The Professional Record Standards Body (PRSB) has published new standards for recording child health events and for sharing child health information. The standards set out what data on screening tests, immunisations and other developmental milestones should be accessible for parents and professionals to ensure they have the necessary information to make the […]
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New general practice contract highlights importance of tech
A new five-year contract for general practice across England will see billions of extra investment for improved access to family doctors, expanded services at local practices and longer appointments for patients who need them. NHS England will also fund an addition of 20,000 more staff to help GP practices work […]
New Health IT agency appoints advisory board
Silver Buck a newly formed health IT communications organisation has appointed its new advisory board. The company, which was launched earlier this year, has created the Buccaneers to support health IT suppliers and health care organisations to better position themselves and ensure that they are delivering solutions that the industry […]
HTN 100: Morecambe Bay, New Director of Improvement and Aviva Digital GP
HTN 100 is sponsored by CCube Solutions. To participate and be included in our HTN 100 news in brief every Friday email news@thehtn.co.uk. 150 cyber attacks over 5 years for Morecambe Bay On Saturday the BBC reported that University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust has been hit with over […]
Yorkshire first to train healthcare IT leaders to international standard
The Yorkshire and Humber region has become the first health economy to train 30 Healthcare IT leaders to an internationally recognised standard, with seven confirmed as earning the CHIME Certified Healthcare Chief Information Officer qualification, CHCIO, with more results due within the month. The Yorkshire and Humber Local Health and Care […]
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January has been dominated by the published NHS Long Term Plan. Health and care leaders came together to develop a Long Term Plan to make the NHS fit for the future, and to get the most value for patients out of every pound of taxpayers’ investment. Here we review the Plan and […]
Medical research charity announces new startup fund in partnership with healthtech accelerator
Orthopaedic Research UK (ORUK) have launched The Ronald Furlong Fund, in collaboration with healthtech experts HS., as a catalyst for innovation in musculoskeletal care. According to NHS England, 1 in 4 UK adults live with a musculoskeletal condition. These disabilities, which affect joints, bones and muscles, can have a huge […]
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The past month was our busiest month yet where we held our annual Health Tech Awards 2018 and covered many great news stories. In our latest Interview Series we spoke with Dr Juilian Nesbitt founder of Dr Julian and Dr Nick Harvey, co-founder of Digitalis. We announced that you can now order […]
Highland Marketing looks ahead to 2019
The turmoil in UK politics makes it hard to look too far ahead, but it is long-term trends that will shape the NHS and health tech through 2019, and well thought communications that will ensure success for vendors, say Lyn Whitfield and Mark Venables. Lyn Whitfield, director of content strategy, […]
New report provides insight into digital uptake in maternity services
A new report from NHS Digital shows the majority of maternity providers are making a good start at using digital technology, according to the Maternity Digital Maturity Assessment report. All 135 maternity providers completed an assessment of their progress in adopting digital technology, such as providing electronic health records, sharing information digitally […]
