NHS England has launched a preliminary market engagement exercise aiming to identify potential suppliers to support the future commissioning of multi-neighbourhood training hubs for primary care, with a total value of £80 million. As part of the engagement, NHS England shares a survey to collect feedback from interested parties around […]
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Epic launches integration for healthcare apps
Epic has announced the release of new capabilities allowing app developers to build “connectors” linking other apps to Epic, and to support surfacing information stored elsewhere without switching between apps or portals. These connectors will reportedly allow information and complete tasks within other apps to be surfaced in Epic, and […]
Berkshire Healthcare selects digital MSK service supplier
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has selected Flok Health to supply digital MSK triage and management services, at a total cost of £400k. The trust has contracted Flok Health to provide a fully managed service offering a “complete alternative” to traditional community physio pathways, with 24/7 digital triage and remote […]
King’s College Hospital and Guy’s and St Thomas’ report £4.1 million in savings from EPR
King’s College Hospital and Guy’s and St Thomas’ have reported savings of £4.1 million from their combined use of the Epic EPR system. The trusts point to the avoidance of 3.3 million duplicate or repeat tests, saving up to 275,000 hours of nursing and phlebotomy time since 2023. This has […]
NVIDIA invest in Doctolib healthcare AI
NVIDIA has made an investment into Doctolib to support the health tech supplier develop artificial intelligence solutions and models for healthcare teams and patients. Doctolib will use the investment to support its recruitment of AI skills and expertise, as well work with NVIDIA experts on the development of its AI […]
HTN Now: Cyber resilience in the NHS, impact of AI and emerging tech challenges, preparing for 2027
HTN was joined by Julian Wiggins, solutions director at Rackspace Technology, and Nasser Arif, cyber security manager at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust and Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, for a recent webinar on the topic of cyber resilience. Our panel discussed challenges around AI and emerging tech, practical […]
North East Ambulance Service strategy looks to “the road ahead” with tech, data and AI
North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust is looking to “the road ahead” in its latest trust strategy, recognising the increasing role that tech, data, and AI will play in shaping urgent and emergency care delivery. Introducing the strategy, trust chair Stuart Corbridge and chief executive Kevin Scollay note: “The […]
Feature: Making security the easy choice: Protecting mobile devices in clinical environments
This Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Daniel Johnston, MRes, RN, Director Clinical Operations International at Imprivata, discusses how mobile devices can improve clinical care and why getting security right is essential for protecting data, systems, and patients. Mobile devices have become an important part of modern clinical care, giving clinicians greater flexibility […]
Feature: Closer to home, why community digital is the missing link
By Gary Mooney, clinical solution executive at InterSystems Margaret is 84, she lives alone with frailty and heart failure. She is admitted to her local hospital by ambulance after a fall for the third time this year. Her district nurse had noted weight gain, her GP had changed a diuretic, […]
DHSC guidance on digitising adult social care, managing IT suppliers, using AI
New DHSC guidance on digitising adult social care has tackled how services can be fully digital, adopt AI, manage IT suppliers, and introduce digital champions. The DHSC advises that providers are considered to be “fully digitised care providers” if they are registered with the CQC, use an assured DSCR solution, […]
