Following on from the latest addition to our feature series exploring electronic patient records and how to add value – an exploration of the current and future value of EPR solutions, available to read here – we’re taking a look at recent news, views and research in this area. Firstly, we […]
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Digital Health and Care Wales pilots dental access portal at Powys Teaching Health Board
A new digital service designed to provide a central platform for Welsh Health Boards to allocate places for routine NHS dental treatment is being piloted at Powys Teaching Health Board. The Dental Access Portal aims to tackle “significant variation” between Health Board allocation of NHS dentist places, which reportedly brings […]
NHSE shares guides and analytic tools to support clinical and operational best practice
Improvement guides and analytic tools have been published by NHS England, designed to help support flow through the emergency care pathway; to generate greater value for patients from theatres, elective surgery, perioperative care and outpatient services; and to improve medical consultant job planning. The tools are “improvement analytic compartments in […]
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals outline aims around digital and data in operational and improvement strategies
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals (DBTH) NHS Foundation Trust has published its operational plan for 2024/25 and quality improvement and innovation strategy for 2024 to 2028, outlining aims and ambitions around digital, innovation, and use of data. According to the operational plan, key areas of focus include ensuring best use […]
North West London Acute Provider Collaborative appoints chief information officer across four trusts
North West London Acute Provider Collaborative, made up of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare, London North West University Healthcare and The Hillingdon Hospitals, has announced that Robbie Cline will hold the position of chief information officer across the four trusts. The collaborative previously had two joint CIOs in […]
HTN Now: Best practices with healthcare security and Network Detection and Response
For a recent HTN Now webinar, we were joined by Chad Holmes, security evangelist at Cynerio, who shared advice and best practices around how NHS trusts and health organisations can better secure their environments with Network Detection and Response (NDR). Chad started out by looking at the risks around cyber […]
NHSE’s patient safety strategy for primary care shares digital commitments around culture and patient involvement
NHS England has published a strategy detailing the primary care implementation of the NHS patient safety strategy, noting the role of digital and data in areas such as automatically flagging patient safety issues to support reliability, and supporting clinical decision-making by digitally embedding diagnosis advice and safety netting. Looking firstly […]
App to support Parkinson’s patients launches new features
Parkinson’s ON, an app originally developed and self-funded by Parkinson’s patient Kuhan Pushparatnam to offer support to those living with the condition, has launched a series of new features after being picked up by Parkinson’s UK. Starting out with functionality to help Parkinson’s patients take their medications on time, track […]
Feature: The current and future value of EPR solutions by Gary Mooney, InterSystems
By Gary Mooney, InterSystems Electronic Patient Records (EPRs) are increasingly performing an essential role in enhancing the efficiency and performance of healthcare services, whilst providing a platform to pave the way for future models of healthcare that is more connected and patient-centric. The essence of EPRs lies in their ability […]
Poll: Where should digital investment go in the short term?
In a recent LinkedIn poll, we asked our readers where they thought digital investment should go in the short term, with options including patient-facing tech, cross-organisational workflows, data/analytics/visibility tools, and digitising/removing paper. Attracting a total of 83 votes, the most popular choice was digitising/removing paper, with 35 percent of the […]
