A feature by InterSystems David Hancock, Healthcare Executive Advisor at InterSystems shares another industry thought-piece with the team at HTN. Having previously covered the redesign of pathways for Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) and tackled Electronic Patient Record (EPR) transformation, this time, David turns his attention to Shared Care Records. One […]
Other News
Microsoft completes acquisition of Nuance
Microsoft has announced the completion of the acquisition of Nuance Communication for over £12 billion ($16 billion). The announcement follows the duo entering into a definitive agreement in April 2021, and a regulatory investigation from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). In December 2021 the CMA opened an investigation to establish if […]
Boots launches on-demand mental health services
Boots has launched a range of on-demand mental health services, including talking therapies, a support room, text talk, mood & symptom checkers and an information hub. The ‘help, advice and support’ tools can now be found on its website to meet, Boots says, ‘a rise in patients asking for mental health advice […]
Harris to acquire Allscripts’ hospital and large physician practice assets
Harris Computer Corporation has completed an agreement to acquire Allscripts’ electronic heath record business segment, which includes Allscripts’ Sunrise, Paragon, TouchWorks, Opal and dbMotion tools. In a £528 million ($700 million) deal, the purchase price consideration consists of a fixed price of £505 million ($670 million) to be paid at closing, […]
North West Anglia NHS launch virtual respiratory ward
North West Anglia NHS FT has launched a ‘virtual respiratory ward’, to support ‘stepdown discharge’ for COVID-19 patients. The initiative will see patients supported at home, through Spirit Health’s CliniTouch Vie technology, where hospital teams at the trust can monitor patients remotely. By offering the service, the trust hopes to free […]
Interview Series: Heather Cook, UK Director of Big Health on how digital can meet rising mental health needs
Following HTN’s first Digital Primary Care event of 2022, we decided to sit down with one of our sponsors to delve further into how digital can meet rising mental health needs. We spoke with Big Health, a company which specialises in non-drug digital therapeutics for insomnia and anxiety through its Sleepio and Daylight apps. Heather […]
News in Brief: National PPE system, Herefordshire and Worcestershire EPMA contract, Mid and South Essex communications platform
At HTN this week, we welcomed a fantastic group of speakers to our online primary care conference, covered news from NHS Sussex on the use of data and business intelligent tools, a patient video series launched by NHS England and Improvement, and lots more. Here’s our round-up of the rest of […]
Eight innovation projects share £9 million
Eight innovation projects are to share funding of more than £9 million, as part of a cancer innovation programme. SBRI Healthcare, in partnership with the NHS Cancer Programme and the Accelerated Access Collaborative, announced the eight late stage innovation projects that support earlier diagnosis, coordination, communication, scanning and imaging, medical […]
Video: NHS Sussex on the power of intelligent data and business intelligent tools
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, CareFlow Medicines Management and ChristianSteven presented a one-off special HTN Now session on ‘Using Business Intelligent (BI) tools for monitoring Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)’. The live lunchtime webcast was delivered on 22 February 2022 and focused on showcasing the Intellifront BI solution – which […]
Ophthalmology patient video series goes live with NHSE/I
A new ophthalmology patient video series has gone live through NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE/I). In support of the National Outpatient Transformation and Pathway Improvement Programmes, HCI – a health information video provider – has worked with NHSE/I to produce 28 patient-facing ophthalmology information videos. The videos will be […]
