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Innovation Ecosystem Programme outlines recommendations for change through innovation
Contributing to the forthcoming 10-year Health Plan, the Innovation Ecosystem Programme (IEP) advisory board has published a report outlining recommendations for change through innovation. Chair of the programme, Roland Sinker, CBE, notes in the foreword that “despite the urgent need to act, staff, patients and the wide range of partners […]
Moorfields Eye Hospital awards £16.7 million EPR contract
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has awarded a £16.7 million EPR contract to Meditech via the NHS LPP Clinical Digital Solutions Framework Agreement. The contract will run from 30 October 2024 for an initial period of ten years, with the option to extend for a further five, making the […]
Alder Hey Children’s responds to data published online purporting to be “obtained illegally” from trust systems
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust has issued a response to claims that data published online and shared on social media has been “obtained illegally from systems shared by Alder Hey and Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust”. The update informs patients that the trust is working with […]
Panel discussion: Managing EHR complexity, addressing technical challenges, and achieving a balance between customisation, compliance, and scalability
For a recent HTN Now panel discussion on the topic of managing EHR complexity, we were joined by Paul Charnley, former CIO and chair of the NHS Blueprinting Programme, and Mike Hardman, principal engineer and EPR technology lead at Aire Logic, who shared some of their insight and experience on […]
Ongoing “major” cyber security incident at Wirral University Teaching Hospital
An ongoing “major incident” has been declared at Wirral University Teaching Hospital “for cyber security reasons”, with a spokesperson sharing that all outpatient appointments scheduled for today have been cancelled, and urging the public not to attend A&E unless in the case of a “genuine emergency”. The statement goes on […]
Kent and Medway primary care strategy focuses on access and digital front door
NHS Kent and Medway’s five-year primary care strategy has been published, with a focus on improving access through digital front doors, increased use of the NHS app, and digital appointment systems. It highlights same day access hubs, online consultations, cloud telephony, care navigation and triage, and access to self-care, with […]
WHO digital transformation handbook offers guidance on developing a person-centred point of service system
The World Health Organisation has published a handbook for digital transformation in primary care, discussing the digitalisation of paper records and the broader move toward digitalisation “which can ultimately lead to digital transformation, fundamentally changing how health services are delivered and accessed”. Presenting an overview of process optimisation from paper […]
87 acute hospital trusts and 28 ICBs sign up to Federated Data Platform, one year on
An update from NHS England has highlighted the number of acute hospital trusts and ICBs to have signed up to the Federated Data Platform (FDP), one year after its introduction. According to the update, a total of 87 acute hospital trusts and 28 ICBs in England have signed up so […]
Cleveland Clinic London awarded HIMSS EMRAM Stage 7 for “significant level” of digitisation and integration of EMR
The Cleveland Clinic in London has been awarded HIMSS EMRAM Stage 7 accreditation in recognition of the “significant level” of digitisation and integration of its MyPractice Community EMR. The electronic medial record is based on “an integrated suite of software modules created by Epic® Systems”, said to offer clinicians access […]
