As we reach the festive season and prepare to welcome 2021, there’s a lot to reflect on. It’s fair to say that 2020 has been an eventful year but, away from the headlines as the year comes to a chaotic close, there’s also plenty to be proud of. And even […]
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Year in review part one: your top 20 HTN articles
In this two-part series, HTN is looking back over the 20 most popular stories we’ve brought to you over the past 12 months. 2020 has brought forth many incredible news stories from the world of healthcare and technological development, here we pick 10 of the most popular: NHSX launches remote […]
Sunderland Royal Hospital achieves HIMSS Level 7
Sunderland Royal Hospital has achieved HIMSS Level 7, the highest international quality standard for the use of technology. In February 2020, Sunderland Royal Hospital joined the Global Digital Exemplar programme, and following a two day virtual assessment held on Monday 7 and Tuesday 8 December 2020, HIMSS assessors awarded Sunderland Royal the […]
Interview Series: Tim Guyler, Assistant CEO, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
In our most recent leadership series interview, we speak with Tim Guyler, newly appointed Assistant CEO at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. In focus, Tim discusses the technology that has been most useful to his trust and shares his leadership learnings from the pandemic. Tim also shares his advice for […]
Making the case for automating cancer trial matching
During a recent virtual fireside chat, I met with industry experts Courtney Hudson, President and Founder of Carebox; and Cyntha Griffo; Director of Communications and Education at the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania, to discuss the current state of cancer trial matching. This conversation offered the opportunity […]
One digital front door; revitalise your weight loss programme with ShapeUp4Life
By Solutions 4 Health The association between excess weight and poor outcomes with COVID-19 has led to even greater pressure on public health organisations to deliver successful weight loss programmes; ShapeUp4Life presents an effective solution to this long-standing problem, and now offers digital programmes to support services. The well-established relationship […]
£16m funding for trusts to introduce digital prescribing
The Department of Health and Social Care has announced 16 NHS trusts across England will receive a share of £16 million to introduce electronic prescribing. The funding is being introduced to help trusts replace paper-based systems, with an aim to support the entire NHS become digital for prescribing by 2024. […]
National Record Locator programme; a feature by NHS Digital
By Jon Calpin, Programme Manager for the National Record Locator, NHS Digital NHS Digital’s Programme Manager for the National Record Locator, Jon Calpin, discusses how a pilot with London Ambulance Service has proven that interoperability of NHS systems can be achieved and how this benefits organisations, with Jo Clark from […]
Case Study: Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust adopts MyPorter
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust has adopted a digital solution, MyPorter, to support porter requests and task management to provide efficiencies. The challenge Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust’s existing tracking system for its Portering Department had begun to experience failures, and as an older system it no longer received full technical support. […]
HTN Trends Series: EPR Trends in the UK
By David Kwo, Dr Nick Beard, Dr Fortunato Castillo, Jagdip Grewal, Dr Alec Price-Forbes [i] Trends in electronic patient record systems (EPRs) deployment in UK and US hospitals, where EPRs are used across care-settings, have potentially significant implications for Integrated Care Systems (ICSs). What types of EPRs are there? There […]
