For our latest industry view piece, we posted two questions to our health tech audience. We’ll be sharing the responses we received in a two-part feature, the first of which focuses on the following question: what is the biggest benefit that an ICS will derive from deploying technology? Here’s what […]
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HTN Now: Apira on incorporating new models of care delivery into digital systems
For our HTN Now: Citizen Transformation event, we were joined by a team from Apira consisting of Head of Procurement Richard Scowen, Director of Client Engagement David Corbett, Clinical Lead and Transformation Manager Claire Doughty, and Director of Professional Services Alan Brown. The team set out to discuss how patient […]
Epic to launch website for suppliers to share interoperability
Epic, the electronic health record supplier, has shared plans to launch a website where health tech suppliers can self-report interoperability. Suppliers will be able to list their innovation and report if they have achieved successful data exchange with Epic. It is open to any tech vendor with an aim for […]
£13.5 million investment into sub-national secure data environment
£13.5 million has been announced in funding for the development of an interoperable network of NHS-owned sub-national secure data environments (SDEs) in a blog by Dr Claire Bloomfield, Deputy Director of Data for Research and Development at NHS Transformation Directorate’s Centre for Improving Data Collaboration. The funding will help support a […]
NHS England publishes waitlist validation guidance and targets
NHS England has published guidance to support healthcare systems with waitlist validation and to highlight a series of targets to May 2023. In a letter from Paul Doyle, national programme director for elective recovery at NHS England, to NHS trusts and system leaders, he notes that “validation is well established […]
HEE report highlights role of digital technologies in supporting health and care workforce
A new report published by Health Education England (HEE) entitled ‘Harnessing digital technologies for workforce development, education and training: an overview’ has revealed that digital technologies are to play a key role in supporting the NHS workforce deal with upcoming demands. To meet demand, the report highlights that policy makers […]
Whittington Health and North Middlesex University Hospital to pilot remote monitoring tech
Whittington Health NHS Trust and North Middlesex University Hospital are to pilot remote monitoring technology from Spirit Health to support people living with heart failure and frailty. In a three-month pilot, supported by North Central London Integrated Care System, patients will be discharged and monitored at home by specialist clinical teams. […]
Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin ICS launches winter control room
NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care System has this month launched a winter control room to manage demand and capacity across the county. The control room is said to use multi-agency data to support the region’s response to pressures across the system, where it can match staff with demand to […]
Cancer innovation call for bids from across South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw
A second round of the Cancer Innovation Award Scheme in promoting improvement and innovation in cancer services has been launched by the South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Cancer Alliance, in partnership with Yorkshire and Humber Academic Health Science Network (YHAHSN). Grants of £10k and £25k are on offer within voluntary, community […]
NHSE Digital Productivity programme shares roadmap for the future
The Digital Productivity programme from NHS England’s Transformation Directorate has shared its delivery plans going forward, along with the key areas of focus over the past year. Robot process automation (RPA) Overall, the programme aims to improve RPA capability across as many NHS services as possible by 2024. Present work […]
