NHS England has opened a tender worth an estimated £35 million to procure privacy enhancing technology (PET) “to provide robust protection and deliver a standard approach to support safe data use”. The technology is to be initially deployed for the federated data platform (FDP) programme and will potentially include cloud-based […]
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HTN Now: Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS on EPR implementation with Civica’s Cito solution
At HTN Now we were joined by Richard Yaldren, head of EPR programme at Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust (TEWV). He shared with us his team’s experience in EPR implementation over the five years since the projects’ inception using Civica’s Cito solution. Where the journey to EPR […]
EPMA goes live at Nottingham University Hospitals
Nervecentre’s electronic prescribing and medicines administration solution has gone live across Nottingham University Hospitals. The City Hospital went live with the system in May, across two weekends, and Queen’s Medical Centre moved to the new system earlier this month. It means the hospitals have moved away from a paper process to the […]
£21 million in funding for AI announced “to roll out artificial intelligence across the NHS”
The Department of Health and Social Care has announced £21 million in funding for artificial intelligence technologies. It’s intended to enable the roll-out of AI technology which, according to the announcement, will “help diagnose patients more quickly for conditions such as cancers, strokes and heart conditions”. The announcement sets out the […]
“I’m excited for the level of patient empowerment that I expect to see in the next three to five years” Adam Lavington, director of digital transformation at Herts and West Essex ICB
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 […]
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. […]
