Primary Care News Health Tech Trends Series 2021: Digital maturity satisfaction in focus Hampshire and Isle of Wight CCGs award GP IT support services contract Sunderland City Council connects to Great North Care Record HEE launches e-learning to support video group clinics in primary care Remote patient monitoring connects care homes with family doctors in NE London Mapping tool introduced by NHS South, Central and West CSU for home visits NHS Digital announces improvements to e-Referral Service Industry collaboration on usability standards; moving away from a one-size-fits-all model NHSX supports smartphone tech for detecting early kidney disease EMIS and Elemental enhance reporting for social prescribing Push Doctor to support Hounslow GP Practices NHSX launches digital eyecare referral services purchasing system Medopad saves 32 minutes per COVID-19 patient in NHSX evaluation Feature: the rise of remote monitoring – what’s next? CCube Solutions launches eLG, cloud-based platform for Lloyd George Records Birmingham and Solihull STP plans Health Information Exchange Redmoor Health wins NHS Wales virtual group clinics contract Rare disease diagnosis programme launched across 45 GP practices NHSX to develop new Data Strategy for Health and Social Care Dorset Healthcare live with Covid Oximetry @home monitoring service Innovate UK funds tech to reduce hidden costs of telephone calls in primary care EMIS launches first EMIS-X application C the Signs diagnostic tool rolled out to 400 GP practices Coventry and Warwickshire set to introduce Integrated Care Records Health Tech Awards 2020 Finalists Revealed… NHS Digital announces go live of new GP electronic notifications Norfolk and Waveney CCG signs agreement for prescribing decision tech Healthcare Gateway supports OneLondon LHCRE Information sharing platform roll-out accelerated to support clinicians Health tech specialist launches melanoma screening test for primary care 10,000 aspiring medics sign up for virtual GP work experience during COVID-19 RCGP survey highlights how GP care has been accessed recently Welsh health tech company launches free outsourced medical reporting service Asda and Medicspot partner for in-store virtual GP service Lancashire and South Cumbria picks Doctorlink Feature: Digital First Primary Care, X-on and TPP Interview Series: Dr Hussain Gandhi, Wellspring Surgery and founder of eGPlearning Royal College of GPs in NI survey highlights need for GP tech plan 17.4 million GP records analysed in largest COVID-19 studyOne Gloucestershire triage app supports COVID-19 response Online GP service raises £2 million in Series A GP IT System supplier acquired by PUBLIC GP Connect introduced to all GP practices and specialist care centres Yeovil Hospital connects to Dorset Care Record myGP partners with GPDQ to increase video consultation capacity Biobank GP data to be made available to scientists to tackle COVID-19 Health Tech Heroes part two Webinar Overview: Digital first primary care PRSB publishes guidance on COVID-19 SNOMED CT codes NHSX confirms successful primary care tech suppliers across 5 lots EMIS, Uni of Oxford and RCGP launch COVID-19 GP data research initiative Video: Paul Charnley, Director of IT and Information, Wirral University Teaching Hospital HTN COVID-19 Webinar Learning Series AccuRx rolls-out video tool to 25 trusts and thousands of GPs in weeks Online consultation tools now centrally funded NHS makes Microsoft Teams available for free EMIS makes pharmacy services acquisition AccuRx launches GP video consultation tool over the weekend Uni of Nottingham and FDB partner to roll-out PINCER indicators NHS England seeks national approach to digitising Lloyd George records Hancock “better tech is not a ‘nice to have’ but vital to have for the NHS” Care homes across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire to share digital records RCGP launches LGBT e-learning suite for doctors Connecting care across Lincolnshire 92% clinical staff say record sharing improves patient care First Databank analysis reveals wide variance in safety indicator drug monitoring £9.34 million to upgrade IT in Scotland NHS Wales cancels contract with Microtest GP IT Futures Suppliers announced Electronic prescriptions set for national roll-out NHSX publishes listening to digital health innovators report GPs in Wales to be given access to Welsh Clinical Portal Case Study: GP data as the foundation for information sharing DATA-CAN to transform how cancer clinical data can be used Bedfordshire CCG introduces mobile heart monitors Patients seen by digital GP on average within 26 minutes RCGP invites primary care insight on impact of AI Health Innovation Manchester opens £300,000 funding call People and Partnership Awards by HTN launched Boots pilots new instore video GP service Industry View: Health and Care Innovation Expo Digital participation programme supports patients with hearing and sight loss Health Navigator revenues up 250% Portsmouth CCG first for latest electronic prescription upgrade Opinion: How do we harness the benefits of technology in primary care? Digital dermatology service a success for Bristol Royal Devon and Exeter NHS FT picks CliniSys ICE for GP requesting 73 suppliers submit to GP IT Futures framework Liva Healthcare partners with Care City UK Patient Access app launches bookings for local pharmacy services PRSB publishes new standard for shared care records 20 Newham practices launch video consultations HTN Industry View: Delivering the NHSX mission Data sharing between GP clinical system suppliers on general release Enhanced version of EMIS App Library launched GPs alerted 5 million times to recommend self-care Industry View: Fit for the Future, A vision for general practice Servelec to enter primary care market London Trusts and CCGs launch £3bn framework Current Health and Patients Know Best partner to deliver real-time visibility Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care selects Civica South East Essex CCGs roll-out workforce engagement platform NHS Arden and GEM CSU embeds satellite technology Digital mental health platform supports GPs GP IT Futures programme to create open, competitive market RCGP publishes Fit for the Future: A vision for general practice InterSystems extends mobile capabilities NHS hospitals and GP practices to get fibre optic internet Bournemouth University and Dorset’s Integrated Care System launch new partnership National Events Management Service goes live Thousands sign up for online GP service in Birmingham NHSX to mandate health tech standards Great North Care Record teams up with Cerner Hull shares records with social care workers TPP achieves GP Connect full roll out approval Dorset Care Record adds radiology, pathology and referrals NHS Digital rolling out Schedule 2 and 3 Controlled Drugs via EPS Humberside benefits from TPP and EMIS information sharing NHSX unit launched to oversee digital Grant for tech start-up to help GPs identify rare conditions Babylon Health allowed to expand out of London Matt Hancock: email must replace paper in the NHS TPP and EMIS Health interoperability pilot delivers for Hertfordshire Lincolnshire STP live with capacity and demand dashboards NHS Scotland awards contracts for new GP IT Systems New general practice contract highlights importance of tech Surgery benefits from linking phone calls to patient records Leeds first city to fully join up with GP Connect What does technology enhanced primary care look like? By Dr Hussain Gandhi Interview Series: Jon Witte, MD, Engage Health Systems Kent and Medway STP benefits from Population Health Management Research suggests automated phone calls may help patients to take medicines correctly NHS Long Term Plan: Industry Reaction Part Two NW London CCGs signs Inhealthcare NHS Long Term Plan: Industry Reaction Part One NHS Long Term Plan sets tech milestones Boots UK acquires Wiggly-Amps Matt Hancock announces shake up to GP IT SW England deploys System C CarePlus MJOG partners with eConsult across Sunderland HTN Exclusive: a closer look into the new platform EMIS-X EMIS Group unveils EMIS-X 400 GP Practices consultation data made available in new dashboard PRSB published first standards for information sharing between pharmacies and GPEMIS acquires Dovetail Digital LimitedRCGP launches innovation initiative for primary care500,000 patients to benefit from new NHS partnerships and technologies Research highlights current state of mobile working for GPs£100m reported to be saved from prescribing techRCGP Chair takes on tech firms who are using ‘bully boy’ tactics and creating a ‘digital divide’ in patient careCCube Solutions to transform Lloyd George records for GPsLeeds goes live with GP ConnectArtificial intelligence and electronic health records could help suicide prevention efforts150 trusts switch to e-referral serviceAHSN funds a regional Health Information Exchange for the next two yearsFirst digital screening template for homeless peopleHTN partners with eGPlearningGreater Manchester and Shaping Cloud to identify cloud strategyServelec and Microtest announce Mental Health and GP system integrationCerner collaborates with North London Partners STPBooking service contract awarded to Spirit HealthcareCreating a new IT ecosystem for General PracticeEvery GP practice across London successfully makes switch to Electronic Prescription Service4 NHS Trusts to utilise Darktrace cyber securityNew care record guide published by PRSBFirefighters add heart checks to Safe and Well visits with expansion of innovative projectReal life GP data powers major anticoagulants studyWorcestershire CCGs use advanced GP telephonyMindMate and Leeds CCG to launch Snapchat campaignDorset Care Record adds Alerts and Encounters from Dorset County HospitalAdvanced acquires DocmanThames Valley and Yorkshire and Humber join Local Health and Care Record ExemplarsOpinion Piece: Practices need to seize the opportunity of consolidating IT systemsMicrotest wins over 100 new GP practices in WalesGPs urged to make most of cancer screening dashboardHalf of acute trusts switched over to the NHS e-Referral ServiceNorth Tyneside CCG chooses Spirit Diabetes EducationSurrey Care Record announcedNew local health and care exemplars selected4 new areas join NHS England’s integrated care development programmeDictate.it launches next generation medical speech recognition ‘Dictate IT Live’New 5 step guide launched to help a digital primary careCounty Durham and Darlington NHS FT referrals go electronicOne Health Lewisham adopts virtual health assistant to reduce burden on GPsReStart launches Viper360® Presentation LayerUCLPartners launch pilot of staff engagement and quality improvement platformNew podcast features GPs pioneering genomics projectsBerkshire CCG wins international award for Population ProfilingSouth East Coast Ambulance streamlines correspondence sent to GPsPatients get the green light for smarter choices after latest GP pilotTPP sign agreement with First Chengmei Medical in BeijingNEL CSU announces partnership to improve population healthNHS Digital launches ‘just referrals’ campaign set to save £50mGreat North Care Record accessed 25,000 times a month£10million invested in practices to support eReferral roll-outVirgin Care sites pick Lexacom digital dictationNHS Informatics Merseyside enables digital innovation with Sunrise SoftwareNew podcast series launched to share innovations in primary careRoll-out of new digital platform to detect early signs of cancerDigital start-up Signum Health secures further investmentNHS Wales Informatics Service picks two GP suppliersBerkshire goes live with record sharing projectSWYPFT signs contract for SystmOne Mental HealthPowys Teaching Health Board first in Wales for FDB OptimiseRxNHS Liverpool CCG appoints DocoboNHS Digital to launch GP IT Futures programmeNHS Arden & Greater East Midlands CSU secures £14m contractMore organisations connect to Health and Social Care NetworkPharmacy group saving hours every dayDigital social prescription tool integrates with EMIS WebRowlands’ ProScript Connect rollout passes 300 pharmacies milestoneNHS Doncaster Clinical Commissioning Group picks Orion HealthHow the telephone can help achieve the GP Forward ViewLeeds pilots open platform person held recordRoll-out approved for Docman 10Tobias Alpsten, iPLATO: The benefits of health coachingDigital tool to support better care for the vulnerableNHS Arden & Greater East Midlands CSU secures business intelligence contractLexacom secures multiple contracts at CCGs and FederationsHow can GPs get the IT they need?Docman to provide access to GP documents across healthcarePractices to benefit from cloud based telecomsTrafford CCG selects Lexacom 3 as their document creation system of choiceGP runs morning surgery on ‘patient power’iPLATO partners with Health NavigatorNHS Wi-Fi rolled out to all GP surgeriesiPLATO awarded a contract by the Small Business Research InitiativeSomerset switches on patient record viewerVirtual consultants help CCGs significantly reduce outpatient appointmentsOptimisation saves GPs 40 minutes per dayVolunteers to help raise awareness of online access serviceFBD OptimiseRx helps to drive £1.7 million underspendNewham CCG: Increasing patient access with telephone surgeriesDocman launches innovative healthcare platformSouth London Small Grants open for innovators6 CCGs to use iPlato representing 1.6 million patientsGP Practices in Hull and East Riding to open Monday as systems start to come back onlinePeople living with diabetes benefit from watching films onlineSurrey to provide integrated care for over 1 million patientsGP practice triples online patients in one weekWokingham CCG trials online engagement events800 GP Practices order Docman 10Dorset to join up health and social care in line with sustainability and transformation plansNHS CCG website Content Management System (CMS) available for FREENew, faster Vision Appointments App now centrally funded through GPSoCElectronic records enable safer hospital care for Ayrshire patientsLong-term conditions tool reduces GPs’ workload and speeds up careUK and Italian health tech firms to help share crucial data across STPsGreat North Care Record sign up 96% of North East GP practicesOrion Health secures place on major NHS frameworkNHS Wi-Fi launched in GP surgeriesGP patients now being referred to more appropriate services thanks to new online toolEMIS Health and Diabetes UK partner for better diabetes care for thousandsDigital achievements highlighted in Bath and North East Somerset Local Digital RoadmapHow can digital technology support a future NHS? by Tobias Alpsten, CEO, iPLATOHow can GPs harness new innovative technology to help meet QOF targets?Walsall CCG launches Patient Voice PanelInterview: North Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent CCGsEasier tracking of prescriptions for St Helens Millennium Centre PharmacyAn online consultation service is saving GPs timeWaterloo Medical Group saves £15,000 with Nuance medical speech recognitionSTP highlights £80m to implement digital roadmapCheshire Care Record recognised for prestigious awardA closer look at the Connecting Care local recordNew Continuing Healthcare online system enables more cost-effective purchasingiPLATO and myGP™ supports flu immunisation programmeAn insight into NHS Nottingham City CCG’s Digital RoadmapCCGs using new online marketplace to support personalisation and take-up of personal health budgetsCCG Digital Roadmap Series: Connected NottinghamshireTech benefits 40,000 children across West CheshireCCG Digital Roadmap Series: NHS West Lancashire Clinical Commissioning GroupCCG Digital Roadmap Series: NHS Hartlepool and Stockton on Tees CCGMore than 4,700 missed GP Practice appointments for Wiltshire – in one monthCCG Digital Roadmap Series: an update from 3 CCGsHealthy Liverpool Digital Lead, Kate Warriner speaks to us about their digital roadmapStoke and North Staffordshire leading the way in hi-tech help for patientsGP practice saves up to 40 days a year with online test results for patientsNew model of care for treatment of epilepsyNHS e-Referral Service saves £10million in first year10 additional CCGs enabled to use my mygpWalsall GPs help lead the way by logging on to Patient OnlineHealth leaders to share innovation successJayex patient arrivals self-check-in system approved pairing with TPP SystmOneDocman and EMIS Health deliver best practice interoperability to support a paperless NHS across BlackpoolNHS South Worcestershire CCG pilots new technology from Advanced and Black Pear to enhance palliative careNHS Barnsley CCG live with Clinical Decision Support PortalSutton introduces a borough-wide shared record systemSurgery praised for ‘innovative’ approach to improving patient accessCQC is supporting new care modelsIslington Clinical Commissioning Group chooses Docman Vault to support new models of careGP survey finds continued reduction in people finding it easy to access services as new myGP smartphone app launched to help tackle the issueNHS North West Surrey Clinical Commissioning Group chooses Docman VaultTelehealth saves Slough CCG time and moneyNew national CCIO role could drive positive change, if given the autonomy and tools to deliverGoHealth Urgent Care Selects Orion Health’s Rhapsody Integration Engine
