Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust has announced it’s set to go live with its patient portal, Patients Know Best, on 9 October. Initially, patients will be able to access their health records through the portal, including their personal information and upcoming hospital appointments. Then, over the months […]
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NHSE guidance on nursing and midwifery documentation sets out principles for “good” digital documentation
NHS England has published new guidance titled, “Towards a unified vision of nursing and midwifery documentation”, which “sets the direction for all nursing documentation across hospitals, community and nursing homes”. The new guidance highlights the digitisation of the NHS in making visible “the volume of documentation that nurses are asked […]
NHS England publishes 2023-2024 business plan with focus on digital
NHS England has published its business plan for 2023-2024, setting out plans to address challenges including health inequalities, access to primary care services, elective long waits and ambulance response, as well as highlighting the intention to “transform care through harnessing data, information and technology”. The new business plan incorporates actions […]
Five-year suicide prevention strategy highlights value of digital resources, digital therapeutics and opportunities for ML and AI
The UK government has launched its new five-year suicide prevention strategy, highlighting the value of digital resources, digital therapeutics and opportunities for machine learning and artificial intelligence in prevention. The new strategy notes that “while overall the current suicide rate is not significantly higher than in 2012, the rate is […]
Framework for medicine optimisation prescribing decision support systems to open
NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) has opened an opportunity to establish a framework agreement for medicine optimisation prescribing decision support systems through a two-year contract worth an estimated £100 million. The opportunity comes as a result of NHS SBS’s plans to put in place a framework for the use […]
East of England Ambulance Service plans digital education management system
The East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust has opened an opportunity to procure a digital education management system. A prior information notice details the organisation’s requirements for a digital education management system “to improve the tracking, reporting and development of our clinical workforce”. It adds that the system “will be […]
Three digital community pharmacy system suppliers awarded grants to support the delivery of an EPS in Wales
Three further grant awards have been made to digital community pharmacy system suppliers from the Community Pharmacy System Innovation Fund (CPSIF), to deliver electronic prescription services (EPS) in Wales. The grants aim to support suppliers to develop their systems to use an electronic prescription service and receive prescriptions digitally instead […]
HTN Now: Apira on realising benefits and overcoming challenges for EPR implementation
For our latest HTN Now live webinar, we welcomed the team from Apira, who discussed value to your electronic patient records; the barriers to realising EPR benefits; the value available to support the workforce during the process; and the ways that resultant digital maturity adds value for patients. Making up […]
Deep dive: EPMA in focus
Following on from our deep dive last week in which we explored electronic patient records, today we’re turning our attention to electronic prescribing and medicines administration (EPMA). Earlier this week, we published an interview with Gary Mooney, clinical solution executive at InterSystems. Gary shared his experiences implementing InterSystems’ EPMA solution with […]
The Reveal: Health Tech Awards 2023 Finalists
Our incredible team of judges have been busy scoring entries in the Health Tech Awards 2023, and we’re now delighted to reveal the finalists. Following 1,000 hours of judging with almost 200 judges from across the NHS, and a whole lot of work from our writing team, we have ensured […]
