By Kim Aspinall, Director of Commercial Operations, Insource Ltd With over seven million people in the UK waiting for treatment, the pressure is on nationally to reduce waiting lists. A huge number of initiatives have come out of NHS England to drive down the backlogs – from 78-week waiters to […]
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Panel discussion: virtual wards and the future of remote patient care
For HTN Now, we hosted a panel discussion on virtual wards and the future of remote patient care, with guests Tara Donnelly (director of digital care models at NHS England), Sam Jackson (clinical services manager for the Virtual Health Hub at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust) and Jamie Innes (product […]
Mid and South Essex pilots prediction tech to reduce did not attend rate
NHS England has highlighted a pilot at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust where artificial intelligence (AI) technology is being used to predict likely missed appointments. The algorithm, created by Deep Medical, uses a range of external insights including the weather, traffic and jobs, to identify where and why a […]
Contract awarded for national digital maturity assessments
A new contract has been awarded to a delivery partner to support NHS England’s Digital Maturity Assessments programme. Through a contract award notice, it states an aim to “deliver a baseline and an enhanced assessment” of the seven domains of NHS England’s ‘What Good Looks Like’ framework, to include all […]
HTN EPR: Apira on EPR affordability
At HTN: Electronic Patient Records, we were joined by a team from digital consultants Apira. Alan Brown (director of professional services), Richard Scowen (managing consultant and procurement practice lead), Claire Doughty (clinical lead and transformation manager) and Kiran Dave (managing consultant and requirements practice lead) joined us to discuss finances […]
Interview: Dr Naveed Iqbal on improving prevention in primary care and building tools to support people with learning disabilities
For our latest interview, we spoke to Dr Naveed Iqbal on his experiences in primary care, his interest in building digital tools for people with learning disabilities, hopes for the future, and more. On his background, role and projects I work as a GP in East Lancashire, I’m on the Royal […]
Special report: Digital leaders on EPR business cases
For our latest special report focusing on electronic patient records, we posed a question to a number of digital-focused NHS professionals. Is there anything that you think is usually or often missed from EPR business cases, and what would your key lesson(s) around that be? To begin, we heard from […]
Virtual wards and remote monitoring tech added to Spark DPS
The Spark Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS), run by the Crown Commercial Service, has been enhanced to include procurement of virtual wards and remote patient monitoring technology. With support from NHS England, four new areas have been added to the framework, to cover virtual wards, continuous monitoring support, long term condition (remote […]
HTN Now: Dr Minal Bakhai on supporting general practice to transform and create a sustainable future
At HTN Now Digital Primary Care, we focused on the topic of sustainability in the healthcare industry and the role technology can and will play in transforming general practice. We were joined by Dr Minal Bakhai, Director for Primary Care Transformation at NHS England and GP. Minal discussed how we […]
Darren Ransley of Clinisys on order communications and results reporting in the digital ICS
By Darren Ransley, senior vice president of global sales at Clinisys Integrated care systems are tasked with joining up health and care. Making sure that tests can be ordered digitally and that results can be shared between sites and care teams is an important element of their agenda. Darren Ransley […]
