NHS England has published new guidance titled, “Towards a unified vision of nursing and midwifery documentation”, which “sets the direction for all nursing documentation across hospitals, community and nursing homes”. The new guidance highlights the digitisation of the NHS in making visible “the volume of documentation that nurses are asked […]
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NHS England publishes 2023-2024 business plan with focus on digital
NHS England has published its business plan for 2023-2024, setting out plans to address challenges including health inequalities, access to primary care services, elective long waits and ambulance response, as well as highlighting the intention to “transform care through harnessing data, information and technology”. The new business plan incorporates actions […]
East of England Ambulance Service plans digital education management system
The East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust has opened an opportunity to procure a digital education management system. A prior information notice details the organisation’s requirements for a digital education management system “to improve the tracking, reporting and development of our clinical workforce”. It adds that the system “will be […]
HTN Now: Apira on realising benefits and overcoming challenges for EPR implementation
For our latest HTN Now live webinar, we welcomed the team from Apira, who discussed value to your electronic patient records; the barriers to realising EPR benefits; the value available to support the workforce during the process; and the ways that resultant digital maturity adds value for patients. Making up […]
Deep dive: EPMA in focus
Following on from our deep dive last week in which we explored electronic patient records, today we’re turning our attention to electronic prescribing and medicines administration (EPMA). Earlier this week, we published an interview with Gary Mooney, clinical solution executive at InterSystems. Gary shared his experiences implementing InterSystems’ EPMA solution with […]
“It’s not about installing technology, it’s about asking what improvements we can make” Gary Mooney of InterSystems on EPMA
For our feature series on electronic prescribing and medicines administration (EPMA), we talked to Gary Mooney, clinical solution executive at InterSystems. Gary has been with InterSystems for ten years and has a background in academic medicine and digital clinical solutions. Starting his career in academic medicine with a focus on medical […]
The Male Fertility Clinic partners with OX.DH to centralise patient management and streamline bookings
The Male Fertility Clinic has announced that it has partnered with OX.DH, a health tech start-up with links to the University of Oxford, with the aim of using their assisted reproduction solution to streamline the clinic’s appointment booking and test result processes. The end-to-end clinical solution was developed by OX.DH […]
News in Brief: online support for patients from deaf community awaiting hospital care, digital referral system for EEAST, digital patient hub in Hertfordshire, and more
It’s time for another news in brief round-up – let’s take a look at some of the stories that caught our eye recently. Greater Manchester launches While You Wait to support deaf community Greater Manchester ICS has recently launched ‘While You Wait‘, a British Sign Language (BSL) page offering accessible […]
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals announces “long overdue” £44 million EPR
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals (BHRUT) has revealed its electronic patient record programme, with an aim to go live in 2025. As one of the last trusts in London to move to an EPR, the programme aims to see an end to the trust’s “unhealthy reliance on paper” which […]
Industry views: digital leaders on EPR approaches, learnings and advice
As part of our latest HTN EPR event, we reached out to peers and industry experts to share their views on their own electronic patient record implementation journeys, key learnings and advice, as well as adding value to an EPR. Here’s what they had to say… To begin, Craig York, chief […]
