NHS Scotland has awarded a contract to Inhealthcare to support the scaling up of remote monitoring services across Scotland, bringing them into mainstream use. The award supports the Scottish Government’s Digital Health and Care Strategy, which details how the country’s services and public can ‘adapt to change’ and ‘thrive in a […]
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Cheshire and Merseyside tech kit recycling project targets digitally excluded
Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership has shared how a ‘tech kit’ recycling project has helped improve outcomes for digitally excluded groups. By supporting the group online and encouraging them with digital health services, the ICS says it’s opened up access to mental health support, and how to live healthier […]
GM Care Record study published on ethnic inequalities in vaccine uptake
A study using data from the Greater Manchester Care Record to explore vaccine uptake among ethnic minority groups has been published. The study, entitled ‘Ethnic inequalities in COVID-19 vaccine uptake and comparison to seasonal influenza vaccine uptake in Greater Manchester, UK: A cohort study‘ was published on 3 March 2022. […]
Video: Transforming referrals with digital specialist advice
Hosting our closing session at the recent HTN Digital Primary Care 2022 conference, we welcomed Dr Mala Ubhi, a GP in Gloucestershire and Clinical Advisor for Digital Productivity in NHSE/I, and Christopher McLlveen, a Patient and Public Voice partner for the Transformation Directorate at NHSE/I. In her talk she discussed […]
Health Tech Trends Series 2022, we would love to hear from you!
HTN’s Health Tech Trends Series, sponsored by InterSystems, is back for the first round of questions for 2022! At HTN, our aim for the series is to produce a range of features and insight articles, seeking a wide range of views and opinions – and we would love your help […]
Policy Exchange publishes proposal for digital general practice and redesigning ‘first-contact’
The Policy Exchange has published a set of proposals which focus on how general practice and digital healthcare should be reformed. Entitled ‘At Your Service: A proposal to reform general practice and enable digital healthcare at scale’, the 98-page document addresses integration, workforce, digital transformation, and scaled provision, as well […]
Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS FT accredited as GDE
Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS FT has announced the formal accreditation from NHS England as a Global Digital Exemplar, and confirmation its achieved HIMSS EMRAM level 5. The trust embarked on the programme in 2017, when selected as one of seven mental health trusts to receive funding to become a Global Digital […]
Feature: data protection and cyber security strategy in healthcare
Data protection was the topic on the table when HTN spoke with BridgeHead Software about the digital and IT challenges facing NHS trusts in 2022. Following the company’s live webcast with us on 8 March 2022, which focused on what healthcare organisations can do when ransomware or malware hit, we spoke to […]
News in Brief: Chase Farm HIMSS EMRAM stage 7, HEE Digital Health Leadership, Leeds digital interns…
This week at HTN, we covered the news of 128 successful bids as part of the Digital Maternity Fund, explored Sajid Javid’s speech where he set out a vision for the NHS from a digital perspective, and also published our keynote talk from HTN Digital Primary Care with Dr Minal Bakhai […]
128 successful bids to the Digital Maternity Fund
NHS England and Improvement’s Digital Maternity Fund has awarded 128 bids funding to support the digitisation of maternity services across England. Some of the trusts to secure funding include Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS FT who have been awarded £208,000, Birmingham Women’s Hospital awarded £500,000, and South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust over […]
