In a recent webinar, Andy Sheret, head of business development at ITHealth, and Chad Holmes, security evangelist at Cynerio, shared insights around securing patient data for safer care, highlighting the impact and risks of data breaches on hospitals, and the steps that need to be taken to proactively identify and […]
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North Bristol NHS Trust holds ‘green operating day’ including use of tech to minimise carbon footprint
North Bristol NHS Trust has shared insight into a ‘green operating day’ held by the trust’s neurosurgery team at Southmead Hospital which saw a one-day trial run simultaneously across all neurosurgical theatres to explore how sustainably the operating list could be run. As part of their efforts, the team used […]
Panel discussion: supporting the NHS workforce with digital skills and digital careers
For a panel discussion this week on digital careers and digital skills, we were joined by Martyn Perry, acting chief digital information officer at Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT), and James Freed, deputy director at NHS Digital Academy. Martyn and James chatted through topics including supporting the workforce […]
Digital Health and Care Wales to move to cloud pathology platform
Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) is to implement InterSystems’ health information system and electronic medical record TrakCare Lab Enterprise as a fully hosted and managed platform across nine health boards, 13 hospitals and 23 laboratories in Wales, with the aim of improving efficiencies in pathology services and streamlining patient […]
Interview: “Transformation is people, process and technology” Stephen Bromhall, CDIO at East of England Ambulance Service
In a recent interview, we caught up with Stephen Bromhall, chief digital information officer at East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST), to talk about recent digital projects and priorities and the way that digital is being used to make improvements across areas such as workforce, operations and patient engagement. […]
West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership launches website for eye health
West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership has launched a new website focusing on eye health, with the aim of increasing awareness and prevention around eye care and “looking at eye care as a lifetime journey”. My Eye Health brings together information on more than 50 different eye conditions and offers […]
NHS Medway clinical strategy highlights digital and data plans including frailty virtual ward and electronic pharmacy systems
Medway NHS Foundation Trust has published its clinical strategy for 2024 – 2027, mapping future clinical services and defining how the trust intends to “advance and innovate to provide the best possible healthcare services” for residents, including utilising digitally enabled care, AI in diagnostics and tech to support clinical pathways. […]
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust awards contract for EPR implementation support
A two-year contract has been awarded to Dakota Integrated Solutions Ltd to support East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust with its Epic EPR implementation by supplying mobile devices, printers and barcode scanners as well as providing training, maintenance and support for data capture hardware and services. The initial […]
Scotland’s Genomic Medicine Strategy 2024-2029 highlights need for “secure, scalable digital infrastructure”
The Scottish Government has published Scotland’s Genomic Medicine Strategy 2024-2029, highlighting plans to develop a genomic medicine service “based on the principles of person-centred care” and better enabling the use of genomic information to support disease prevention and early detection, along with the need for national digital infrastructure. A number of […]
Royal Sussex County Hospital launches Health Information Point pilot
Royal Sussex County Hospital has launched a new Health Information Point (HIP) pilot with the aim of providing free, confidential health information to patients, carers, hospital staff and volunteers, supported by patient education knowledge specialists. The service will be staffed by a team “with expertise in health information enquiries” and […]
