NHS England/Improvement Transformation Directorate has released a new draft Standards and Interoperability Strategy, and has commissioned The Faculty of Clinical Informatics to support a consultation process seeking feedback and views to help shape the strategy further. The new draft strategy, entitled ‘How Standards Will Support Interoperability,’ aims to ‘improve levels of […]
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Industry View: health tech experts react to current challenges within the digital industry
Here at HTN we sent out a call for comment to understand some of the current market challenges, which proved to be a popular topic. Outlining what those challenges are and how they can be solved – many of you sent in your views and perspectives. Below is a focused […]
Scotland publishes refreshed digital strategy and plans new data strategy
NHS Scotland has refreshed its digital strategy, with a renewed focus on digital inclusion being at the heart of its plans. The strategy has been updated in line with a recent refresh of the overall Digital Strategy for Scotland, which details how the country’s services and public can ‘adapt to change’ […]
National digital record for children and young people with epilepsy to launch
A digital platform for children and young people with epilepsy is to go live in December 2021, through a partnership with the Young Epilepsy Charity and health tech supplier Patients Know Best (PKB). The organisations have partnered to deliver a national solution which can support children and young people with […]
National consultation launched to draft 111 referral standard
A national survey has opened to gather feedback to support the development of a new 111 referral standard. The draft standard is said to be based on a project from 2018 that focused on urgent care information flows, and aims to review and develop a new standard to include “new information from […]
New Information Standard published to support medicines information sharing
NHS Digital has published a new Information Standard on medicines information sharing, with the aim of helping to reduce errors and increase safety when patients transfer between care locations. The Standard, which ‘sets out definitions that are to be used when a health professional sends or receives patient medication and […]
NHS England and NHS Digital create new cancer quality of life dashboard
A new data dashboard, which illustrates quality of life levels for cancer patients in England, has been launched by the NHS. Teams from NHS England and NHS Improvement, and NHS Digital, worked on the project, which uses data from national surveys. People with cancer are being asked to complete the […]
Video: Alcidion discuss digital solutions to support ICSs at HTN Now Focus
The first of our seven live sessions on the ‘Digital ICS’ theme at the latest HTN Now Focus, a series of one-day events that feature talks from health tech experts on specific topics, was a presentation by the team from the healthcare informatics company, Alcidion. The panel for the opening […]
NHSX publishes update on its work around standards and interoperability
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 […]
Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICS joins the Yorkshire & Humber Care Record
The Yorkshire & Humber Care Record has formed a new partnership with Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care System (ICS) to connect a further 1.1 million people to the care record. With Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICS joining the programme, it means 132 GP practices, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicestershire Partnership Trust, […]
