Health Data Research (HDR) UK has shared a study indicating that health insights gained from wearable devices and smart tech could be boosted by secure and safe access to electronic health records. Referencing an editorial entitled ‘Charting a Course for Smartphones and Wearables to Transform Population Health Research’, published in […]
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HTN EPR: Rod Gamble of Ideal Health on the total cost of EPR ownership
At HTN: Electronic Patient records, we were joined by Rod Gamble, Director of Implementation Services for Ideal Health. Rod joined us to discuss the total cost of EPR ownership, with a focus on getting it right from the beginning to reduce implementation costs. Getting it right from the start To […]
Interview: Dr Naveed Iqbal on improving prevention in primary care and building tools to support people with learning disabilities
For our latest interview, we spoke to Dr Naveed Iqbal on his experiences in primary care, his interest in building digital tools for people with learning disabilities, hopes for the future, and more. On his background, role and projects I work as a GP in East Lancashire, I’m on the Royal […]
Digital design and manufacturing facility underway at Kingston Hospital
Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Kingston Hospital Charity are constructing a new digital clinical design and manufacturing facility within the trust’s Princess Alexandra Wing. The facility will be completed in March and will help Kingston Hospital to provide “onsite digital customised anatomical models and medical devices, using 3D […]
Special report: Digital leaders on EPR business cases
For our latest special report focusing on electronic patient records, we posed a question to a number of digital-focused NHS professionals. Is there anything that you think is usually or often missed from EPR business cases, and what would your key lesson(s) around that be? To begin, we heard from […]
James Freed, chief digital and information officer at Health Education England
Welcome back to our podcast HTN Let’s Talk! For this episode we interview James Freed, chief digital and information officer at Health Education England (HEE). We discussed key digital projects James has been involved in, his thoughts and experiences in developing the digital workforce and more. To start, James spoke […]
Imperial College Healthcare, Northumbria Healthcare and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals collaborate through DERIC trial
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has collaborated with Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, to take part in the Digitally Enhanced Rehabilitation in Cardiac Patients (DERIC) care platform trial. Health tech company ConnectedLife created DERIC to help deliver cardiac rehabilitation to patients within their […]
North Cumbria Integrated Care introduces new imaging tech
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust is using a new form of imaging technology with the aim of improving breast cancer diagnosis. The process entitled ‘Contrast Enhanced Spectral Mammography’ is said to be more sensitive in picking up specific cancers than mammograms. The technology uses x-ray to take images […]
Scottish Government shares consultation analysis on health and social care data strategy
The Scottish Government has shared analysis on the results of a public consultation they held last summer to inform the development of Scotland’s first data strategy for health and social care. The analysis is split into three main sections: empowering people, with focus on how individuals can have greater access […]
Virtual wards and remote monitoring tech added to Spark DPS
The Spark Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS), run by the Crown Commercial Service, has been enhanced to include procurement of virtual wards and remote patient monitoring technology. With support from NHS England, four new areas have been added to the framework, to cover virtual wards, continuous monitoring support, long term condition (remote […]
