Practices across Stockport and North Central London CCG have deployed X-on’s telephony solution, Surgery Connect. The company has announced the completion of the two deployments, spanning 120 GP practices across the areas, delivering its cloud-based system. It means practices can access multiple telephone lines, manage call queues, report on trends […]
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Case study published on Berkshire Healthcare NHS FT’s ‘digital first’ approach
Healthcare Communications has published a new case study on its work to craft a ‘digital first’ future with Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BHNFT). Focusing on patient engagement technology, the report details how BHNFT – a community and mental health trust which serves a population of around 900,000 – sought […]
Video: Liverpool Women’s Hospital on the importance of clinical leadership in digital transformation
Dr Natalie Canham, Chief Clinical Information Officer, and Matt Connor, Chief Information Officer, both from Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust, raised the curtain on HTN Now November with a 9am session on the importance of clinical leadership within digital transformation. The duo gave a wide-ranging presentation, covering where clinical engagement […]
£15.9m pathology services contract awarded in Wales
NHS Wales has awarded a £15.9 million contract to Citadel Health to support pathology services with new technology. Aiming to create a digital national pathology network, the system will be used to support 21 pathology labs, hospitals, clinics and GP practices with over 35 million test requests each year. NHS […]
New European initiative to build data platform for neurodegenerative diseases
A new initiative has launched, called the European Platform for Neurodegenerative Diseases (EPND), to support data and sample sharing for neurodegenerative diseases. Initiatives already in place in this field will be combined to build, grow and develop one platform for storage and analysis of clinical samples and data collections. It’s hoped the […]
Physio platform and GP tool among innovations in latest Yorkshire & Humber AHSN digital accelerator
A physiotherapy platform, a GP tool and a social prescribing management system are among the Yorkshire-based innovations that have been selected for the Yorkshire & Humber Academic Health Science Network’s (YHAHSN) digital health accelerator programme, Propel@YH. The AHSN, which acts as an innovation arm of the NHS, chose 10 Small-Medium […]
Humber NHS chosen to pilot EPR mental health programme for NHSX
Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust has been selected to pilot an NHSX EPR programme across its digital mental health services. Officially called the ‘EPR Innovator Project for Mental Health and Community Trusts’, the project is part of the organisation’s wider Digital Aspirant Plus (DA+) programme, which includes just seven NHS […]
News in brief: Moorfields’ AI project, new online booking for blood tests, UK Biobank cloud platform
This week has been a busy one for HTN. Not only have we released the second edition of our very own Digital Playbook, which this time focuses on solutions to support Integrated Care Systems (ICSs), but we’ve also covered a variety of stories. Among the headlines have been industry updates […]
Patients set to access new entries in TPP and EMIS health records
From next month, patients will be able to access all new entries in their online health records, if their GP practice use TPP or EMIS IT systems. According to NHS Digital, patients who use online accounts – such as the NHS App – and whose surgery uses TPP, will be […]
Feature: eConsult explains how digital triage can support the NHS backlog
Feature by eConsult As part of our ‘digital first’ focus this month, eConsult, an online triage and remote consultation provider, tells HTN how digital solutions can help with the NHS recovery and specifically how the use of intelligent digital triage across the NHS can support the growing backlog of patients awaiting […]
