This week at HTN, we’ve been publishing a series of thought leadership features with insight from a range of health tech professionals; so far we have covered AI and data; patient flow and how to support hospital efficiencies; shared care records and the benefits of improving patient records. Now, we’re turning […]
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Government response to report rejects calls to change pay scales for DDaT staff, but highlights upcoming digital workforce plan
Government ministers have rejected calls to “allow NHS England to move away from Agenda for Change pay scales when recruiting Data, Digital and Technology (DDaT) specialists to ensure it can recruit and retain the people that it needs”, following the recommendation set out in the Health and Social Care Committee’s report […]
Manchester University NHS FT highlights benefits to transparency, patient empowerment and sustainability through EPR
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust is celebrating one year of their electronic patient record Hive, sharing how they have launched a new online patient portal and mobile app MyMFT as well as having “transformed our internal systems and ways of working over the past year”. The trust shares how Hive’s […]
NHS Digital Academy to develop health informatics resources for allied health professionals
NHS England’s Digital Academy for Health and Care has commissioned The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP), to develop “an online, interactive learning resource which introduces allied health professionals (AHPs) across the UK to health informatics, and how technology can support their work”. CSP is to work in collaboration with Keele […]
NHSE guidance on nursing and midwifery documentation sets out principles for “good” digital documentation
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 […]
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 […]
