Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals is introducing DrDoctor to help patients view, manage and monitor their clinical appointments. The system is going live tomorrow (1st August) within the Trust’s Ophthalmology, Gastroenterology and Respiratory services. Patients receiving a new appointment will receive a text message and an invitation to use a […]
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HTN Digital Week: Call for Proposals
A Call for Proposals process is now open to provide everyone with the opportunity to participate in HTN Digital Week. HTN Digital Week is a week of online events to share and collaborate on healthcare technology, taking place 20th – 26th January 2020. HTN would like to invite anyone with […]
NHSX to oversee industry access to data
The newly formed tech unit, NHSX will be assuming responsibility of the sharing of NHS patient data with industry. In a new guidance document published on 15th July, it sets out defining principles for data-sharing agreements and provides new guidance for the use of data sharing for commercial purposes. The […]
Liz Ashall-Payne, Founder and CEO, ORCHA
In our latest Interview Series we asked Liz Ashall-Payne, Founder and CEO of ORCHA a few questions. ORCHA is the Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Applications, its mission is to get more people using great Digital Health products and services. Part of NHS England’s NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA), ORCHA works with CCGs, […]
Matthew Gould praises Great North Care Record for data sharing
Matthew Gould, Chief Executive Designate of the newly formed NHSX officially opened the new home of the Great North Care Record. Set up over three years ago, the Great North Care Record is a new way of sharing patient information electronically across the North East and North Cumbria to improve treatment […]
PRSB publishes new standard for shared care records
The Professional Records Standards Body has published a new standard to outline the core information to be shared in a person’s care record. Following a consultation process with over 1,500 professionals and organisations the new standard determines the vital information about a person that should be shared between health and care […]
Interview Series: Dr Tom Lawton, Head of Clinical Artificial Intelligence at Bradford Teaching Hospitals
In our latest interview series, Angela Sharda speaks to Dr Tom Lawton about his new role, his aspirations for taking Artificial Intelligence (AI) innovations from the labs to wards, what he has in the pipeline for the next 12 months and whether AI can help solve the NHS crisis. Dr […]
20 Newham practices launch video consultations
20 GP practices in Newham are now offering patients video consultations to improve access to health care advice. Patients can book appointments with their GP via the Patient Access app, and in time, they will be able to by the NHS App. NHS Newham Clinical Commissioning Group received funding from […]
HTN Industry View: Delivering the NHSX mission
July marked the official launch of NHSX, a new organisation to oversee digital, data and technology. The organisation recently set its mission to reduce the burden on clinicians and staff, so they can focus on patients, giving people the tools to access information, improve productivity and ensure clinical information can be safely accessed, […]
Interview Series: Tom Whicher, Co-Founder, DrDoctor
In our latest interview we caught up with Tom Whicher the co-founder of DrDoctor and asked Tom a few questions. Could you tell me a bit about yourself and your organisation? I’m one of the three founders of DrDoctor, a digital healthcare company based in Waterloo. Our company exists because […]
