to launch patient portal
NHSE guidance on nursing and midwifery documentation sets out principles for “good” digital documentation
NHS England publishes 2023-2024 business plan with focus on digital
Five-year suicide prevention strategy highlights value of digital resources, digital therapeutics and opportunities for ML and AI
Framework for medicine optimisation prescribing decision support systems to open
East of England Ambulance Service plans digital education management system
Three digital community pharmacy system suppliers awarded grants to support the delivery of an EPS in Wales
HTN Now: Apira on realising benefits and overcoming challenges for EPR implementation
Deep dive: EPMA in focus
The Reveal: Health Tech Awards 2023 Finalists
“It’s not about installing technology, it’s about asking what improvements we can make” Gary Mooney of InterSystems on EPMA
The Male Fertility Clinic partners with OX.DH to centralise patient management and streamline bookings
News in Brief: online support for patients from deaf community awaiting hospital care, digital referral system for EEAST, digital patient hub in Hertfordshire, and more
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals announces “long overdue” £44 million EPR
Feature: InterSystems on how electronic patient records can increase healthcare innovation and resilience in difficult times
Poll: How many EPR systems do you think there will be in the market in 5 years?
Glasgow study highlights the potential for AI to support heart failure diagnosis
East of England NHS Collaborative Procurement Hub opens £40m tender for teleradiology services
New joint CXiO role appointed for Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West ICB and NHS South East region
Cardiff University launches automated platform for analysing healthcare data
Industry views: digital leaders on EPR approaches, learnings and advice
Deep dive: electronic patient records in focus
NHS England plans independent review into 10 healthcare apps to consider enhancements for NHS App
Electronic health records in the US: patient usage and clinician perception of EHR
EPR specialists Nautilus Consulting acquired by Accenture to support digital transformation delivery
Crown Commercial Service to open £12 billion tender for government and public sector tech
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS appoints new CCIO and deputy medical director for digital and data
Primary-secondary interface, virtual care, patient portals, data and intelligence – which area would benefit from additional funding?
Agilio Software on how PCNs can supervise and support an expanding workforce
£72.3 million funding for HDR UK sees launch of five health data research programmes
NHSE publishes guidance on point of care testing for virtual wards and urgent community response
Royal Cornwall Hospitals set to launch electronic patient record system
Tech to support sustainability plans in new strategy from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
AI trial at Frimley Health NHS aims to support lung cancer triage and diagnosis
Digital-first care company Babylon puts two divisions into administration
Gateshead Health NHS launches patient engagement platform
National Data Guardian focuses on assurance, value and transparency on NHS’s Federated Data Platform
Quebec and New Zealand join international collaboration of health tech assessment bodies
Google pilots generative AI to tackle administrative and operational challenges
Federated data platform progress update and procurement announcement in autumn
FDA grants clearance for AI-powered cardiac tech from UltraSight
Study presents learnings and best practice for scaling digital health interventions in resource-limited settings
Royal Marsden partners with Automata to increase cancer genomic testing
Digital Health and Care Wales awards £25 million laboratory information system contract
How can electronic document management add value to your EPR?
Guy’s and St Thomas’ data tool identifies risk-factors to support prioritisation
News in brief: neonatal EPR launch in Calderdale, new funding for tech-enabled care qualification in Scotland, patient support websites in London, and more
Deep dive: insights into digital health education and training in China and Austria
Sussex trusts open tender for dental patient management software service
Primary care recovery plan update: more than 1,000 practices sign up for digital telephony
Wireless tech trials seek to boost health and care connectivity for NHS organisations
MIT researchers apply deep learning to correct motion-corrupted MRI scans
WHO announces Global Initiative on Digital Health to encourage collaboration and knowledge sharing
Wales to begin testing electronic prescription service in primary care
Microsoft and Epic expand AI collaboration to tackle current healthcare needs
Norfolk and Waveney Acute Hospital Collaborative selects EPR supplier
New digital workplace solutions framework to launch
Retinal imaging study uses machine learning to identify Parkinson’s markers
Clinical decision support systems guide from NHSE highlights success factors including evidence base and multidisciplinary teams
Newcastle Hospitals welcome new chief information officer
London North West NHS EPR goes live
Health tech assessment recommends virtual ward technologies for acute respiratory infections
Draft guidance from NICE recommends four digital weight management platforms
Poll: What does your organisation need most to improve patient flow?
£3.1 million funding raise for children’s speech therapies tech
AI model to support dentists in detecting tooth decay and gum disease
Scotland’s digital health and care delivery plan focuses on access, data, leadership and more
Amazon expands AWS HealthImaging service for medical data at scale
Technology procurement and developing specifications: NHSE guidance on virtual wards
NHSE shares specification for system co-ordination centres, including digital software requirements and metrics to be monitored
£4 million unified pathology reporting solution across the South West planned
Microsoft collaborates with Epic to deliver “highly scalable public cloud” Azure Large Instances
£13 million from UKRI Technology Missions Fund for 22 AI research projects
Bon Secours Health Systems invests €25 million for electronic healthcare record system
Expansion of NHS online matching platform aims to connect more patients with available surgery slots
NICE draft guidance recommends AI technologies to increase contouring efficiency
Accurx’s Dr Satya Raghuvanshi on what could revolutionising patient flow using technology look like?
“We are on a journey of continuous improvement” – X-on Health on the digital front door of primary care access