Our Health Tech Trends Series 2021, which is supported by InterSystems, continues with a reflection on some of the technologies our readers think have been successful in their organisation. In April, we sent out a survey to you – our audience – asking readers to respond to a series of […]
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Industry View: the biggest challenges facing health tech and how to tackle them
In this HTN Industry View, sponsored by Highland Marketing, the series returns to explore the biggest challenges facing health tech professionals in 2021. We asked the industry to tell us about the hurdles both they and their organisations are facing, as well as what they expect the sector as a […]
Suppliers accredited for digital social care records purchasing framework
The NHSX Digitising Social Care Records Programme has launched its Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) to support adult social care providers in England buy from an assured list of digital social care record solutions. Two suppliers, Nourish and Aspirico, have been assured and appointed to the purchasing framework, with more suppliers […]
NHS England recommends GP online consultation forms to be available at any time
NHS England (20 May 2021) has released an update to its ‘guidance and standard operating procedures’ publication to recommend that all practices ‘must offer patients online routes to make requests and ask for support through online consultation systems’, at any time. The guidance notes that practices should not limit access […]
LSE–Lancet Commission on the future of the NHS calls for re-evaluation of digital health
The Lancet and the London School of Economics (LSE) recently published a report on its joint-commission, which was launched to independently evaluate the NHS – focusing on areas such as spending, sustainability, changing health needs, IT and digital technology. Set up in 2018 for the NHS’s 70th anniversary, the commission’s […]
NEW HTN Digital Playbook
HTN’s first Digital Playbook has arrived. We’ll be sharing projects, case studies, learnings and solutions from providers and companies at the pinnacle of health tech and digital developments. Available in print and online, our latest publication is intended to be used as a resource to inform and educate about the […]
Implementing digital innovations: Nuffield Trust shares top 10 tips
The Nuffield Trust has shared its learnings and lessons on how to integrate digital health innovations into health and social care services, using findings from a ‘large-scale evaluation’ in East London. According to the think-tank, patients and staff are still not seeing the full potential and benefits of the digital […]
NHS COVID-19 app peer-reviewed, helps avert 248,000 infections
The NHS contact-tracing app has now been peer-reviewed by academics and it’s been highlighted that the technology made a significant impact on lowering the spread of COVID-19. Published online on 12 May 2021 in Nature, the academics calculated that the app helped avert 248,000 infections and potentially saved over 8,700 […]
21 solutions approved for online and video consultation framework
The new Digital First Online Consultation and Video Consultation (DFOCVC) framework, primarily focused on supporting CCGs and GP practices, has now listed 21 solutions following its assurance process. The framework aims to support general practice purchase of online consultation and video consultation systems, with the longer-term intention to become a […]
Digital midwife develops innovative new maternity emergency system
A midwife at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust is developing a new allocation system for use in the event of an emergency on its maternity unit. The digital midwife, Caroline Lacy, is building the system – known as an ‘Emergency Role Allocation (ERA) System’ – to help clinicians declare emergencies and […]
