NHS England and Improvement’s Digital Maternity Fund has awarded 128 bids funding to support the digitisation of maternity services across England. Some of the trusts to secure funding include Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS FT who have been awarded £208,000, Birmingham Women’s Hospital awarded £500,000, and South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust over […]
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Sajid Javid sets out vision for the NHS underpinned by digital
Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid delivered a speech (8 March 2022) at the Royal College of Physicians, London, setting our his vision for the NHS. The speech set out priorities for health reform, including underlying principles, as well as the role of digital, and themes including the right to choose, […]
Harris to acquire Allscripts’ hospital and large physician practice assets
Harris Computer Corporation has completed an agreement to acquire Allscripts’ electronic heath record business segment, which includes Allscripts’ Sunrise, Paragon, TouchWorks, Opal and dbMotion tools. In a £528 million ($700 million) deal, the purchase price consideration consists of a fixed price of £505 million ($670 million) to be paid at closing, […]
Two London trusts to share EPR
Epsom and St Helier Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, two trusts which are part of a recently formed hospital group, have announced plans to share their electronic patient record (EPR) system.The trusts have signed contracts with Cerner to provide a shared electronic patient […]
Health Tech Trends Series 2022 part one: what makes a great digital champion?
It’s time for the first instalment of our Health Tech Trends Series 2022, in which we consider the latest topical issues and questions across the industry and ask experts from the sector for their perspectives and opinions. Our first foray into 2022’s trends takes us towards the role of a […]
Video: North East and North Cumbria ICS share their digital strategy
North East and North Cumbria (NENC) Integrated Care System (ICS) joined us at one of our HTN Now Focus events last year, sharing insights into how digital innovations and ideas can support ICSs, as the 42 new organisations develop across England and await their formal creation. As their example, the […]
NHSE opens staff awareness sessions on new patient access to GP records
Primary care patients will be able to access new entries in their own GP records from April 2022, with NHS England (NHSE) now opening information and awareness sessions to help staff adapt to the changes. As HTN originally reported in November 2021, patients who use online accounts – such as […]
Health Tech Awards 2022: First group of judges revealed
HTN is delighted to announce the first group of judges confirmed to support the Health Tech Awards 2022. Following an open invitation, we were overwhelmed with the response to support the awards judging process this year. We wanted to bring together a wide group of people from different organisations, healthcare […]
HTN launches ICS Index
HTN is delighted to launch the HTN ICS Index, a place to track the latest health tech and leadership news from each Integrated Care System (ICS). The new channel, sponsored by Insource, brings you insights into ICS data and digital strategies as they develop. We’ll cover key news from every region, and […]
Online platform to launch for patients waiting for elective surgeries
The Department of Health and Social Care has announced plans to launch a new platform, My Planned Care, to provide information online for patients waiting for elective surgeries. It hopes to help ‘improve transparency’ on wait times for patients and to provide additional support online ahead of surgery, such as through […]
