North East and North Cumbria ICS (NENC) has published its first green plan, sharing an ambition to become the greenest region in England by 2030. In their strategy, they outline the action they are taking to reduce their environmental footprint by reducing waste, using electric vehicles, converting to more sustainable […]
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Optum set to buy EMIS for £1.2billion
Optum UK, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, is set to acquire healthcare technology company EMIS for £1.2billion. The deal represents 1,925 pence in cash per share, 49 per cent to the closing price of 1,292 pence per share on 16 June 2022, the last business day before the commencement of […]
NHS England opens expressions of interest for Discharge Integration Frontrunner sites
NHS England and NHS Improvement are inviting expressions of interest from local systems to become Discharge Integration Frontrunner sites. The aim of the programme is to develop, design and test new approaches and service models for discharging people from acute care, which could include new funding models, workforce models, or […]
Industry View: healthcare experts react to the new health and social care data strategy
In our latest HTN industry view, we sent out a call for comment to explore wider views on the Department of Health and Social Care’s new data strategy entitled ‘Data saves lives: Reshaping health and social care with data’. We received a broad range of replies from healthcare and technology […]
Frimley Health starts EPR go live
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) are in the process of launching their new electronic patient record (EPR) system this week, with the EPR set to officially go live on 11 June. Epic EPR will replace over 200 paper and computer systems currently in place at the trust. FHFT say […]
141 healthcare professionals set to judge the Health Tech Awards 2022
HTN is delighted to announce a team of 141 NHS health and care professionals set to support the Health Tech Awards 2022. We wanted to bring together a wide group of people from different organisations, healthcare settings, professions and backgrounds, to judge the awards this year. Find out more about the […]
Poll: five years from now, how many GP clinical system suppliers will there be?
Here at HTN we recently covered the Fuller stocktake, the review commissioned by NHS England and NHS Improvement to explore what is working well in integrated primary care and why, and how implementation can be accelerated. One of the areas covered in the report was the role of digital and […]
Video: Cheshire & Merseyside ICS on developing an outcome-focused ICS strategy
Representatives from the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care System (ICS) joined us for our one-day HTN Now event, focusing on developing digital ICSs, where they led a session discussing the approach they are taking to ensure that their digital and data strategy is intelligence-led, outcome-focused, auditable, and informed by the […]
Phillips Ives Nursing & Midwifery Review launches
This week HTN attended the launch of The Phillips Ives Nursing & Midwifery Review, which will explore the digital readiness of the nursing and midwifery workforce and prepare them to deliver the digital future. The review is set to determine the needs of the workforce in delivering this during the […]
NHS innovator workshop on digital mental health: what were the key messages?
Last week HTN attended an NHS workshop, “the future of digital in mental health and wellbeing”, in which NHS teams, innovators and suppliers gathered to discuss the current digital landscape for mental health within the NHS and what the future looks like. Here we will take a look at some […]
