NHS England has shared a preliminary market consultation and request for information (RFI) from suppliers for a single patient record (SPR), aiming to gain innovative ideas from the market, consider all options available, and approach the SPR in “the most effective way possible”. Draft minimum functionality is outlined, along with […]
Tag: EPR
Feature: Nervecentre on breaking down barriers, a vision for seamless NHS care
By Nervecentre At the beginning of the year, Nervecentre marked its 15th anniversary with the NHS at a pivotal moment in frontline digitisation. 15 years ago, in the final gasps of NPfIT, the primary focus of healthcare technology was on data capture and record-keeping, with early EPR systems giving acute […]
Feature: InterSystems on EPRs and the future direction of EPRs
By Gary Mooney, InterSystems Electronic Patient Records (EPR) solutions, sometimes referred to as Electronic Health Records (EHR), are critical for the ongoing transformation of healthcare delivery, enhancing patient safety, clinical outcomes, operational efficiency, financial performance, and patient experience. However, widespread adoption reveals persistent challenges, including interoperability issues, poor user experience, […]
Interview: David Newey, digital health expert on the future of EPRs
In our latest HTN interview, we spoke with David Newey, interim chief digital transformation officer at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (BHRUT), about the future of EPRs. We discussed some of the challenges of successful EPR implementation, with a particular focus on the financial pressures within the […]
HTN Now panel discussion: Go-live best practices, key learnings and challenges
For a recent HTN Now panel discussion we welcomed experts from across health and care, including Sally Mole, digital programme manager at The Dudley Group NHS FT, Fhezan Ashraf, clinical configuration manager at The Dudley Group NHS FT, Stacey Spence, EPR programme manager at Medway NHS FT and Hayley Grafton, […]
Lincolnshire Community Health agrees 5 year EPR deal
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust has awarded a contract to TPP to continue with the SystmOne electronic patient record. The contract was awarded through the NHS LPP Clinical Digital Solutions Framework Agreement and is said to last for five years with the option to extend at yearly intervals up […]
Integration of oral health into EHRs called for by FDI World Dental Federation
A consensus statement issued by the FDI World Dental Federation has called for the global integration of oral health into EHRs, with the FDI’s president Greg Chadwick highlighting that although oral health indicators are “often excluded”, integrating them into EHRs can “significantly improve diagnoses, treatment coordination, medication management and patient […]
NHS England announces Epic EPR integration with NHS App
At Digital Health Rewired 2025, HTN’s Emily Rodwell, senior writer, attended a panel discussion on the question, ‘can the NHS App finally become the digital front door?’. Talking as part of the digital transformation stage was Professor Joe Harrison, national director of NHS digital channels at NHS England and chief […]
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton and Chesterfield Royal Hospital deploys Nervecentre EPR
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton and Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trusts have introduced Nervecentre’s cloud–native EPR platform. Launched across six hospitals in February, as part of a phased roll-out, this phase focused on deploying mobile capabilities to the hospitals’ emergency departments and inpatient wards. The trusts report that […]
Norfolk and Waveney Acute Hospital Collaborative awards contract for IT audit and asset register
Norfolk and Waveney Acute Hospital Collaborative has awarded a contract to healthcare and consulting service provider, Arca Resourcing, to provide an IT audit and create an asset register for all devices within the trust. This comes before the implementation of its integrated electronic patient record, which is to be used […]
