NHS Digital has announced a new primary care data collection service, which will make near-real-time information and data available with a purpose to support healthcare planning and medical research. For over a decade, the organisation has been collecting data from GPs to meet bespoke data requests, through its trusted General […]
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Case study: Australia’s Northern Territory implements single digital medical record for all Territorians
Case Study: Australia’s Northern Territory implements single digital medical record for all Territorians The Northern Territory Government (NTG) is using InterSystems TrakCare® for its Core Clinical Systems Renewal Program (CCSRP), following an open, competitive tender that was managed by the NTG Department of Corporate and Information Services. The Northern Territory […]
17 trusts join for cross-organisational diagnostic reporting and image sharing
17 NHS trusts, funded by the Cancer Alliance and NHS England, have signed an agreement for a cross-organisational diagnostic reporting and image sharing platform. The trusts are set to use Wellbeing Software and Insignia Medical Systems across South West England to share the reporting workload and introduce a single workflow. It […]
Barts Health reports rise in e-referral advice and guidance function
Barts Health NHS Trust has reported a rise in the number of GPs using the advice and guidance (A&G) service, through the NHS e-Referral Service. The service, which supports clinicians to seek advice from each other, has grown to 2,300 requests in one month – an increase of almost 200% […]
Feature: University Hospitals of Leicester electronic prescribing and medicines administration go live
In this feature we dive into the world of EPMA (electronic prescribing and medicines administration). To find about the technology, we spoke with Paul Volkaerts, CEO of Nervecentre. We also managed to chat with Gang Xu, Consultant Nephrologist and Graeme Hall, Chief Pharmacist at University Hospitals of Leicester (UHL), to […]
Sunderland City Council connects to Great North Care Record
Sunderland City Council is the first local authority in the North East and North Cumbria area to connect to the health information exchange across the region. 400 GP practices, five NHS trusts and the North East Ambulance Service are connected to the system, with Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust being […]
National digital midwife role launched
NHSX has launched a new position to recruit a digital midwife to support its strategy at a regional and national level. It’s aimed at a registered midwife with data management and informatics skills, to support health and care services to improve the outcomes for pregnant women and address health inequalities. […]
NHS trust and CCG websites compared for accessibility
Silktide, a company that compares millions of websites, has analysed NHS trust and CCG websites for usability, including content, accessibility, marketing, mobile, social, speed, and legal compliance. The Index, a league table, has been created showing how organisations in various industries compare for web accessibility. North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS FT, […]
Interview Series: Tony Corkett and Neil Taber of Cloud21
Before the Christmas break, HTN caught up – over video link, of course – with health IT consultancy Cloud21, to talk about interoperability in the NHS. To get a birds-eye view of the bigger picture as well as technical detail on the nuts and bolts of digital transformation in the […]
Health and care bi-directional data flows across Kent and Medway
Health and care providers across Kent and Medway, including 135 GP practices and Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust are benefiting from bi-directional sharing of data. The healthcare providers are using the Medical Interoperability Gateway (MIG) platform from supplier Healthcare Gateway, to share aspects of the GP […]
