A team of clinicians and researchers from across north west London are working to develop a new system to provide hospital admission data in real-time for partners across its Integrated Care System. By coordinating data from Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust’s existing iCARE database and forming links with other existing […]
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GM Care Record study published on ethnic inequalities in vaccine uptake
A study using data from the Greater Manchester Care Record to explore vaccine uptake among ethnic minority groups has been published. The study, entitled ‘Ethnic inequalities in COVID-19 vaccine uptake and comparison to seasonal influenza vaccine uptake in Greater Manchester, UK: A cohort study‘ was published on 3 March 2022. […]
Feature: data protection and cyber security strategy in healthcare
Data protection was the topic on the table when HTN spoke with BridgeHead Software about the digital and IT challenges facing NHS trusts in 2022. Following the company’s live webcast with us on 8 March 2022, which focused on what healthcare organisations can do when ransomware or malware hit, we spoke to […]
Dumfries and Galloway completes GP data sharing pilot
NHS Dumfries and Galloway has completed a pilot project using the Medical Interoperability Gateway to connect health providers with GP data in the region. The Health Board is the first in Scotland to roll-out the technology, which provides access to patient data from 31 GP practices, through the Orion patient portal. […]
Feature: Ideal Health and The Christie analytics case study
As HTN continues to focus on data strategy, we talk to Mark Sulston, a Consultant for Ideal Health, to find out about the health tech company’s recent analytics project with The Christie NHS Foundation Trust. The Manchester-based trust, which provides cancer care, research, and education, is the largest single site […]
NHSE opens staff awareness sessions on new patient access to GP records
Primary care patients will be able to access new entries in their own GP records from April 2022, with NHS England (NHSE) now opening information and awareness sessions to help staff adapt to the changes. As HTN originally reported in November 2021, patients who use online accounts – such as […]
NHSE shares ICS case study on Population Health Management
NHS England (NHSE) has shared a new case study about how a Population Health Management (PHM) approach was able to help a primary care network offer extra support for a high-risk patient group with heart failure and social isolation. The Titan Primary Care Network (PCN), which is part of the […]
NHSX publishes standards roadmap for interoperability and care records
NHSX has revealed plans to develop and publish a new ‘standards roadmap’ for care record and interoperability standards in England. According to the organisation, the roadmap is set to provide support and include access to a ‘system-wide overview’ of the standards proposed, as well as opportunities to engage with the […]
UK Health Data Alliance publishes principles for forming Trusted Research Environments
The UK Health Data Alliance has published its principles and best practices for forming Trusted Research Environments (TRE), setting out an approach for data access for health research. The paper, entitled: ‘Building Trusted Research Environments – Principles and Best Practices; Towards TRE ecosystems’ outlines five principles to follow, each with itemised best practices. […]
Research study explores use of AI chatbots for health conditions
Researchers from the University of Westminster, with support from University College London (UCL), have published a new paper that explores the use of chatbots and virtual assistants for health conditions. The paper – entitled ‘Health chatbots acceptability moderated by perceived stigma and severity: a cross-sectional survey’ was published 8 December in […]
