For our latest poll as part of our Health Tech Trends series (sponsored by InterSystems), we took to LinkedIn to pose a question to our audience: what do you think could improve the success of patient portals and patient-facing tech? We provided four options for respondents to choose from: increase […]
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Journal explores the effectiveness of education through patient portals
An article was published in Jamia Open earlier this year entitled ‘A systematic review of the effectiveness of patient education through patient portals’, with the research team noting “patient portals are becoming a powerful tool for patient education and engagement, and show promise as a means of achieving the quadruple […]
HTN Now: Generated Health and University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS on using intelligent messaging for heart failure
For HTN Now, we were joined by Generated Health’s chief medical officer Dr Jonathan Serjeant and Sean Davies, directorate manager of cardiology at University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, for a discussion on the trust’s use of intelligent health messaging for patients diagnosed with heart failure. In particular, the […]
Prescription management, long-term conditions, and new patient registrations in focus for improving care navigation in general practice
NHS England’s Primary Care Transformation team has published a guide focusing on prescription management, long-term conditions and new patient registrations as part of support to improve care related processes in general practice. For improving prescription management, the guidance places focus on increasing uptake of the NHS App or other patient […]
NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme opens for innovators
The NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme has opened applications for the latest cohort to join its free entrepreneurial workforce development programme for NHS staff and healthcare professionals. The programme forms part of the Accelerated Access Collaborative, and is delivered by Anglia Ruskin University, to support innovators to pursue their ideas or innovations, without […]
Interview: “It’s up to ICBs to prioritise community services and make the digital funding that they need available” David Williams, NHS Providers
In our latest interview, we spoke with David Williams, head of policy and strategy at NHS Providers, the membership organisation for NHS hospital, mental health, community and ambulance services that treat patients and service users in the NHS. To begin, we asked David to share a little bit about his background, […]
Interview: Paul Tambeau, chief executive officer of Induction Healthcare
FEATURED INTERVIEW 12 November, 2023 09:00am This week, we’re focusing on patient engagement portals. We spoke with Paul Tambeau, chief executive officer of Induction Healthcare, to hear his perspective. Hi Paul, can you introduce yourself and tell me a bit about Induction Healthcare? “At Induction Healthcare, we are at the […]
ICSs invited to bid for share of £30 million tech fund
The Department of Health and Social Care has opened a £30 million funding programme inviting integrated care systems to submit bids for digital projects. The funding opportunity is based on local need, which the Government notes could cover technology to support wait lists, virtual wards, wearable devices to monitor chronic conditions […]
Buckinghamshire connects surgical wait lists with shared care record
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust has collaborated with Graphnet Health to pilot a population health dashboard that combines its surgical waiting lists with the Buckinghamshire Shared Care Record. Formed and launched earlier this year to enable targeted preoperative support, the dashboard is said to support “identification of high-risk surgical patients”, to provide targeted […]
NHSE publishes framework for action on digital inclusion
NHS England has published ‘Inclusive digital healthcare: a framework for NHS action on digital inclusion’, designed to help services in designing and implementing inclusive digital approaches and technologies which align appropriately with non-digital services and support. Five domains are identified as requiring action: access to devices and data; accessibility and […]
