For our latest interview, we chatted to Hertfordshire and West Essex ICS’s director of digital transformation Adam Lavington. Adam shared the key digital lessons he has learned throughout his career, the ICB’s digital priorities, his hopes for the future, and more. Hi Adam, can you introduce yourself and tell us […]
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Feature: InterSystems on why data holds the key to accelerating patient flow in ICSs
By Mike Fuller, Regional Director of Marketing, InterSystems. We all want to avoid bad experiences particularly for patients, whether it is from delays in their treatment, unavailable information, or from people falling through the gaps between different care settings. The cause of many of these bad experiences is often suboptimal […]
Leeds Teaching Hospitals agrees cancer data partnership
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has partnered with Flatiron Health UK to utilise cancer data for research and to explore the possibilities in developing and improving cancer care. The project sets an ambition to improve the quality of cancer data, and to translate cancer patient records at Leeds into ‘high-quality data’. The […]
HTN Now: Ideal Health’s Rod Gamble talks high-performing teams and why they matter
At HTN Now, we were joined by Ideal Health’s director of implementation services Rod Gamble for a discussion on the keys to running a high-performance EPR programme. Rod explored the key elements that he deems essential for achieving success in EPR implementation, including a transparent culture that promotes team member […]
NHS England appoints chief information officer
NHS England has appointed a new chief information officer, with key responsibilities to include running and developing the NHS’s critical technical infrastructure and managing cyber security for national services. John Quinn comes to the role following his previous role as executive director of IT operations and enterprise services for NHS […]
“All of those stars are aligning to make this the right time to solve this challenge” John Kosobucki of OX.DH on providing a secure, integrated and intuitive solution
Our latest interview features John Kosobucki, CEO and founder of Oxford Digital Health (oxdh.health). John shared the story behind OX.DH, what they aim to bring to the healthcare industry, and the key themes that underpin their work: security, integration, and providing a modern, intuitive user experience for patients and clinicians. […]
At-home cholesterol test to pilot across North East and North Cumbria
A pilot is to launch across North East and North Cumbria involving a finger prick blood test, a lateral flow device and an app, to provide results indicating if a person has high cholesterol. The PocDoc Lipid Test forms part of the pilot, which will see the test offered to […]
£31 million funding announced for UCL’s disability innovation hub
UCL announced last week that its Global Disability Innovation Hub has successfully secured £31 million investment from UK Aid, a funding programme which is part of the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office. The funding announced for UCL’s Global Disability Innovation Hub will help the programme to develop its policy […]
Feature: the implications of the metaverse for future healthcare, treatment and medical education
The concept of an online ‘metaverse’, whereby a new, interconnected virtual reality could be created to facilitate many aspects of human and social life, is one which has been excitedly welcomed by many across the tech sector and beyond. The metaverse has been touted as a kind of ‘3D social […]
Remote monitoring pilot for cancer patients in Dorset
Inhealthcare has partnered with NHS Dorset for the launch of Oncology Monitoring @ Home, a remote monitoring service aiming to help patients to manage their symptoms from home along with providing them with self-care advice. Through the service, patients undergoing chemotherapy and immunotherapy treatment are supplied with devices such as […]
