Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) has published its draft organisational strategy 2024-2030, setting out strategic objectives for digital across health and care, including infrastructure, data platform, open architecture, digital services, digital health and care records, research, innovation and workforce, along with a request for views from partners and stakeholders. The strategy […]
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Health tech international leaders to join HTN’s international event
Join HTN and health tech leaders from across the globe on 24 April for our first international panel discussion, focusing on digital healthcare across the world; click here to register for your free ticket. Facilitated by HTN, the discussion will be held virtually on Teams and will feature Keltie Jamieson, […]
Interview: “We need to push for more collaborative working” Dr Osman Bhatti, GP and CCIO at North East London ICB
We sat down for a chat with Dr Osman Bhatti, GP and chief clinical information officer at North East London ICB, to catch up on programmes and priorities from the region. Osman kindly shared with us some of the progress updates and insights from NE London. Access to patient records: […]
Virtual ward and hospital stay compared for length of stay and cost effectiveness
A study published in BMJ Open evaluates the length of stay difference between virtual ward patients and hospital patients along with economic impacts, with key findings including that the use of virtual wards was “clinically effective in terms of survival for patients not needing readmission and allowed for the freeing […]
NHSE board explores digital portfolio with focus on FDP, primary care, NHS App and more
NHS England’s board met 1 February 2024 with progress around current digital programmes as a topic of discussion; key takeaways include a need to focus public communication on the Federated Data Platform around existing case studies and benefits; a reported rise in AI decision support tools from five percent in […]
2024-2030 strategy from Oxfordshire Health and Wellbeing Board focuses on data-driven decision-making
A new health and wellbeing strategy spanning 2024-2030 has been published by Oxfordshire Health and Wellbeing Board, highlighting digital and data as key enablers and pledging to “improve the extent, quality, and accessibility of digital infrastructure and more effectively generate insight from data to inform decision making.” The partnership initiative […]
North Cumbria Integrated Care launches 2024-2029 strategy, highlighting need to increase digital connectivity
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust has published its strategy for 2024-2029, outlining plans to “transform services through innovation” including making use of virtual technologies and utilising digital tools to support community hospitals. The trust notes that “a great deal has happened” since the launch of the last system […]
Panel discussion: building a great digital team “It’s about bringing people from different backgrounds and from different disciplines together”
For our latest HTN Now panel discussion on the topic of building a great digital team, we were joined by panellists including Tom Mann, digital transformation lead at Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust; Penny Kechagioglou, chief clinical information officer and deputy chief medical officer at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire; […]
Great Western Hospitals digital strategy places focus on access, infrastructure, applications, information and digital literacy
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has published its seven-year Digital Strategic Plan, which focuses on the five priority areas of access, infrastructure, applications, information and digital literacy and sets a vision to help improve the trust’s digital maturity. The strategy’s vision is linked with the delivery of the trust’s […]
HTN Now Awards 2023/24: meet the winners!
After a busy few months here at HTN in the lead-up to the HTN Now Awards 2023/24, and hours of judging from NHS health tech professionals, we can finally announce our winners and runners-up. The HTN Now awards provide a chance to showcase and celebrate hard work and innovative thinking […]
