EMIS has announced the start of an “active roll out” of its cloud-based platform EMIS-X, marking what EMIS is calling the first step on a larger journey to migrate all services and software to the cloud. The company noted that functionality will be “added gradually” and practices can “adopt new features […]
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£1.99m contract awarded for technical services to support NHS Digital Staff Passport development
NHS England has awarded an interim contract with an estimated value of £1,990,000 to SiteKit Applications for technical services to support development of the Digital Staff Passport, with the appointment aiming to bring on board a “capable and competent supplier” to support with project management, technical application development, development operations, […]
Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes ICB updates on digital progress for care homes
Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Health and Care Partnership has shared an update on its work through the Digitising Social Care Programme, highlighting how use of online service Proxy Access is helping them to order medications “safely and quickly” as well as supporting working relationships between GPs and care homes. […]
Journal explores impact of primary to secondary care data sharing on quality of care in NHS hospitals
A journal published in npj Digital Medicine explores the landscape of data sharing across recent years in the NHS along with the impact of primary to secondary care data sharing on care quality, finding that data sharing capabilities are associated with reductions in breaches for the A&E four-hour decision time […]
National roll-out for NHS App waiting times feature
NHS England has announced the national rollout of the average waiting time feature to be introduced in the NHS App, for patients referred into a speciality at NHS acute trusts. The rollout follows a trial with Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, where the introduction of the feature was viewed as a […]
Strategy for hybrid closed loop tech recognises it as “next step in evolution of diabetes technology”
NHS England has published a five-year implementation strategy for hybrid closed loop (HCL) technologies, recognising them as “the next step in the evolution of diabetes technology”, but noting the “clinical capacity constraints in the NHS, and ongoing workforce specialist training requirements” involved in implementation. The strategy is designed to provide […]
NHS Education for Scotland announces e-Pad, enabling “paperless placements” for nursing students
NHS Education for Scotland has announced the launch of “paperless placements” for nursing students at the University of Dundee, thanks to a digital tool developed by the NES Technology Service in collaboration with the NES Nursing and Midwifery pre-registration and practice education team. e-Pad, which stands for Electronic Placement Assessment […]
Guiding pathway principles and gold standard case studies from NHSE on technology enabled care referrals
NHS England has published guidance around technology enabled care (TEC) referrals, providing direction on how urgent community response (URC) and TEC provision can be linked, including guiding principles designed to support understanding of how to establish and maintain pathways from TEC providers into UCR, and “gold standard” case studies. The […]
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 […]
Engagement invited on new draft primary care strategy launched in Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West
Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West (BOB) ICB is inviting the public to have their say on its draft Primary Care Strategy, which has the aim of transforming general practice, community pharmacy, optometry and dentistry. The strategy tackles challenges facing primary care including high demand, reduced access to services, ageing populations, […]
