A national analysis of how practices in two thirds of CCGs using the OptimiseRx prescribing decision support tool has found GPs and other prescribers have been prompted 5 million times in the last year to promote self-care. Thousands of professionals have been acting on the alerts, helping prescribers to comply with […]
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Industry View: Fit for the Future, A vision for general practice
The Royal College of General Practitioners recently published the Fit for the Future Report, a vision for general practice. It highlighted an end to the standard 10-minute GP consultation and to allow family doctors to spend more time with patients with complex needs.. It states that by 2030 face-to-face GP […]
Feature: Patient Safety
In our latest feature we highlight two case studies that have improved patient safety. The first from Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the second from Hill-Rom. 42% reduction in sepsis mortality through the use of digital technology and integrated decision support at CUH Patients at risk of the […]
Interview Series: Dr Ahmed, Founder and CEO, alldayDr
In our latest interview we speak with Dr Suhel I Ahmed, the Founder and CEO of AlldayDr. Dr Ahmed is a UK qualified doctor, having qualified in 2002 from the University of Liverpool. In 2015 Suhel founded AppLocum, a medical recruitment agency. Then with his reach to a large, pre-engaged clinical […]
Interview Series: Tom Whicher, Co-Founder, DrDoctor
In our latest interview we caught up with Tom Whicher the co-founder of DrDoctor and asked Tom a few questions. Could you tell me a bit about yourself and your organisation? I’m one of the three founders of DrDoctor, a digital healthcare company based in Waterloo. Our company exists because […]
eGPlearning interviews Nikki Kanani, Director of Primary Care
A new podcast sponsored by HTN has been published where the eGPlearning team interview Nikki Kanani the Director of Primary Care for NHS England and GP in South West London. The podcast discusses Primary Care Networks, social media, tech in healthcare, digital consultations, NHSX and integrated care systems impacting primary care. […]
GP IT Futures programme to create open, competitive market
In a speech at the King’s Fund Digital Health and Care Congress yesterday Matt Hancock announced the new GP IT Futures framework with an aim to develop new innovative GP IT systems. Health Secretary Matt Hancock in the speech said said: “I believe it should be as easy for a GP […]
Innovative brain cancer treatment aid now available
A new treatment aid known as 5-ALA is now available across the country to allow surgeons to identify areas of the brain affected by cancer more accurately. The aid known as ‘the pink drink’ uses fluorescent dye and ultraviolet light to make cancerous cells glow under UV light. This allows surgeons […]
Why Patient Identity is the Catalyst of LHCRE Success
Royston Adamson-Green is the EMEA & APAC Channel Director of Sales for NextGate, the global leader in healthcare identity management. Accurate patient identification is a critical aspect of healthcare delivery in the NHS, especially in the push toward facilitating safe, highly-coordinated, patient-centric health services across the country. With considerable efforts […]
PRSB publishes new guidance to enable sharing of medicines and prescription information
The Professional Record Standards Body has this week published new guidance to enable the digital sharing of medications information between care settings. The guidance has been produced in collaboration with NHS Endgland and NHS Digital to produce clear information to follow for recording and sharing standardised computer-readable information between hospital, […]
