Darren Atkins, Chief Technology Officer for Intelligent Automation at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, has set up a series of live interactive sessions for all professionals working in automation, called the ‘Automation Cafe Live!’ The sessions have been set up in his own time, Darren said, “so that people […]
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NHSE opens procurement for delivery partner to support frontline digitisation programme
NHS England’s Transformation Directorate has opened a procurement process to partner with a delivery supplier to support its Frontline Digitisation programme. The programme aims to provide national support for locally led digital transformation, with the aim of this procurement to find a delivery partner for the provision of advice, support, expertise […]
Wales to establish £100m hospital electronic prescribing framework
Digital Health and Care Wales, on behalf of NHS Health Boards across Wales, is to establish a new multi-vendor framework for electronic prescribing and medicines administration solutions. Aiming to establish a framework agreement where NHS organisations on a local basis can call off their requirements, the scope will include software […]
PRSB publishes information sharing standards to support diabetes management
The Professionals Record Standards Body (PRSB) has released new information sharing standards to support diabetes management. The development of the standards comes in response to “information about a person’s diabetes… not all being digitally shared between the different professionals involved in their care,” PRSB states. The body also notes “inconsistency in […]
HTN Festival: Inhealthcare on getting down to business with virtual wards
On Monday, we kicked off our HTN Festival of health tech content with the first live session from Inhealthcare, in which they discussed how to roll out a virtual ward, including lessons learnt from the pandemic and how these can be applied, complete with a virtual ward demo to show […]
HTN Let’s Talk: The role of digital in supporting the Humber Teaching NHS green strategy
Welcome to our brand new podcast HTN Let’s Talk, supported by Spirit Health! In episode one, we explore how digital is supporting sustainability and a greener NHS. HTN’s Katie Smith speaks with Alex Fowler (Environmental Manager), Stephen Roberts (Environmental and Waste Manager) and Lee Rickles (Yorkshire and Humber Care Record […]
Health Tech Trends: what does good look like for primary care technology?
For our latest Health Tech Trends feature, we’re looking into IT in general practice, exploring the challenges and asking what good looks like for primary care technology. We contacted individuals from across primary care to get their thoughts and received plenty of answers, focusing on key topics such as access, public […]
HTN Festival interview: Victoria Komolafe and Victoria Mustafa discuss digital midwifery
Next up for the HTN Festival is a recorded interview on the topic of digital midwives, featuring Victoria Komolafe, Professional Advisor (Digital) for the Royal College of Midwives, and Victoria Mustafa, Maternity Programmes Manager and Digital Midwife for NHS South West London. Through HTN Festival, we’re sharing different topics relating […]
Wireless trials from NHS Digital open for applications
NHS Digital is exploring how wireless technologies can support the delivery of improved health and care through a series of trials. The Wireless Centre of Excellence allows NHS organisations to apply for funding for innovative wireless technology to support them in making connectivity improvements in health and care settings. Organisations […]
Feature: Director of Health Informatics James Rawlinson on the role of digital for a greener NHS
As part of a new feature series focusing on how digital and technology can support healthcare providers achieve their targets set out in their greener NHS plans, we spoke to James Rawlinson, Director of Health Informatics from Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust. We discussed the trust’s green strategy, the digital projects […]
