A pilot system is now making it easier for GPs to understand the waiting times at hospitals for their patients. The e-traffic light system could help reduce hospital waiting times while offering patients a clearer choice of treatment and is set to be rolled out across the country after a […]
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West Suffolk and Cambridge clinical information link is UK first
A technical breakthrough which links the electronic patient record (EPR) systems at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) has gone live in a UK first of its kind. At the push of a button, clinicians are now able to easily and securely access clinical […]
New ‘one stop shops’ for cancer to speed up diagnosis and save lives
Diagnostic and assessment centres are being piloted in ten areas as part of NHS England’s drive to catch cancer early and speed up diagnosis for people with cancer. Each of the centres will operate in a different way to ensure they meet the needs of their local communities. However, all […]
NEL CSU announces partnership to improve population health
NEL CSU has announced a new partnership with Cerner, OptiMedis-COBIC UK and Imperial College Health Partners (ICHP), to provide a new performance and population health management dashboard for NHS England and Integrated Care Systems (ICS) across the country. Integrated Care Systems merge treatment (traditionally the domain of the NHS) with […]
HTN March 2018 Newsletter
In March we announced a new podcast series has been launched to share innovations in primary care. We covered an opinion piece from Orlando Agrippa, CEO, Draper and Dash: Are you provisioning for the Cloud? We announced 9 new categories in the HTN Awards 2018 including user-led innovation, information and data security and software […]
£10million invested in practices to support eReferral roll-out
A new GP contract, agreed by NHS England, the Government and the British Medical Association’s General Practitioners Committee, will take effect from 01 April 2018 and will see an investment of £256.3 million going into the contract for 2018/19, a 3.4% increase overall. This includes £60 million to be paid to […]
Digital health scheme expands across the country
SMEs across four UK regions can compete to join innovative regional digital health accelerators, launched for the first time outside of London to help develop and deploy digital solutions to some of the most pressing challenges facing the NHS. The new scheme builds on the success of the London-based DigitalHealth.London […]
Emergency medicine consultant unveiled as new Chief Clinical Information Officer for Health and Care
NHS England and NHS Improvement have today announced that Dr Simon Eccles has been appointed as the new Chief Clinical Information Officer for Health and Care to spearhead NHS use of technology and data to drive improvements in patient care. Dr Eccles is a practicing hospital consultant in Emergency Medicine […]
Global Digital Exemplar programme extended to ambulance trusts
NHS England has today announced three ambulance trusts will share £10m to help improve patient care by developing into world class digital organisations. South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SCAS), West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (WMAS) and North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (NEAS) are the […]
Alder Hey launches children’s hospital app
A new approach to children’s stay in hospital has been launched that will help Alder Hey improve patient care at its facility and across the NHS. Created by Alder Hey Children’s Hospital and Alder Hey Children’s Charity in partnership with leading digital studio ustwo and designed with the help of […]
