Here at HTN we’re thrilled to share our latest Digital Playbook, available in print and online. Following the release of our first edition earlier this year, we’re back with a sequel – a second instalment featuring the latest solutions and innovations from providers working across the health tech sector. This […]
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Video: University Hospital Southampton NHS FT shares its digital strategy and ICS approach
Earlier this month as part of HTN Now, we welcomed Adrian Byrne, Chief Information Officer (CIO) at University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust (UHS) to reveal the organisation’s new digital strategy, and how it relates to its Integrated Care System. Adrian covered the wider goals that UHS has about the ICS landscape, […]
Greater Manchester Combined Authority shares new national digital exclusion tool
Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) has launched a new national tool which can be used to calculate the risk of digital exclusion and identify areas in need of more support. The Digital Exclusion Risk Index (DERI) tool, which can be used across England, Wales and Scotland, was released last week, […]
NHSX announces 35 projects as part of its new Adoption Fund
NHSX has announced the winners of its new ‘Adoption Fund’ to support 35 projects with a share of £6.5 million in funding. The funding programme was launched to support initiatives covering gastroenterology pathways, musculoskeletal pathways, perioperative pathways, digital inclusion, and cardiology and cardiac surgery. Following 138 applications to the programme, a review panel […]
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 […]
Midlands Partnership NHS FT releases new digital strategy
The Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT) has published a new digital strategy to cover the next five years, from 2021 to 2026. The publication explains how the strategy will enhance care for service users, staff and partners, before delving into its priorities and how they will be achieved, as […]
UCLH puts tech at the forefront of new outpatient transformation strategy for a ‘hospital without walls’
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) has released its new ‘Outpatient Transformation Strategy’ for 2021-26. Covering the next five years, the document’s title is one of its goals – ‘a hospital without walls’ – with a focus on an ‘integrated future for outpatients’ that has tech and digital […]
NHSX announces funding for 14 projects
NHSX has announced the winners of one of its funding programmes, The Digital Health Partnership Award, naming 14 projects to receive between £100,000 – £500,000. The funding scheme has been created to accelerate the adoption of digital health technologies that support patients with long-term conditions, and focuses on scaling digital […]
‘Green Guide for Diagnostic Imaging’ launches
Feature by Canon Medical: Practical advice & guidance curated for radiology departments to help make progressive steps towards the NHS net-zero carbon emissions targets A five-point guide for the UK diagnostic imaging community, providing practical advice to start working towards meeting the aims of the NHS’ net-zero carbon targets by […]
Health and Social Care Northern Ireland updates plans for its £300m Encompass programme
Health and Social Care Northern Ireland has provided an update on its ‘Encompass’ programme, a £300m 10-year work-stream to deliver a new electronic patient record for five trusts. The contract for the programme was signed in June 2020 to implement the Epic electronic patient record, develop its infrastructure and create up […]
