Epic has announced the release of new capabilities allowing app developers to build “connectors” linking other apps to Epic, and to support surfacing information stored elsewhere without switching between apps or portals. These connectors will reportedly allow information and complete tasks within other apps to be surfaced in Epic, and […]
Tag: Interoperability
Feature: Closer to home, why community digital is the missing link
By Gary Mooney, clinical solution executive at InterSystems Margaret is 84, she lives alone with frailty and heart failure. She is admitted to her local hospital by ambulance after a fall for the third time this year. Her district nurse had noted weight gain, her GP had changed a diuretic, […]
DHSC guidance on digitising adult social care, managing IT suppliers, using AI
New DHSC guidance on digitising adult social care has tackled how services can be fully digital, adopt AI, manage IT suppliers, and introduce digital champions. The DHSC advises that providers are considered to be “fully digitised care providers” if they are registered with the CQC, use an assured DSCR solution, […]
NHS England opens £6.7 million secondary care medicines data pre-market engagement
NHS England has opened a secondary care medicines data pre-market engagement, with high level objectives around achieving a reporting function on stock and daily issuance of medicines in secondary care, and a price comparison tool. With a total value of £6.75 million, the preliminary market engagement notice shares details of […]
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board progresses towards integrated health record
The board of Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board has highlighted its focus on scoping a business case for an integrated health record, and has set out work on its new digital and data strategy. Board approval was granted back in July of 2024 to proceed with the preparation of […]
Gloucestershire Health and Care sets out ambitions to become a digitally enabled trust in digital strategy to 2031
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust has set out its ambitions to become a digitally enabled trust in its latest digital strategy to 2031, focusing on access to digital tools and AI, empowering colleagues with digital and data confidence, improving data, systems, and reporting integration, and delivering a consistent […]
National interoperability standards for connections to My Health Record established in Australia
The Australian Digital Health Agency has moved to introduce new mandated interoperability standards for connections to its My Health Record platform, with hopes to support sharing of health information across care settings. Under the new standards, AU Core and the Australian Core Data for Interoperability (AU CDI) will become the […]
Integration, consolidation, and automation in digital and data strategy from St George’s, Epsom and St Helier Group
St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group has published its digital and data strategy to 2030, covering what it refers to as “a critical point in its development as a single, integrated organisation”. It outlines six strategic priorities, covering safe and secure digital foundations, becoming a […]
Kent Community Health tests approaches to neighbourhood health
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust has highlighted how it is testing new approaches to neighbourhood health, sharing progress and findings from pioneer sites, covering reactive, proactive and preventative care. The first pilot approach for reactive care is taking place in Folkestone, Hythe and Rural PCN, where a new neighbourhood […]
Ashford and St. Peter’s on EPR, AI, prioritisation and innovation in trust strategy to 2031
Ashford and St. Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has marked progress and ambitions around AI, EPR, robotics, and digital innovation in its latest trust strategy to 2031. The trust reports having made “significant advancements” in the use of digital technologies to improve patient care, highlighting its EPR roll out, and […]
