SBRI Healthcare, in partnership with the Greener NHS programme and the AHSN Network, has launched a new competition to encourage green innovations for a more sustainable healthcare system. ‘Competition 24: Delivering a Net Zero NHS for a Healthier Future’ is aimed at early-stage innovations, and open to single organisations from […]
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Newcastle Hospitals “identifies documents which may not have been sent to GPs”
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has issued a statement on patient-related documentation to state they “are working quickly to review documents from our electronic records” that may not have been sent to GPs. In the statement it notes that following correspondence from the Care Quality Commission in […]
Feature: Lumeon on how clinical workflow automation can address staff shortages, cost reduction and the backlog
Content by Jeff Ball, chief growth officer, Lumeon. It has been said that, to a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. In healthcare IT, electronic patient records (EPR) systems have assumed the role of the hammer. And as more money is poured into such systems – £2 billion to […]
Feature: Mr Krisztian Deierl on maximising the value of your EPR and making sure to get your order right
By Open Medical. There are a few fundamentals for effective clinical processes, and an electronic patient record (EPR) is one of them. But what do EPRs actually bring to the table, and is it enough? Conversation with Mr Krisztian Deierl, consultant orthopaedic surgeon and orthopaedic trauma lead at West Hertfordshire […]
Spain-based health tech supplier partners with Cornwall Partnership NHS FT
Spain-based health tech company, Accexible has partnered with BoxHealth and Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust to pilot a “digital system that identifies vocal biomarkers for disease detection and monitoring”. Using voice recognition, the Accexible alert system is said to “detect early stages of cognitive impairment and can also be used […]
Crown Commercial Service awards contract for digital and legacy application services
The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has awarded a contract for digital and legacy application services worth an estimated £2,400 million to 23 suppliers. The suppliers include Accenture (UK) Limited; Atos IT Services UK Limited; BAE Systems Applied Intelligence Ltd; BJSS; Capgemini UK plc; CGI IT UK Limited; Conforge UK Limited; […]
Guy’s and St Thomas’ prepares for EPR go-live
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS FT is to go-live with its electronic health record system on Thursday 5 October. The trust will launch the Epic electronic health record, said to “bring together hundreds of different systems”, and also introduce MyChart to support patients with online access to health records. To support the […]
HTN Now: Imprivata on cyber security strategy and why privileged access management matters
At HTN Now, we welcomed Imprivata’s senior product marketing manager Andy Wilcox and identity, security and access governance director Jaimin Patel. Andy and Jaimin shared their insights and expertise on cyber security and privileged access management with our HTN audience. Accelerating IT complexity and the new complex landscape On the […]
“It’s so important that training and change work together” Ideal on EPR training and reducing the productivity slump at go-live
At HTN Now, we were joined by Ideal Health’s director of training and change, Nick Robertson, to discuss reducing the productivity slump at go-live; planning an EPR training rollout; and embracing learning as a continuous journey. Understanding the challenges of training deployment “Let’s start with the end in mind,” Nick […]
Thought leadership: insights from HTN speakers on digital primary care
This week at HTN, we’ve been publishing a series of thought leadership features with insight from a range of health tech professionals; so far we have covered AI and data; patient flow and how to support hospital efficiencies; shared care records and the benefits of improving patient records. Now, we’re turning […]
