Our latest Interview Series segment talks to not just one health tech professional but a full panel’s worth. The Web Development team at Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust recently joined HTN for a virtual chat about the importance of website accessibility. Royal Cornwall Hospitals was ranked first in the web governance platform […]
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Industry View: health tech experts react to NHSX/D merger with NHS England
News of plans for NHS Digital and NHSX to merge into NHS England and NHS Improvement, bringing all of the National Healthcare System’s tech, digital and data expertise together under ‘one roof’, has dominated the headlines this week. As well as covering the latest developments, following the release of the […]
James Paget Hospitals’ highlights digital vision
James Paget University Hospitals NHS Trust (JPUH) has released a refreshed clinical strategy for 2021-2026, which includes its digital plan and focus. The trust says that the vision for its revamped strategy is “underpinned by four enabling strategies” identified by the trust through specialty workshops considered to have the most […]
Video: Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital on the art of co-designing & co-creating a modular care record
At our last HTN Now event, Dr Saroj Patel, Chief Digital Innovation Officer at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust (RNOH), delivered an insightful live webcast on ‘the goal and art of co-designing and co-creating a modular care record’. Saroj started her live session by sharing the trust’s journey […]
Video: NHSX and NHS Digital explain the e-Referral Service’s role in elective care recovery
For session two of HTN Now November, we were joined by Martin O’Neil, Programme Director for NHSX and Sue Allan, Programme Manager at NHS Digital, to find out more about the NHS e-Referral Service (e-RS), as well as how it is currently helping elective care recovery and what improvements will […]
University Hospitals of North Midlands publish analysis used to develop prediction tool
Researchers from the University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust and Staffordshire University, have published a new report into their analysis of hospital admission data used to develop a predictive tool. The paper, entitled: ‘A predictive model for identifying patients at risk of delayed transfer of care: a retrospective, cross-sectional […]
46 suppliers selected for £5bn NHS digital documents framework
Suppliers have been named as part of a £5 billion framework, which is led by NHS London Procurement Partnership and focuses on digital document solutions and storage. The four-year Digital Documents Solutions framework includes a range of suppliers to cover the scope of digital solutions, and associated hardware or software. […]
Health Education England launches Population Health Digital Toolkit
Health Education England has launched a new resource to help provide insight and knowledge into population health. Its Population Health Digital Toolkit is aimed at health and care learners to develop their understanding of population health principles, helping them achieve competencies in areas such as population health data, health inequalities, population […]
Canadian health network addressing inequity by prescribing phones to patients
The University Health Network (UHN) in Toronto, Canada, has taken a tech-based approach to tackling health inequity by prescribing mobile phones for patients who need better access to services. Entitled PHONE-CONNECT, the study and programme focuses on addressing issues such as poor COVID-19 outcomes for members of the public from […]
Video: Liverpool Women’s Hospital on the importance of clinical leadership in digital transformation
Dr Natalie Canham, Chief Clinical Information Officer, and Matt Connor, Chief Information Officer, both from Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust, raised the curtain on HTN Now November with a 9am session on the importance of clinical leadership within digital transformation. The duo gave a wide-ranging presentation, covering where clinical engagement […]
