By Paul Walker, Chief Technical Officer, Skills for Health The implementation of a large-scale data collection service from UK GP patient records has been delayed by two months after unions and sector bodies who represent doctors aired concerns over a lack of transparency and public engagement about the right to […]
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NHS Digital Terminology Server goes live
The NHS Digital Terminology Server is now live. The platform supports data exchange between systems and integration of local coding systems with national and international coding languages, such as SNOMED-CT and FHIR. In September 2020, NHS Digital awarded a contract to Dedalus and CSIRO, the creators of Ontoserver, to implement […]
University Hospital Southampton goes live with new maternity app
University Hospital Southampton has this week gone live with a new system ‘Badgernet Maternity’, for pregnant women to access their records online or via the app. A joint project spanning maternity services across Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Portsmouth, the app will replace paper notes, and provide a centralised platform. The system is an […]
Video: How to lead a successful digital implementation
As the curtain came up on HTN Now June 2021, we were joined for our first live webcast by the digital healthcare company Ideal Health, to discuss how to lead a successful digital health implementation. Offering a ‘how to’ for health and care organisations, Jonah Aburrow-Jones, Director of Ideal Health, […]
Interview Series: Tremaine Richard-Noel, Head of Emerging Technology at Northampton General Hospital
HTN chatted with Tremaine Richard-Noel, Head of Emerging Technology at Northampton General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (NGH), ahead of his upcoming appearance at HTN Now June 2021. Before his live webinar session on Thursday 17 June at 3pm, where he’ll discuss robotic process automation (RPA) and its application within the NHS, we […]
Salford Care introduces new remote monitoring app for heart failure patients
Healthcare teams at Salford Care Organisation, part of the Northern Care Alliance Group, is piloting the use of a remote monitoring system to support heart failure patients. The tech includes a smartphone app designed by connected care supplier Dignio and easy-to-use bluetooth devices. It’s currently being used by teams in […]
Frimley Health picks Hyland as part of five-year strategy
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust has selected OnBase from Hyland, an information platform, to digitise and manage clinical documents. In September 2020, Frimley announced it would adopt Epic as it electronic patient record, part of a £108m deal. The trust in late 2019 published an ambitious five-year strategy, ‘Our future FHFT’, […]
News in brief: NHS Arden and GEM analytics contract, Welsh Nursing Care Record roll-out, surgical robot to speed up cancer ops
This week we’ve been building up to our latest instalment of HTN Now – a series of live webcasts and content – so it’s been a busy time. But that hasn’t stopped the health tech news. In the past few days alone we’ve also covered NHS Digital’s two month delay […]
HTN Now June 2021: What to expect from our live webcasts
The next instalment in our health tech for the now series is almost upon us, with four days of live health tech sessions and content from a variety of digital leaders. With only five days to go until the next HTN Now event in the series, which begins on 14 […]
Interview Series: “It’s all about people, process and technology” – Tony Bowden, Chief Exec at Helicon Health
HTN got in touch with Tony Bowden, the Chief Executive of Helicon Health, to follow up on the health tech and medical research company’s entry in our first Digital Playbook. A spin-out from University College London (UCL), originally founded on work done in the fields of health informatics and multi-professional education, […]
