SBRI Healthcare, funded by NHS England and NHS Improvement, has launched two new competitions to support digital solutions relating to tackling health inequalities in maternity care, and supporting autism and learning disabilities. Applications are now open for both competitions for single companies or organisations from the private, public, and third sectors. […]
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NICE recommend digital self-help programme Sleepio to treat insomnia
Digital self-help programme Sleepio has been recommended to treat insomnia by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). The tool provides tailored digital cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBT-I), using tech such as AI to tailor its support through the app. A six-week self-help programme is used to […]
Wirral University Teaching Hospital publishes new research and innovation strategy
Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) has released its new strategy focusing on the role of research and innovation up to 2026. Dr Nikki Stevenson, Medical Director and Deputy CEO, opens the strategy by describing how it “sets out our intention that research and innovation will be recognised as integral to […]
Video: Ideal Health on building the digital workforce for HTN Digital ICS
As part of HTN Digital ICS we welcomed Ideal Health, who offer strategic consultancy, project delivery and specialist resources to support health and social care organisations as they navigate digital transformation, for a session focusing on building the digital workforce. Senior Digital Transformation Associate Alison Walker joined us, along with […]
HTN’s Digital Playbook is here…
We are delighted to share our latest Digital Playbook with you all. Following on from our November edition, which focused on the concept of digital Integrated Care Systems (ICSs), our May 2022 edition explores a range of topics from electronic patient records, data privacy, governance, to practical solutions for communication […]
Video: Supporting the ICS virtual ward agenda
Next up as part of our Digital ICS event line-up is Inhealthcare, a recognised leader of patient remote monitoring technologies who work closely with NHS organisations to deliver digital transformation at a strategic level. For this edition of HTN Now, we explored a range of topics relating to the development […]
Video: accuRx discuss working with digital suppliers for HTN Digital ICS
At HTN Digital ICS, digital leaders got together to discuss how they are tackling the challenges of system-wide working, sharing their own approaches and showcasing innovations supporting the formation and development of digital integrated care systems (ICSs). We were joined for the first session of the day by accuRx, a […]
Plymouth to digitise emergency department
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust is set to implement tech from Nervecentre to digitise its emergency department. The trust will introduce two modules of the Nervecentre modular electronic patient record system, its emergency department and patient safety modules, aiming to support staff with mobile working. All nursing and medical documentation; […]
Northern Care Alliance to introduce 500 bed virtual ward
The Northern Care Alliance is to introduce a new virtual ward, working with remote monitoring specialist Dignio, to support up to ‘500 beds’. Set to cover a large part of Greater Manchester, the project aims to support 500 people from their own homes for a variety of conditions. Patients will be provided […]
MPs launch inquiry into government progress on digital transformation within NHS
A new inquiry into the government’s progress in achieving a digitally-enabled health system across the NHS has been launched by MPs, to assess progress to-date and the further steps required. The Health and Social Care Committee has set out 11 key questions to be addressed, that include ‘how the government […]
