A digital platform for children and young people with epilepsy is to go live in December 2021, through a partnership with the Young Epilepsy Charity and health tech supplier Patients Know Best (PKB). The organisations have partnered to deliver a national solution which can support children and young people with […]
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Researchers launch AI prostate cancer study
A new research study has launched to progress how artificial intelligence technologies can help predict whether prostate cancer may return for patients following treatment. Dr Anna Wilkins and Dr Erik Sahai, along with Prostate Cancer Research and partners, launched the study in June 2021, to explore whether computer modelling of cell migration […]
EPR feature: moving from the system of record to the system of transformation
Feature by InterSystems Electronic Patient Records (EPRs) are one of our featured focus topics this month. This means we’re showcasing expert comment and articles from health tech professionals, in this subject area. First up, David Hancock, Healthcare Executive Advisor at InterSystems, shares with us his opinions of the main challenges […]
James Paget Hospitals’ highlights digital vision
James Paget University Hospitals NHS Trust (JPUH) has released a refreshed clinical strategy for 2021-2026, which includes its digital plan and focus. The trust says that the vision for its revamped strategy is “underpinned by four enabling strategies” identified by the trust through specialty workshops considered to have the most […]
NHSX and NHS Digital to merge into NHS England – the view so far
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has confirmed plans for NHSX and NHS Digital to be merged into NHS England and Improvement (NHSE/I), as part of a wider shake up to reform digital transformation and workforce planning in the NHS. Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid’s decision […]
National consultation launched to draft 111 referral standard
A national survey has opened to gather feedback to support the development of a new 111 referral standard. The draft standard is said to be based on a project from 2018 that focused on urgent care information flows, and aims to review and develop a new standard to include “new information from […]
Agenda released for HTN Now AI, Analytics and Data
Join HTN and colleagues on 30 November for the second in the HTN Now Focus series – five one-day online events to include: Supporting Digital Integrated Care Systems; AI, Analytics and Data; Electronic Patient Records; Digital Strategy, Transformation and Change; and Digital Mental Health. For the AI, Analytics and Data edition, we’ll explore an […]
Nervecentre shares presentation on cloud and EPR software as a service
Nervecentre, an Electronic Patient Record (EPR) software supplier to the NHS, recently shared a presentation on the topic of its ‘EPR as a service’, sharing how trusts can use the company’s fully-integrated platform as a cloud SaaS [software as a service] model. Delivering the live webcast was a panel comprised […]
Video: Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital on the art of co-designing & co-creating a modular care record
At our last HTN Now event, Dr Saroj Patel, Chief Digital Innovation Officer at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust (RNOH), delivered an insightful live webcast on ‘the goal and art of co-designing and co-creating a modular care record’. Saroj started her live session by sharing the trust’s journey […]
Innovations in focus: all 35 winners of NHSX’s new Adoption Fund
HTN recently covered the announcement of NHSX’s new Adoption Fund winners. The 35 successful innovations, and the teams behind them, will each receive a share of the £6.5 million funding pot. Spread out across five areas – gastroenterology, musculoskeletal, perioperative, cardiology and cardiac surgery pathways, and digital inclusion – the […]
