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 […]
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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 […]
National Data Guardian responds to DHSC’s data saves lives strategy
The National Data Guardian has submitted a response to the Department of Health and Social Care’s call for views on its draft data strategy, Data Saves Lives: Reshaping health and social care with data. The Department of Health and Social Care and NHSX Data Saves Lives policy paper aims to set out […]
Market engagement starts for GP online triage tech across Scotland
NHS National Services Scotland, on behalf of Scottish Government, has opened a market information gathering exercise for the provision of GP Online Triage Solutions or General Practice Digital Asynchronous Consultation Systems for up to 925 GP practices. General Practice Digital Asynchronous Consultation Systems (DACS) is a term used in the […]
South East London CCG procures clinical decision support tool
South East London CCG has awarded a £500,000 contract to Ardens Health Informatics, to implement its clinical decision support tool. The system in being introduced to support clinical teams with “immediate and easy access to relevant diagnostic, treatment and referral resources” and will integrate with the EMIS Web clinical system […]
What Good Looks Like: NHSX’s seven measures of success
Earlier this week, NHSX published its much-anticipated ‘What Good Looks Like’ framework for NHS leaders, to support organisations with ‘best practice’ guidance on digital transformation. HTN covered the release of the guidance, as well as the simultaneous publication of the ‘Who Pays for What’ strategy and the new Unified Tech […]
Acquisition of Servelec announced
The Access Group, a provider of business management software and solutions, has announced the acquisition of Servelec. The move forms part of its vision to fully join up services across health and local government, to offer integrated services, combining the tools from Access that includes care management, auditing, people planning, care planning and compliance, […]
Unified Tech Fund and prospectus launched by NHSX
NHSX has released a new Unified Tech Fund and a ‘prospectus’ on the topic, which will act as a guide to help simplify funding for NHS digital transformation projects. The fund itself is expected to bring together “multiple existing pots of national tech funding into a single application”, while the […]
NHSX publishes new digital guidelines on ‘What Good Looks Like’ for NHS trusts
NHSX has launched a new framework called ‘What Good Looks Like’ (WGLL), with the set of fresh guidelines intended to support NHS trusts with digital transformation journeys. The guidance includes calls for patients to be able to digitally access care plans and test results, the need for new ways of […]
