NHS England has published guidance designed to support ICS clinical leaders in creating and developing virtual ward services. The guidance aims to act a starting point for virtual ward development development and produces core clinical considerations for leaders to take into consideration, in order to achieve a mature virtual ward […]
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Digital pharmacy Phlo acquires Truepill
Digital pharmacy company Phlo Technologies has announced the acquisition of the UK branch of US-based healthcare platform Truepill, following Phlo’s announcement last month of £10 million in Series A funding. Phlo has acquired Truepill’s partnerships with several of the UK’s digital health providers, including The Lowdown (contraceptive advice and support […]
Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes ICS digital strategy places patient experience at the forefront of innovation
The three-year digital strategy for Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Health and Care Partnership opens with comments from Mark Thomas, chief digital information officer: “The BLMK system is, at its heart, all about orienting services to enable everyone in our towns, villages and communities to live longer, healthier lives. This […]
“Services aren’t looking for digital platforms that just open another lane on the motorway” Craig Oates on navigating care pathways
For our digital primary care feature series, we spoke to Craig Oates, managing director of Doctrin UK. Craig discussed the solution offered by Doctrin, his thoughts on the challenges facing primary care, the benefits of using the right pathways, and more. Hi Craig, could you take us briefly through your career […]
Private healthcare activity data sharing consultation opens
NHS England has launched a consultation to change the collection and sharing of private healthcare activity data. The proposal is for NHS England to collect and process private healthcare hospital admitted patient care data and information about NHS funded patients, using common data standards. It means NHS funded and independent […]
Health Tech Awards 2023 are back and bigger than ever!
The Health Tech Awards 2023 sponsored by CCube Solutions are back and bigger than ever! This year we’re joined by almost 200 judges from across the health tech community to analyse and assess the entries to select the winners! In February we announced our first group of judges, which was followed […]
Integration of clinical decision support in primary care study highlights adoption and motivation
A recent study published by BMC Primary Care examines the experiences and perceptions of introducing new information systems in primary care organisations, focusing on the use of a clinical decision support system (CDSS) to identify and diagnose malignant melanoma. The qualitative study aims to explore the attitudes and belief systems […]
“Defend as one” Strategy released to protect the NHS from cyber attacks
The Department of Health & Social Care has released a strategy entitled ‘A cyber resilient health and adult social care system in England: cyber security strategy by 2030’, outlining plans to better equip the NHS in cyber security over the next seven years. “In an increasingly digitised world, protecting [our] services from the disruptive […]
Data, population health management and infrastructure in focus in North East London integrated care strategy
North East London Health and Care Partnership has published its interim integrated care strategy, with a focus on digitally connecting health and care providers, population health management and leveraging data. The interim plan lays out a focus on building the partnership’s digital foundations, the role of digital in prevention and […]
Private eye clinics implement electronic health record
OCL Vision, a specialist group of eye surgeons, has partnered with Streets Heaver to implement its electronic health record and patient administration system, across their private eye care facilities in Hertfordshire and London. It means the private eye clinics will manage all aspects of patient care through the platform, from appointment […]
