NHSX has published new information on its progress around standards and interoperability, sharing why these areas are important and what it’s working on with partners across the NHS. In the new update, attributed to Irina Bolychevsky, Director of Standards and Interoperability at NHSX, the post covers what interoperability and standards […]
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Midlands Partnership NHS FT releases new digital strategy
The Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT) has published a new digital strategy to cover the next five years, from 2021 to 2026. The publication explains how the strategy will enhance care for service users, staff and partners, before delving into its priorities and how they will be achieved, as […]
Health Tech Trends Series 2021 part one: the experts answer our questions on digital transformation
It’s time for the next instalment of our Health Tech Trends Series, which is sponsored by InterSystems, as we ask readers to reflect on six digital transformation-related questions about their organisation. In the first instalment of this two-part series, you can read the curated responses to some of the questions […]
Edinburgh University submits full independent GDE report to NHSX
The University of Edinburgh has submitted its independent report on the Global Digital Exemplar Programme (GDE) to NHSX. NHSX recently published a summary of the document, which the university had completed earlier this summer, to share the findings on the outcomes from the project, to date. Entitled ‘The Full Report […]
UCLH puts tech at the forefront of new outpatient transformation strategy for a ‘hospital without walls’
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) has released its new ‘Outpatient Transformation Strategy’ for 2021-26. Covering the next five years, the document’s title is one of its goals – ‘a hospital without walls’ – with a focus on an ‘integrated future for outpatients’ that has tech and digital […]
NHSX announces funding for 14 projects
NHSX has announced the winners of one of its funding programmes, The Digital Health Partnership Award, naming 14 projects to receive between £100,000 – £500,000. The funding scheme has been created to accelerate the adoption of digital health technologies that support patients with long-term conditions, and focuses on scaling digital […]
‘Green Guide for Diagnostic Imaging’ launches
Feature by Canon Medical: Practical advice & guidance curated for radiology departments to help make progressive steps towards the NHS net-zero carbon emissions targets A five-point guide for the UK diagnostic imaging community, providing practical advice to start working towards meeting the aims of the NHS’ net-zero carbon targets by […]
Health and Social Care Northern Ireland updates plans for its £300m Encompass programme
Health and Social Care Northern Ireland has provided an update on its ‘Encompass’ programme, a £300m 10-year work-stream to deliver a new electronic patient record for five trusts. The contract for the programme was signed in June 2020 to implement the Epic electronic patient record, develop its infrastructure and create up […]
CEO Series: Janelle Holmes, Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Next up in our CEO Series – and as part of our planned content for HTN Now September 2021 – we put the spotlight on Janelle Holmes, Chief Executive Officer at Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. In this feature we find out how Janelle, formerly a nurse, rose […]
Video: Eva Health explain co-admin eVacc software at HTN Digital Primary Care 2021
At our Digital Primary Care conference last month, we hosted a variety of live webcasts and discussion sessions from healthcare providers, NHS representatives and industry experts. We’ve been recapping some of the sessions over the past month, with one of the most topical for September being Eva Health’s talk on […]
