NHS and the Government announce a blueprint for the future of primary care services, with technology at its heart.
NHS HELD BACK BY ‘CREAKING, OUTDATED TECHNOLOGY’
21st June 2023 / Access, Altera, Careology, Doctrin, E18, Lenus Health, Nordic / BBH
Shadow Health Secretary, Wes Streeting, tells NHS Confederation Conference NHS needs a digital rethink.
60 HOSPITALS ACROSS CATALONIA TO INTRODUCE OPENEHR MEDICATION MANAGEMENT PLATFORM
20th June 2023 / Better / HTN
The Catalan Health Service has partnered with a consortium led by T-Systems and Better, to introduce Better Meds, the ePMA system.
GLOUCESTERSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST DEPLOYS EPMA SOLUTION TO IMPROVE PATIENT FLOW AND SAFETY
13th June 2023 / Altera / Health Tech Digital
GHFT has gone live with ePMA as the next step in the trust’s five-year digital transformation journey. The Altera Digital Health solution was introduced as part of the trust’s Sunrise EPR, also provided by Altera Digital Health.
NHSE BRAIN DRAIN THREATENS INERTIA AND UNCERTAINTY FOR HEALTH TECH
6th June 2023 / Buccaneers / Digital Health
The impending departures of NHS England’s transformation director Tim Ferris, chief operating officer Sir David Sloman, and chief nursing information officer Natasha Phillips will leave behind a worrying power vacuum.
DIGITAL SOCIAL CARE APPOINTS THE ACCESS GROUP TO ITS ASSURED SUPPLIER LIST
31st May 2023 / Access / Care Home Management
Digital Social Care, the membership organisation tasked by NHS England to create and manage a list of assured suppliers who can help care home providers roll out a digital social care record (DSCR) by 2024, has appointed The Access Group to its roster.
NORDIC CONSULTING STRENGTHENS UK TEAM
30th May 2023 / Nordic / BBH
With a growing need for end-to-end strategic support for health projects across the UK and Europe, Nordic Consulting is expanding its team of senior experts with external hires and internal promotions.
NORTH WEST LONDON ICS CHOOSES THE DRDOCTOR PORTAL
26th May 2023 / DrDoctor / Digital Health
North West London ICS has selected DrDoctor to deliver its patient portal to help tackle the waiting list backlog in the region and boost patient engagement.
ADVISEINC SECURES 22 SIGNIFICANT NEW NHS TRUSTS WITHIN FOUR MONTHS
18th May 2023 / AdviseInc / Health Tech World
AdviseInc has announced that it has secured 22 new NHS trust contracts and 61 NHS trust contract renewals since the start of the year.
GP ACCESS RECOVERY PLAN UNDERPINNED BY IMPROVED TECHNOLOGY
12th May 2023 / Access / BBH
SUFFOLK AND NORTH EAST ESSEX MATERNITY SERVICES GO LIVE WITH CARDMEDIC
27th April 2023 / CardMedic / Digital Health
Maternity services across Suffolk and north east Essex have deployed the CardMedic communications app to improve access across the entire maternity pathway.
BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN PROCUREMENT AND CLINICIANS – THE IMPORTANCE OF CLINICAL PROCUREMENT
20th April 2023 / AdviseInc / Journal of mHealth
Data-driven procurement in healthcare is essential for informed decision-making, efficiency improvement, and quality enhancement in delivering patient care. Technology suppliers such as AdviseInc are helping to make sense of procurement data and simplify the information being collected and managed in each care setting.
WHY HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS ARE ADOPTING A DIGITAL HEALTH PLATFORM APPROACH
13th April 2023 / Better / Health Tech World
Alastair Allen, Chief Technology Officer at Better, discusses why healthcare providers are increasingly adopting a digital health platform approach to their transformation journeys.
Health tech industry reacts to Patricia Hewitt’s review of ICSs
13th April 2023 / CardMedic, Better, DrDoctor, Altera, Careology, HCC, HN / Digital Health
Leaders and suppliers in the health and technology industry have reacted with cautious optimism to the publication of the hotly anticipated independent review of integrated care systems (ICSs) led by Patricia Hewitt.
The Royal Marsden is first to offer Careology app to improve mental health support for teenagers and young adults living with cancer
17th March 2023 / Careology / Health Tech Digital
Patients and clinicians from The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust have collaborated with Careology, a global leader in digital cancer care, to develop an innovative app providing emotional wellbeing support to teenagers and young people during cancer treatment.
The Christie advances its openEHR data strategy with ePMA contract
2nd February 2023 / Better / BBH
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust has selected Better Meds for its electronic prescribing and medicines administrations (ePMA) solution. This follows the successful implementation of Better’s digital health platform and low-code studio throughout the organisation.
NHS Scotland uses AI to improve emergency cardiac care
23rd January 2023 / LenusHealth / Digital Health
A new partnership has resulted in the delivery of a digital pathway across NHS Scotland to improve emergency cardiac care through the use of artificial intelligence.
Mid and South Essex ICS roll-out CardMedic communication app
22nd December 2022 / CardMedic / Digital Health
Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS) has become the first UK care system to use a healthcare communications app that aids translation to help put an end to health inequalities.
Enterprise remote reporting platform launched at RSNA
29th November 2022 / OpenRad / Healthcare-in-Europe
Radiology reporting specialist OpenRad announced today at the RSNA Annual Meeting the launch of its enterprise remote reporting platform, Enterprise Edition.
South London and Maudsley cuts blood test results wait times
14th November 2022 / ReStart / Digital Health
South London and Maudsley NHS Mental Health Trust has developed a new antipsychotic blood test system that cuts the wait time for results from days to just minutes.
Alder Hey unveils online mental health platform for Liverpool and Sefton
20th October 2022 / Healthcare Communications / Digital Health
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust has launched a new online one-stop shop to help children and young people with mental health issues across Liverpool and Sefton.
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust goes live with Better Meds ePMA solution
11th October 2022 / Better / BBH
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust (OHFT) has launched the Better Meds electronic prescribing and medication administration (ePMA) solution in a bid to move forward to achieving a HIMSS digital maturity level 7 score.
World-leading digital cancer care platform under development
28th September 2022 / Careology / BBH
Guy’s Cancer Care, one of the leading cancer treatment and research centres in the UK, has entered into a collaboration with Careology, providers of a digital cancer care platform, to create innovative new solution to address major challenges in cancer care.
Shared care planning solution is deployed across London
25th August 2022 / Better / Digital Health
London Urgent Care plan goes live, with care plans and preferences shared across primary, community, emergency, and acute services. NHS South West London has worked in partnership with Better to deploy the solution, which is underpinned by open health data and low-code tools.
AI predictive trial in Staffordshire reduces A&E admissions by 35%
11th August 2022 / HN / Digital Health
Digital Health covers a trial run by HN which looked at how existing patient data could be used to predict those most likely to need hospital care across Staffordshire.
The growth of virtual wards needs to be driven by outcomes – not targets
28th June 2022 / HN / HSJ
A thought leadership piece in the HSJ from HN’s advisary board member, Robert Harris, who outlines seven essential factors to ensure the success of virtual wards and enable a system-wide reduction in hospital care.
Industry View: healthcare experts react to the new draft Standards and Interoperability Strategy
16th May 2022 / Altera Digital Health, Doctrin, DrDoctor/ HTN
Digital health experts react to the new draft Standards and Interoperability Strategy released by the Transformation Directorate at NHS England and NHS Improvement.
Exploring the best ways to implement digital innovation into our health sector
2nd March 2022 / Ethical Healthcare Consulting / National Health Executive
Anne Cooper, Clinical Director of Ethical Healthcare Consulting CIC, discusses her experiences of implementing digital ways of working into healthcare during her time with the NHS.
Pitchfest finalists revealed ahead of showdown at Rewired 2022
10th February 2022 / CardMedic / DigitalHealth
The 16 finalists in this year’s Rewired Pitchfest start-up competition have been revealed ahead of Rewired 2022, including CardMedic.
Accelerator and Launchpad companies featured in Department of Trade Beyond 100 Playbook
17th January 2022 / Healum / DigitalHealthLondon
Healum features in the DIT #Beyond100 Playbook, featuring some of the UK’s most impressive digital health innovators that support healthcare in a variety of ways.
Expert Predictions on the Health Sector in 2022
17th January 2022 / Allscripts, Block, CardMedic, DrDoctor, ETHOS, Ethical Healthcare Consulting, HN, Lloyd Price, Healthcare Communications/ TechRound
Digital Health industry leaders predict what will happen in the sector in 2022.
2022 predictions: Health tech suppliers have their say
4th January 2022 / Allscripts, Better, DrDocor, Lloyd Price, Visionable/ Digital Health
Digital Health industry leaders predict what will happen in the sector in 2022.
What’s next for digital health in 2022?
29 December 2021 / Rainer Herzog, Ian McNicoll, Tomaz Gornik/ MobiHealthNews
Digital Health industry leaders reflect on what’s happened in the sector over the last 12 months.
NHSBSA and Difrent partnership drives NHS jobs transformation
21 December 2021 / Difrent / TechMarketView
Recently TechMarketView spoke to Darren Curry, Chief Digital Officer at the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA), and Rachel Murphy, CEO at Difrent, about their work to deliver the next phase of the NHS Jobs recruitment platform.
Health tech reflections 2021: “a year that demonstrates human resilience”
20 December 2021 / Allscripts, DrDoctor, CardMedic, Ethical Consulting, Visionable, Healthcare Communications / HTN
Digital Health industry leaders reflect on what’s happened in the sector over the last 12 months.
AI with an Ethical Conscience
17 December 2021 / Healum / Journal of mHealth
Jonathan Abraham from Healum talks about the role of machine learning in assisting healthcare professionals to create personalised care and support and the challenges in overcoming algorithmic bias.
New study shows animated video coaching could help children with severe allergies
10 December 2021 / Cognitant / HTN
A new study by Cardiff University has shown promising results around how animated video coaching can help children with severe allergies to understand their condition or treatment.
New data shows patient feedback is more vital than ever
9th December 2021 / Healthcare Communications / Journal of mHealth
Patient feedback has been shown to be more crucial than ever as health services and care delivery is forced to change during the course of the pandemic, according to new data from Healthcare Communications.
No more stop gaps: Why it’s time to change the focus on digital
30th November 2021 / Visionable / Digital Health
Lord Victor Adebowale, chair of the NHS Confederation and co-Founder and chairman of Visionable explores what digital transformation needs to look like moving forward and why it is so important to ensure it is beneficial for clinicians and patients.
Industry View: health tech experts react to NHSX/D merger with NHS England
25th November 2021 / Difrent, DrDoctor, CardMedic, HN, Sam Shah / HTN
Digital Health industry leaders react to the news that both NHS Digital and NHSX are to be incorporated into NHS England and Improvement following recommendations set out in the Wade-Gery review.
Industry: Unifying tech bodies makes sense but momentum must continue
23rd November 2021 / Allscripts, Ethical Healthcare, DrDoctor, Silverlink Software/ Digital Health
Digital Health industry leaders react to the news that both NHS Digital and NHSX are to be incorporated into NHS England and Improvement following recommendations set out in the Wade-Gery review.
The Pathway to Clinical Improvement – Data, Digital and Design
10th November 2021 / Visionable / The Journal of mHealth
The Long Term Plan places Stroke as a key priority area but ongoing data shows that the promise of ensuring the best performance in Europe for delivering clot-busting thrombolysis by 2025 and increasing the number of patients receiving reviews of their recovery needs from 29% to 90% is likely to be unmet.
Data suggests patient-led digital adoption has been sustained
3rd November 2021 / DrDoctor / Med Tech Innovation News
Health information provider Cognitant has added five rare disease charities to its bank of content partners. The provider is working to become the go-to source for trusted health information using its digital platform, Healthinote.
Rare disease charities join health information provider
3rd November 2021 / Cognitant / Health Tech World
Health information provider Cognitant has added five rare disease charities to its bank of content partners. The provider is working to become the go-to source for trusted health information using its digital platform, Healthinote.
Gloucestershire Hospitals aims for HIMSS 6 in ‘as quicker time as possible’
28th October 2021 / Allscripts / Digital Health
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is on a mission to reach HIMSS level 6 in “as quicker time as possible”. The trust has now implemented an electronic patient record which Mark Hutchinson, CDIO at the trust said was the “single biggest enabler” to push forward its digital maturity plans.
Manchester University NHS FT goes digital to validate wait lists
21st October 2021 / Healthcare Communications / Digital Health
Working with Healthcare Communications, the trust stood up a digital system communicate with patients about appointments in just 10 days.
Public satisfaction with A&E plummeting, suggests new research
27th September 2021 / PEP Health / HSJ
Patient satisfaction levels in emergency departments have collapsed across England, according to new research from PEP Health. Their novel methodology for assessing patient experience provides real time insights, rivaling traditional methods used by CQC.
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust reduce wait times by 34% with expanded Allscripts EPR
14th September 2021 / Allscripts / Digital Health
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust has implemented a new digital solution for tracking patient referrals which has helped reduce waiting times for admission by 34%.
Lincolnshire NHS Trust CIO kicks off role with digitization of patient letters
2nd September 2021 / Healthcare Communications / Diginomica
Shauna McMahon, CIO at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, explains how digital letters begin the digital journey for a more patient-centric and efficient NHS service.
CWH NHS Trust introduce digital pathway for endoscopy patients
2nd August 2021 / DrDoctor / National Health Executive
News article announcing that Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS FT (CWH) has adopted a new digital-first pathway for its endoscopy diagnostic service. It will provide nursing staff with more time to focus on care and engaging patients in the pre-procedure process.
Also featured in Building Better Healthcare, Clinical Services Journal, Healthcare Global and Digital Health.
Lancashire and South Cumbria Health and Care Partnership picks openEHR platform
30th July 2021 / Better / HTN
News article announcing that Lancashire and South Cumbria Health and Care Partnership has chosen Better’s openEHR platform for its regional medicines record.
Also featured in UKAuthority, Mobi Health News, JNews Tricks Corner and Quebec Pharmacie.
Information programme for CKD patients expands
28th July 2021 / Cognitant / National Health Executive
News article announcing the expansion of an avatar-led, interactive, information programme for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), initially rolled out by Cognitant and Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust.
Also featured in Digital Health, Pharma Tech Focus and UKAuthority.
Slovenia launches EU Digital COVID Certificate for its two million citizens
26th July 2021 / Better / Healthcare IT News
News article announcing that Slovenia has launched its EU Digital COVID Certificate, a Digital Green Certificate, which was developed in three weeks and is powered by EHR data solution, Better Platform.
Also featured in Healthcare Global, the Journal of mHealth and Digital Health.
When the UAE and UK team up for digital healthcare solutions
20th July 2021 / Difrent / the National News
Difrent feature in this article from Silver Buck advisory board member, Hassan Chaudhury. The article looks into the UAE’s response to the COVID–19 pandemic.
The data layer vision is achievable, but it won’t happen overnight
15th July 2021 / Allscripts / Digital Health
In March 2020, the then health secretary, Matt Hancock said he was looking at creating “a consistent data platform” which would see patient data separated from the application layer. Richard Strong, vice president and managing director of Allscripts, explores why this data layer vision is possible, but it might take some time.
Why best of breed doesn’t mean complexity and compromise for the NHS
13th July 2021 / Silverlink Software / Digital Health
David Elliott, director of IT at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, explores the misconceptions of a “best-of-breed” approach to digital transformation and why his trust decided to take this particular approach.
NHS to get new online jobs platform
12th July 2021 / Difrent / Computer Weekly
News article announcing that the NHS Business Services Authority has chosen digital transformation specialist Difrent to support the launch of the new NHS Jobs platform in 2022.
Also featured in Healthcare News Desk and UKAuthority.
Digital Health and Care Wales awards contract for clinical data repository
7th July 2021 / Better / HTN
News article announcing that Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW), the organisation tasked with driving digital health advancement and innovation in the nation, has awarded a two-year contract to Better for a clinical data repository that will “help to transform care and treatment for patients”.
Also featured in UKAuthority, Pharmatech Focus, West Wales Chronicle, Healthcare IT News, The Health Guild, Healthcare Global and Digital Health.
Leva Clinic to expand digital pain services with Boots deal
7th July 2021 / Leva Clinic/ Digital Health
News article announcing that Leva Clinic has partnered with Boots UK & Ireland to offer its pain management app through the high-street retailers health hub.
Also featured in Health Tech World, Health Pits, The Health Guild, MobiHealth News and DrAbout.
Ready to rock and roll – The Walton Centre on being a Digital Aspirant
6th July 2021 / Silverlink Software / Digital Health
Justin Griffiths, head of IT at the Walton Centre, outlines the trust’s ambitions following its inclusion on Digital Aspirant programme.
Implementing an ePMA at pace during a global pandemic
6th July 2021 / Better / Digital Health
John Gwilliam qualified as a pharmacist in 2005 and has been an NHS hospital pharmacist since 2012. He joined Wye Valley NHS Trust in December 2019 taking on the role of lead digital pharmacist and played an integral role in the project team that successfully implemented an electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA) solution within the trust in just six months. In a blog for Digital Health, he shares the factors that he feels led to their success.
Lincolnshire trust chooses patient portal from Healthcare Communications
1st July 2021 / Healthcare Communications / Digital Health
News article announcing that Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with Healthcare Communications patient engagement portal across its outpatient department.
Also featured in Health Tech Digital, Journal of mHealth, the Health Guild, Healthcare IT News, Health Tech World and Building Better Healthcare.
EPMA implementation at pace: Top tips from Wye Valley NHS Trust
30th June 2021 / Better / Building Better Healthcare
With six EPMA implementations under his belt from five different trusts, nurse, Stefan Siekerski, has experienced many project set-backs and challenges along the way. Here he shares his learnings, best-practice tips, and reveals how Wye Valley NHS Trust achieved implementation of Better Meds in just six months.
A variation of this article also features in the Journal of mHealth.
Digital Health Networks: Javid must not kick digital ‘into the long grass’
29th June 2021 / Healthcare Communications, Mala Mawkin, Sam Shah / Digital Health
Kenny Bloxham, Managing Director of Healthcare Communications, and Silver Buccaneers Mala Mawkin and Sam Shah, share their thoughts following Sajid Javid’s appointment as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.
ReStart and Better partner up to improve data interoperability in the NHS
29th June 2021 / Better / Digital Health
News article announcing that Restart and Better have partnered up with the aim to help health and care workers get easier access to real-time data.
Cognitant Group partnerships enhance women’s health information
24th June 2021 / Cognitant Group / Digital Health
Digital Health looks at how Cognitant Group has partnered with a range of women’s health charities and independent healthcare providers to enhance the delivery of quality patient information.
NHS could clear 20 million appointments backlog in 8 months with digital-first approach
10th June 2021 / DrDoctor / Government Computing
Tom Whicher, CEO of DrDoctor says the NHS could clear a backlog of 20 million appointments in eight months instead of four years with digital-first patient engagement.
Also featured in Med Tech Innovation News, Journal of mHealth, Health Tech Digital and eConsultancy.
DrDoctor: “Waiting lists are the single biggest challenge the NHS has ever faced”
10th June 2021 / DrDoctor / Health Tech World
The NHS is dealing with record-high waiting lists. DrDoctor is out to tackle the crisis and “reset” the healthcare sector with a digital-first approach. Health Tech World talked to the company’s co-founder, Tom Whicher
Comment: Don’t panic, prioritise
25th May 2021 / DrDoctor / Building Better Healthcare
BBH speaks to Tom Whicher, chief executive of DrDoctor, to find out how the NHS is tackling a backlog of nearly 20 million patients and sets out four simple ways it can bring that number down
North Cumbria Integrated Care Trust to use Better Meds e-prescribing
14th May 2021 / Better / UKAuthority
News article announcing that North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust (NCIC) has appointed Better Meds, alongside CGI as the implementation partner, to provide e-prescribing and allergy monitoring across its acute and community hospitals.
Also featured in Digital Health, Building Better Healthcare and MobiHealth News.
Birmingham NHS trust works with DrDoctor to implement digital solutions
13th May 2021 / DrDoctor / Building Better Healthcare
News article announcing that University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) is working with DrDoctor to launch a suite of digital patient engagement tools as it looks to introduce new ways of delivering outpatient care.
Also featured in Healthcare IT News and Digital Health.
Leeds Hospitals go live with Agfa HealthCare’s Enterprise Imaging
28th April 2021 / Agfa HealthCare / Imaging Technology News
News article announcing that Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) has successfully implemented Agfa HealthCare’s Enterprise Imaging (EI) solution, a unified platform complete with clinical tools, reporting and a workflow engine that will help the LTHT maximize its productivity and collaborate with neighboring Trusts.
Also featured in Health Tech World, Healthcare IT News, Health Management, Digital Health, Building Better Healthcare, HealthCare Business, The Health Guild and FUNTiTech.
Silverlink Software announces new managing director
21st April 2021 / Silverlink Software / Digital Health
News article announcing that patient administration systems (PAS) provider, Silverlink Software, has appointed Andrew Meiner as its managing director and chief commercial officer.
Data for Life: re-thinking the architecture of health and care IT
8th April 2021 / Better / Digital Health
Tomaž Gornik, CEO and founder of Better, explains why Matt Hancock’s vision for digital transformation in the NHS is the right one and what needs to be done in order for it to succeed.
Interoperability thinking improves care at Walton Centre NHS Trust
2nd April 2021 / Silverlink Software / Diginomica
Write up from an interview with Justin Griffiths, Head of IM&T at The Walton Centre Foundation NHS Trust. Griffiths describes Silverlink’s PAS as the architectural foundation for digital transformation at the Walton Centre, adding that the freedom and ability to develop on top of the PAS has saved the trust millions, a freedom a PAS from a global giant would not have afforded to them.
Re-Thinking the Architecture of Healthcare IT
5th March 2021 / Better / Journal of mHealth
Tomaž Gornik, CEO and founder of Better, explains how patient behaviour, COVID–19 and a shift in care provision away from acute settings has created a perfect storm, forcing healthcare organisations to re-think the architecture of their IT systems.
The doctor will (remotely) see you now
23rd May 2020 / Agfa HealthCare, Siilo & Zesty / BBC Click
Agfa HealthCare, Siilo and Zesty all feature on this episode of BBC Click, looking at how the coronavirus pandemic has revolutionised the use of remote medicine by doctors and hospitals in the UK.
IDvet launches COVID-19 antibody test on an “industrial scale”
18th May 2020 / IDVet / Pathology in Practice
News article about IDvet, a company specialising in the development and production of diagnostic tests for the detection of infectious diseases in farm animals, announcing the commercial launch of a SARS-CoV-2 antibody test for humans.
Also featured in Clinical Services Journal, Silicon Canals, Wellbeing News, Mobihealth News, Informer Fox and News 24 International.
New Nightingale hospital to use Harrogate and District’s Silverlink PAS
10th April 2020 / Silverlink / Digital Health
News article about the new Nightingale Hospital in Harrogate selecting Silverlink Software’s patient administration system (PAS) to admit patients and track them across beds and wards. On the week this article was published, it was the most read article on the Digital Health website.
Also featured in Clinical Services Journal, the HTN, the Journal of mHealth, UKAuthority, Health Tech Digital, Tech Market View and Building Better Healthcare.
COVID–19: Personal Protective Equipment on the front line
8th April 2020 / PatientSource / BBC News Channel
Dr Michael Brooks, CMO and Co-founder of PatientSource, features live on BBC News to discuss the shortage of personal protective equipment on the front line of care.
Healthcare Communications offers free e-Clinic software for a year amid pandemic
7th April 2020 / Healthcare Communications / Building Better Healthcare
News article about Healthcare Communications offering health and care teams free access to its eClinic software in response to COVID–19.
Also featured in Digital Health, National Health Executive, Med-Tech Innovation News, UKAuthority and Health Tech Digital.
PatientSource offers ‘lite’ EPR software for coronavirus-hit hospitals
24th March 2020 / PatientSource / Clinical Services Journal
News article about PatientSource offering a free, pared-down version of its electronic patient record (EPR) software to help healthcare organisations cope with the increased strain caused by coronavirus.
Also featured in Digital Health, UKAuthority, the HTN, the Journal of mHealth and Building Better Healthcare.
Siilo’s crisis management platform is now free to healthcare staff
20th March 2020 / Siilo / Silicon Republic
News article about Siilo offering free access to its organisational crisis management functionality in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Also featured in the Journal of mHealth, the HTN, Digital Health, Silicon Canals, eHealth News, UKAuthority, Health Tech Digital and AT Today.
Coronavirus to spread digital healthcare revolution?
12th March 2020 / Imprivata / Diginomica
Article about the impact of COVID–19 on digital health, featuring quotes from Andy Wilcox, Senior Product Marketing Manager at Imprivata.
InterSystems and Imprivata partner for quicker access to patient data
11th March 2020 / Imprivata / Digital Health
News article about InterSystems partnering with digital identity company Imprivata to provide clinicians with quicker, secure access to patient data.
Also featured in the Journal of mHealth, Biometric Update, Building Better Healthcare, The HTN and Healthcare IT News.
NHSX chief highlights three priorities
5th March 2020 / Digital Health Rewired / UK Authority
NHSX CEO Matthew Gould held a keynote speaker slot at Digital Health Rewired 2020, using his speech to touch on the priorities of NHSX moving forwards, with the Digital Aspirant Programme featuring among them.
Coronavirus readiness: Three technology-led steps the NHS is taking
4th March 2020 / Digital Health Rewired / Computer Weekly
At Digital Health Rewired 2020, NHS Digital CEO Sarah Wilkinson changed the subject of her keynote speech to outline how NHS Digital were preparing to deal with the coronavirus outbreak. Computer Weekly attended the event, and gave a report on her talk, as well as UK Authority, IDG Connect and Diginomica.
NHS needs a ‘postmodern EHR approach’, says founder of openEHR vendor Better
3rd March 2020 / Digital Health Rewired / Healthcare IT News
Founder of Better, an open EHR platform, Tomaž Gornik called upon trusts to start moving data onto open platforms in his speaker slot at Digital Health Rewired 2020. Healthcare IT News covered his presentation topic from the event.
Diversity can help future-proof our healthcare system
28th February 2020 / Digital Health Rewired / Health Business
In the lead-up to her keynote speech at the Digital Health Rewired Leadership Summit this year, President of tech UK Jacqueline de Rojas CBE wrote an opinion piece on the importance of diversity and inclusion in future-proofing our healthcare system. This featured in Health Business, as well as Clinical Services Journal, Journal of mHealth, Practice Business and Building Better Healthcare.
NHS hospitals have only a few weeks left to get rid of their fax machines and are in ‘desperate need of new systems’
14 February 2020 / Silver Buck / The iPaper
Sarah Bruce, Co-Founder and Director of Silver Buck, discusses why NHS Trusts were always likely to miss the deadline for Matt Hancock’s NHS fax ban. The article also highlights Silver Buck’s continued work on the Axe the Fax campaign.
NHS IT chiefs set the stage for a year of digital transformation
28 January 2020 / Digital Health Rewired / Building Better Healthcare
Ahead of its return after debuting in 2019, the line up and content for Digital Health Rewired is set out in Building Better Healthcare, in the build up to the event in March. This was also covered by Journal of mHealth, eHealth News, Practice Business, Clinical Services Journal and AT Today .
Norfolk and Norwich move forward with digital transformation plans
27 January 2020 / SwissPost / Digital Health
News article about Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals Foundation Trust selecting Swiss Post Solutions (SPS) to deliver a digital transformation solution across the trust.
Also featured in UKAuthority, Building Better Healthcare, Healthcare IT News, Pathology in Practice, Healthcare News Desk, and the Journal of mHealth.
The doctor won’t see you now: The radical plans to save NHS GPs
06 January 2020 / PatientSource / The Daily Express
Dr Michael Brooks comments on the news that GPs will be surrounded with more support staff to diagnose and treat minor ailments while doctors concentrate on more complex, long-term cases. The article featured in print and online.
Princess Alexandra Hospital eliminates backlog after introducing enterprise imaging solution
03 January 2020 / Agfa Healthcare / Rad Magazine
News story about the Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust, Harlow, which is now operating without a backlog of radiology reporting cases following the installation of Agfa’s Enterprise Imaging (EI) solution.
British EPR vendor PatientSource signs contract with London-based charity The Brandon Centre
02 December 2019 / PatientSource / Healthcare IT News
After rolling out a bespoke EPR at London’s Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability, this article reveals the news that PatientSource has signed a contract with another London-based charity to digitise the delivery of its services.
The CCIO Profile: Andy Webster, Leeds Teaching Hospitals
28 Novemeber 2019 / Andy Webster / Digital Health
Having seen first hand the importance of the role he plays in delivering the ‘axe the fax’ mission at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, as well as the wider campaign, Silver Buck organised for Andy Webster to be profiled as part of Digital Health’s CCIO series.
AI trial delivers “really impressive” reduction in A&E demand
28 October 2019 / Health Navigator / HSJ
After NHS Vale of York CCG rolled out Health Navigator, this article outlines how the predictive intervention technology helped to deliver a reduction in A&E demand.
How a hospital sought to reduce strain on staff and improve outcomes using new enterprise imaging technology
24 October 2019 / Agfa / Healthcare IT News
In October 2019, Silver Buck took Healthcare IT News to visit Princess Alexandra Hospital to speak with staff about the impact of Agfa’s Enterprise Imaging solution. In this article, journalist, Leontina Postelnicu, reports on the day’s proceedings.
HTN Industry View: NHSX Listening Report
22 October 2019 / Siilo/ HTN
Joost Bruggeman, CEO and Founder of Siilo, gives his take on the NHSX Listening Report.
The NHS fax ban: Progress not perfection
1 October 2019 / J2 / The Journal of mHealth
John Nebergall, Senior Vice President and General Manager of eFax, shares his views on the state of the ongoing process of removing fax machines from the NHS.
Trusts set to miss Axe the Fax deadline due to ‘concerning lack of progress’
30 September 2019 / Axe the Fax / J2 / Digital Health
A report looking into the number of fax machines in use across the NHS in England has shown “a concerning lack of progress” among trusts working to remove them ahead of the April 2020 deadline.
The story was also covered in Health Business UK, Healthcare IT News, Digital Health Age, Building Better Healthcare, Pulse+IT and HTN.
NHS trust deploys clinical messenger solution from Dutch startup Siilo
17 September 2019 / Siilo / Healthcare IT News
How St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust rolled out the clinical messenging solution, Siilo Messenger, to enable healthcare professionals to securely share patient information.
The story was also covered in Digital Health, the Journal of mHealth and Digital Health Age.
The Health System Support Framework: Is it killing the digital transformation that NHSX promised to achieve?
28 August 2019 / PatientSource / HTN
Dr Michael Brooks, co-founder and chief medical officer at PatientSource, explores whether the Health System Support Framework is jeopardising the digital transformation that NHSX promised to achieve.
Medical charity implements PatientSource EPR after e-prescribing success
19 August 2019 / PatientSource / Digital Health
How the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability was able to reduce prescription errors by 83% following the introduction of PatientSource’s e-prescribing technology across four of the hospital’s wards.
The story was also covered in the Journal of mHealth and Building Better Healthcare.
Why we can’t afford to let healthtech companies hold data to ransom
2 August 2019 / PatientSource / The Journal of mHealth
Dr Philip Ashworth, Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder of PatientSource, explains the need for organisations to be able to share information between systems and across organisational boundaries.
Princess Alexandra placed among top 6 trusts in radiology
28 June 2019 / Agfa / Digital Health
How Agfa Healthcare has helped the Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) to be placed among the top six trusts nationwide, following a review of radiology reporting standards in NHS organisations published by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Fit for the future? Does the report go far enough?
26 June 2019 / PatientSource / Med-Tech Innovation
Dr Michael Brooks, a practising locum doctor and chief medical officer of PatientSource, gives his take on the “Fit for Future” report published by the Royal College of General Practitioners.
Burnout: tech is the cause and solution to this healthcare pandemic
20 June 2019 / Siilo / PharmaTimes
Joost Bruggeman discusses the British Medical Association’s (BMA) report into the wellbeing of health and care professionals, and why being a doctor in 2019 isn’t all that great.
Calls for BMA to oppose Hancock’s ‘ill-conceived’ ban on outdated tech
18 June 2019 / Sarah Bruce / Digital Health
Sarah Bruce shares her views on to the blanket ban of NHS fax machines, following pressure from regional medical councils calling for the BMA to oppose blanket policies.
Chief information officer, Richard Corbridge, on why the NHS is losing its top talent
04 May 2019 / Richard Corbridge / The Sunday Telegraph & The Telegraph (online)
Richard Corbridge writes for the Daily Telegraph and shares his views on why digital leaders are leaving the NHS for the private sector. The article, which featured both in print and online, was also accompanied by an overview/pre-read.
NHS digital leaders leaving for private sector over Health Secretary’s tech ‘revolution’, IT chief warns
04 May 2019 / Richard Corbridge / The Sunday Telegraph & The Telegraph (online)
To accompany Richard’s opinion article (see above), the Telegraph published an overview/pre-read, which featured both in print and online.
PRSB publishes guidance on medicine information sharing
02 May 2019 / PatientSource / Digital Health
Dr Michael Brooks, CMO of PatientSource, comments on new guidance from the Professional Record Standards Body (PRSB) on medicine information sharing.
Matthew Gould to lead NHSX
04 April 2019 / Siilo / Healthcare IT News
Joost Bruggeman, CEO and co-founder of Siilo, comments on the appointment of Matthew Gould as CEO of NHSX.
WhatsApp use in the NHS a ‘privacy and clinical safety timebomb’
03 April 2019 / Siilo / Mobihealth News
Joost Bruggeman, CEO and co-founder of Siilo, comments on research undertaken by St George’s University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, which found the use of WhatsApp in the NHS to be a “privacy and clinical safety timebomb.”
Health tech industry reacts to Patricia Hewitt’s review of ICSs
13th April 2023 / CardMedic, Better, DrDoctor, Altera, Careology, HCC, HN/ Digital Health
Patients and clinicians from The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust have collaborated with Careology, a global leader in digital cancer care, to develop an innovative app providing emotional wellbeing support to teenagers and young people during cancer treatment.
The Royal Marsden is first to offer Careology app to improve mental health support for teenagers and young adults living with cancer
17th March 2023 / Careology/ Health Tech Digital
Patients and clinicians from The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust have collaborated with Careology, a global leader in digital cancer care, to develop an innovative app providing emotional wellbeing support to teenagers and young people during cancer treatment.
The Christie advances its openEHR data strategy with ePMA contract
2nd February 2023 / Better / BBH
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust has selected Better Meds for its electronic prescribing and medicines administrations (ePMA) solution. This follows the successful implementation of Better’s digital health platform and low-code studio throughout the organisation.
NHS Scotland uses AI to improve emergency cardiac care
23rd January 2023 / LenusHealth / Digital Health
A new partnership has resulted in the delivery of a digital pathway across NHS Scotland to improve emergency cardiac care through the use of artificial intelligence.
Mid and South Essex ICS roll-out CardMedic communication app
22nd December 2022 / CardMedic / Digital Health
Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS) has become the first UK care system to use a healthcare communications app that aids translation to help put an end to health inequalities.
Enterprise remote reporting platform launched at RSNA
29th November 2022 / OpenRad / Healthcare-in-Europe
Radiology reporting specialist OpenRad announced today at the RSNA Annual Meeting the launch of its enterprise remote reporting platform, Enterprise Edition.
South London and Maudsley cuts blood test results wait times
14th November 2022 / ReStart / Digital Health
South London and Maudsley NHS Mental Health Trust has developed a new antipsychotic blood test system that cuts the wait time for results from days to just minutes.
Alder Hey unveils online mental health platform for Liverpool and Sefton
20th October 2022 / Healthcare Communications / Digital Health
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust has launched a new online one-stop shop to help children and young people with mental health issues across Liverpool and Sefton.
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust goes live with Better Meds ePMA solution
11th October 2022 / Better / BBH
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust (OHFT) has launched the Better Meds electronic prescribing and medication administration (ePMA) solution in a bid to move forward to achieving a HIMSS digital maturity level 7 score.
World-leading digital cancer care platform under development
28th September 2022 / Careology / BBH
Guy’s Cancer Care, one of the leading cancer treatment and research centres in the UK, has entered into a collaboration with Careology, providers of a digital cancer care platform, to create innovative new solution to address major challenges in cancer care.
Shared care planning solution is deployed across London
25th August 2022 / Better / Digital Health
London Urgent Care plan goes live, with care plans and preferences shared across primary, community, emergency, and acute services. NHS South West London has worked in partnership with Better to deploy the solution, which is underpinned by open health data and low-code tools.
AI predictive trial in Staffordshire reduces A&E admissions by 35%
11th August 2022 / HN / Digital Health
Digital Health covers a trial run by HN which looked at how existing patient data could be used to predict those most likely to need hospital care across Staffordshire.
The growth of virtual wards needs to be driven by outcomes – not targets
28th June 2022 / HN / HSJ
A thought leadership piece in the HSJ from HN’s advisary board member, Robert Harris, who outlines seven essential factors to ensure the success of virtual wards and enable a system-wide reduction in hospital care.
Industry View: healthcare experts react to the new draft Standards and Interoperability Strategy
16th May 2022 / Altera Digital Health, Doctrin, DrDoctor/ HTN
Digital health experts react to the new draft Standards and Interoperability Strategy released by the Transformation Directorate at NHS England and NHS Improvement.
Exploring the best ways to implement digital innovation into our health sector
2nd March 2022 / Ethical Healthcare Consulting / National Health Executive
Anne Cooper, Clinical Director of Ethical Healthcare Consulting CIC, discusses her experiences of implementing digital ways of working into healthcare during her time with the NHS.
Pitchfest finalists revealed ahead of showdown at Rewired 2022
10th February 2022 / CardMedic / DigitalHealth
The 16 finalists in this year’s Rewired Pitchfest start-up competition have been revealed ahead of Rewired 2022, including CardMedic.
Accelerator and Launchpad companies featured in Department of Trade Beyond 100 Playbook
17th January 2022 / Healum / DigitalHealthLondon
Healum features in the DIT #Beyond100 Playbook, featuring some of the UK’s most impressive digital health innovators that support healthcare in a variety of ways.
Expert Predictions on the Health Sector in 2022
17th January 2022 / Allscripts, Block, CardMedic, DrDoctor, ETHOS, Ethical Healthcare Consulting, HN, Lloyd Price, Healthcare Communications/ TechRound
Digital Health industry leaders predict what will happen in the sector in 2022.
2022 predictions: Health tech suppliers have their say
4th January 2022 / Allscripts, Better, DrDocor, Lloyd Price, Visionable/ Digital Health
Digital Health industry leaders predict what will happen in the sector in 2022.
What’s next for digital health in 2022?
29 December 2021 / Rainer Herzog, Ian McNicoll, Tomaz Gornik/ MobiHealthNews
Digital Health industry leaders reflect on what’s happened in the sector over the last 12 months.
NHSBSA and Difrent partnership drives NHS jobs transformation
21 December 2021 / Difrent / TechMarketView
Recently TechMarketView spoke to Darren Curry, Chief Digital Officer at the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA), and Rachel Murphy, CEO at Difrent, about their work to deliver the next phase of the NHS Jobs recruitment platform.
Health tech reflections 2021: “a year that demonstrates human resilience”
20 December 2021 / Allscripts, DrDoctor, CardMedic, Ethical Consulting, Visionable, Healthcare Communications / HTN
Digital Health industry leaders reflect on what’s happened in the sector over the last 12 months.
AI with an Ethical Conscience
17 December 2021 / Healum / Journal of mHealth
Jonathan Abraham from Healum talks about the role of machine learning in assisting healthcare professionals to create personalised care and support and the challenges in overcoming algorithmic bias.
New study shows animated video coaching could help children with severe allergies
10 December 2021 / Cognitant / HTN
A new study by Cardiff University has shown promising results around how animated video coaching can help children with severe allergies to understand their condition or treatment.
New data shows patient feedback is more vital than ever
9th December 2021 / Healthcare Communications / Journal of mHealth
Patient feedback has been shown to be more crucial than ever as health services and care delivery is forced to change during the course of the pandemic, according to new data from Healthcare Communications.
No more stop gaps: Why it’s time to change the focus on digital
30th November 2021 / Visionable / Digital Health
Lord Victor Adebowale, chair of the NHS Confederation and co-Founder and chairman of Visionable explores what digital transformation needs to look like moving forward and why it is so important to ensure it is beneficial for clinicians and patients.
Industry View: health tech experts react to NHSX/D merger with NHS England
25th November 2021 / Difrent, DrDoctor, CardMedic, HN, Sam Shah / HTN
Digital Health industry leaders react to the news that both NHS Digital and NHSX are to be incorporated into NHS England and Improvement following recommendations set out in the Wade-Gery review.
Industry: Unifying tech bodies makes sense but momentum must continue
23rd November 2021 / Allscripts, Ethical Healthcare, DrDoctor, Silverlink Software/ Digital Health
Digital Health industry leaders react to the news that both NHS Digital and NHSX are to be incorporated into NHS England and Improvement following recommendations set out in the Wade-Gery review.
The Pathway to Clinical Improvement – Data, Digital and Design
10th November 2021 / Visionable / The Journal of mHealth
The Long Term Plan places Stroke as a key priority area but ongoing data shows that the promise of ensuring the best performance in Europe for delivering clot-busting thrombolysis by 2025 and increasing the number of patients receiving reviews of their recovery needs from 29% to 90% is likely to be unmet.
Data suggests patient-led digital adoption has been sustained
3rd November 2021 / DrDoctor / Med Tech Innovation News
Health information provider Cognitant has added five rare disease charities to its bank of content partners. The provider is working to become the go-to source for trusted health information using its digital platform, Healthinote.
Rare disease charities join health information provider
3rd November 2021 / Cognitant / Health Tech World
Health information provider Cognitant has added five rare disease charities to its bank of content partners. The provider is working to become the go-to source for trusted health information using its digital platform, Healthinote.
Gloucestershire Hospitals aims for HIMSS 6 in ‘as quicker time as possible’
28th October 2021 / Allscripts / Digital Health
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is on a mission to reach HIMSS level 6 in “as quicker time as possible”. The trust has now implemented an electronic patient record which Mark Hutchinson, CDIO at the trust said was the “single biggest enabler” to push forward its digital maturity plans.
Manchester University NHS FT goes digital to validate wait lists
21st October 2021 / Healthcare Communications / Digital Health
Working with Healthcare Communications, the trust stood up a digital system communicate with patients about appointments in just 10 days.
Public satisfaction with A&E plummeting, suggests new research
27th September 2021 / PEP Health / HSJ
Patient satisfaction levels in emergency departments have collapsed across England, according to new research from PEP Health. Their novel methodology for assessing patient experience provides real time insights, rivaling traditional methods used by CQC.
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust reduce wait times by 34% with expanded Allscripts EPR
14th September 2021 / Allscripts / Digital Health
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust has implemented a new digital solution for tracking patient referrals which has helped reduce waiting times for admission by 34%.
Lincolnshire NHS Trust CIO kicks off role with digitization of patient letters
2nd September 2021 / Healthcare Communications / Diginomica
Shauna McMahon, CIO at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, explains how digital letters begin the digital journey for a more patient-centric and efficient NHS service.
CWH NHS Trust introduce digital pathway for endoscopy patients
2nd August 2021 / DrDoctor / National Health Executive
News article announcing that Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS FT (CWH) has adopted a new digital-first pathway for its endoscopy diagnostic service. It will provide nursing staff with more time to focus on care and engaging patients in the pre-procedure process.
Also featured in Building Better Healthcare, Clinical Services Journal, Healthcare Global and Digital Health.
Lancashire and South Cumbria Health and Care Partnership picks openEHR platform
30th July 2021 / Better / HTN
News article announcing that Lancashire and South Cumbria Health and Care Partnership has chosen Better’s openEHR platform for its regional medicines record.
Also featured in UKAuthority, Mobi Health News, JNews Tricks Corner and Quebec Pharmacie.
Information programme for CKD patients expands
28th July 2021 / Cognitant / National Health Executive
News article announcing the expansion of an avatar-led, interactive, information programme for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), initially rolled out by Cognitant and Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust.
Also featured in Digital Health, Pharma Tech Focus and UKAuthority.
Slovenia launches EU Digital COVID Certificate for its two million citizens
26th July 2021 / Better / Healthcare IT News
News article announcing that Slovenia has launched its EU Digital COVID Certificate, a Digital Green Certificate, which was developed in three weeks and is powered by EHR data solution, Better Platform.
Also featured in Healthcare Global, the Journal of mHealth and Digital Health.
When the UAE and UK team up for digital healthcare solutions
20th July 2021 / Difrent / the National News
Difrent feature in this article from Silver Buck advisory board member, Hassan Chaudhury. The article looks into the UAE’s response to the COVID–19 pandemic.
The data layer vision is achievable, but it won’t happen overnight
15th July 2021 / Allscripts / Digital Health
In March 2020, the then health secretary, Matt Hancock said he was looking at creating “a consistent data platform” which would see patient data separated from the application layer. Richard Strong, vice president and managing director of Allscripts, explores why this data layer vision is possible, but it might take some time.
Why best of breed doesn’t mean complexity and compromise for the NHS
13th July 2021 / Silverlink Software / Digital Health
David Elliott, director of IT at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, explores the misconceptions of a “best-of-breed” approach to digital transformation and why his trust decided to take this particular approach.
NHS to get new online jobs platform
12th July 2021 / Difrent / Computer Weekly
News article announcing that the NHS Business Services Authority has chosen digital transformation specialist Difrent to support the launch of the new NHS Jobs platform in 2022.
Also featured in Healthcare News Desk and UKAuthority.
Digital Health and Care Wales awards contract for clinical data repository
7th July 2021 / Better / HTN
News article announcing that Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW), the organisation tasked with driving digital health advancement and innovation in the nation, has awarded a two-year contract to Better for a clinical data repository that will “help to transform care and treatment for patients”.
Also featured in UKAuthority, Pharmatech Focus, West Wales Chronicle, Healthcare IT News, The Health Guild, Healthcare Global and Digital Health.
Leva Clinic to expand digital pain services with Boots deal
7th July 2021 / Leva Clinic/ Digital Health
News article announcing that Leva Clinic has partnered with Boots UK & Ireland to offer its pain management app through the high-street retailers health hub.
Also featured in Health Tech World, Health Pits, The Health Guild, MobiHealth News and DrAbout.
Ready to rock and roll – The Walton Centre on being a Digital Aspirant
6th July 2021 / Silverlink Software / Digital Health
Justin Griffiths, head of IT at the Walton Centre, outlines the trust’s ambitions following its inclusion on Digital Aspirant programme.
Implementing an ePMA at pace during a global pandemic
6th July 2021 / Better / Digital Health
John Gwilliam qualified as a pharmacist in 2005 and has been an NHS hospital pharmacist since 2012. He joined Wye Valley NHS Trust in December 2019 taking on the role of lead digital pharmacist and played an integral role in the project team that successfully implemented an electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA) solution within the trust in just six months. In a blog for Digital Health, he shares the factors that he feels led to their success.
Lincolnshire trust chooses patient portal from Healthcare Communications
1st July 2021 / Healthcare Communications / Digital Health
News article announcing that Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with Healthcare Communications patient engagement portal across its outpatient department.
Also featured in Health Tech Digital, Journal of mHealth, the Health Guild, Healthcare IT News, Health Tech World and Building Better Healthcare.
EPMA implementation at pace: Top tips from Wye Valley NHS Trust
30th June 2021 / Better / Building Better Healthcare
With six EPMA implementations under his belt from five different trusts, nurse, Stefan Siekerski, has experienced many project set-backs and challenges along the way. Here he shares his learnings, best-practice tips, and reveals how Wye Valley NHS Trust achieved implementation of Better Meds in just six months.
A variation of this article also features in the Journal of mHealth.
Digital Health Networks: Javid must not kick digital ‘into the long grass’
29th June 2021 / Healthcare Communications, Mala Mawkin, Sam Shah / Digital Health
Kenny Bloxham, Managing Director of Healthcare Communications, and Silver Buccaneers Mala Mawkin and Sam Shah, share their thoughts following Sajid Javid’s appointment as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.
ReStart and Better partner up to improve data interoperability in the NHS
29th June 2021 / Better / Digital Health
News article announcing that Restart and Better have partnered up with the aim to help health and care workers get easier access to real-time data.
Cognitant Group partnerships enhance women’s health information
24th June 2021 / Cognitant Group / Digital Health
Digital Health looks at how Cognitant Group has partnered with a range of women’s health charities and independent healthcare providers to enhance the delivery of quality patient information.
NHS could clear 20 million appointments backlog in 8 months with digital-first approach
10th June 2021 / DrDoctor / Government Computing
Tom Whicher, CEO of DrDoctor says the NHS could clear a backlog of 20 million appointments in eight months instead of four years with digital-first patient engagement.
Also featured in Med Tech Innovation News, Journal of mHealth, Health Tech Digital and eConsultancy.
DrDoctor: “Waiting lists are the single biggest challenge the NHS has ever faced”
10th June 2021 / DrDoctor / Health Tech World
The NHS is dealing with record-high waiting lists. DrDoctor is out to tackle the crisis and “reset” the healthcare sector with a digital-first approach. Health Tech World talked to the company’s co-founder, Tom Whicher
Comment: Don’t panic, prioritise
25th May 2021 / DrDoctor / Building Better Healthcare
BBH speaks to Tom Whicher, chief executive of DrDoctor, to find out how the NHS is tackling a backlog of nearly 20 million patients and sets out four simple ways it can bring that number down
North Cumbria Integrated Care Trust to use Better Meds e-prescribing
14th May 2021 / Better / UKAuthority
News article announcing that North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust (NCIC) has appointed Better Meds, alongside CGI as the implementation partner, to provide e-prescribing and allergy monitoring across its acute and community hospitals.
Also featured in Digital Health, Building Better Healthcare and MobiHealth News.
Birmingham NHS trust works with DrDoctor to implement digital solutions
13th May 2021 / DrDoctor / Building Better Healthcare
News article announcing that University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) is working with DrDoctor to launch a suite of digital patient engagement tools as it looks to introduce new ways of delivering outpatient care.
Also featured in Healthcare IT News and Digital Health.
Leeds Hospitals go live with Agfa HealthCare’s Enterprise Imaging
28th April 2021 / Agfa HealthCare / Imaging Technology News
News article announcing that Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) has successfully implemented Agfa HealthCare’s Enterprise Imaging (EI) solution, a unified platform complete with clinical tools, reporting and a workflow engine that will help the LTHT maximize its productivity and collaborate with neighboring Trusts.
Also featured in Health Tech World, Healthcare IT News, Health Management, Digital Health, Building Better Healthcare, HealthCare Business, The Health Guild and FUNTiTech.
Silverlink Software announces new managing director
21st April 2021 / Silverlink Software / Digital Health
News article announcing that patient administration systems (PAS) provider, Silverlink Software, has appointed Andrew Meiner as its managing director and chief commercial officer.
Data for Life: re-thinking the architecture of health and care IT
8th April 2021 / Better / Digital Health
Tomaž Gornik, CEO and founder of Better, explains why Matt Hancock’s vision for digital transformation in the NHS is the right one and what needs to be done in order for it to succeed.
Interoperability thinking improves care at Walton Centre NHS Trust
2nd April 2021 / Silverlink Software / Diginomica
Write up from an interview with Justin Griffiths, Head of IM&T at The Walton Centre Foundation NHS Trust. Griffiths describes Silverlink’s PAS as the architectural foundation for digital transformation at the Walton Centre, adding that the freedom and ability to develop on top of the PAS has saved the trust millions, a freedom a PAS from a global giant would not have afforded to them.
Re-Thinking the Architecture of Healthcare IT
5th March 2021 / Better / Journal of mHealth
Tomaž Gornik, CEO and founder of Better, explains how patient behaviour, COVID–19 and a shift in care provision away from acute settings has created a perfect storm, forcing healthcare organisations to re-think the architecture of their IT systems.
The doctor will (remotely) see you now
23rd May 2020 / Agfa HealthCare, Siilo & Zesty / BBC Click
Agfa HealthCare, Siilo and Zesty all feature on this episode of BBC Click, looking at how the coronavirus pandemic has revolutionised the use of remote medicine by doctors and hospitals in the UK.
IDvet launches COVID-19 antibody test on an “industrial scale”
18th May 2020 / IDVet / Pathology in Practice
News article about IDvet, a company specialising in the development and production of diagnostic tests for the detection of infectious diseases in farm animals, announcing the commercial launch of a SARS-CoV-2 antibody test for humans.
Also featured in Clinical Services Journal, Silicon Canals, Wellbeing News, Mobihealth News, Informer Fox and News 24 International.
New Nightingale hospital to use Harrogate and District’s Silverlink PAS
10th April 2020 / Silverlink / Digital Health
News article about the new Nightingale Hospital in Harrogate selecting Silverlink Software’s patient administration system (PAS) to admit patients and track them across beds and wards. On the week this article was published, it was the most read article on the Digital Health website.
Also featured in Clinical Services Journal, the HTN, the Journal of mHealth, UKAuthority, Health Tech Digital, Tech Market View and Building Better Healthcare.
COVID–19: Personal Protective Equipment on the front line
8th April 2020 / PatientSource / BBC News Channel
Dr Michael Brooks, CMO and Co-founder of PatientSource, features live on BBC News to discuss the shortage of personal protective equipment on the front line of care.
Healthcare Communications offers free e-Clinic software for a year amid pandemic
7th April 2020 / Healthcare Communications / Building Better Healthcare
News article about Healthcare Communications offering health and care teams free access to its eClinic software in response to COVID–19.
Also featured in Digital Health, National Health Executive, Med-Tech Innovation News, UKAuthority and Health Tech Digital.
PatientSource offers ‘lite’ EPR software for coronavirus-hit hospitals
24th March 2020 / PatientSource / Clinical Services Journal
News article about PatientSource offering a free, pared-down version of its electronic patient record (EPR) software to help healthcare organisations cope with the increased strain caused by coronavirus.
Also featured in Digital Health, UKAuthority, the HTN, the Journal of mHealth and Building Better Healthcare.
Siilo’s crisis management platform is now free to healthcare staff
20th March 2020 / Siilo / Silicon Republic
News article about Siilo offering free access to its organisational crisis management functionality in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Also featured in the Journal of mHealth, the HTN, Digital Health, Silicon Canals, eHealth News, UKAuthority, Health Tech Digital and AT Today.
Coronavirus to spread digital healthcare revolution?
12th March 2020 / Imprivata / Diginomica
Article about the impact of COVID–19 on digital health, featuring quotes from Andy Wilcox, Senior Product Marketing Manager at Imprivata.
InterSystems and Imprivata partner for quicker access to patient data
11th March 2020 / Imprivata / Digital Health
News article about InterSystems partnering with digital identity company Imprivata to provide clinicians with quicker, secure access to patient data.
Also featured in the Journal of mHealth, Biometric Update, Building Better Healthcare, The HTN and Healthcare IT News.
NHSX chief highlights three priorities
5th March 2020 / Digital Health Rewired / UK Authority
NHSX CEO Matthew Gould held a keynote speaker slot at Digital Health Rewired 2020, using his speech to touch on the priorities of NHSX moving forwards, with the Digital Aspirant Programme featuring among them.
Coronavirus readiness: Three technology-led steps the NHS is taking
4th March 2020 / Digital Health Rewired / Computer Weekly
At Digital Health Rewired 2020, NHS Digital CEO Sarah Wilkinson changed the subject of her keynote speech to outline how NHS Digital were preparing to deal with the coronavirus outbreak. Computer Weekly attended the event, and gave a report on her talk, as well as UK Authority, IDG Connect and Diginomica.
NHS needs a ‘postmodern EHR approach’, says founder of openEHR vendor Better
3rd March 2020 / Digital Health Rewired / Healthcare IT News
Founder of Better, an open EHR platform, Tomaž Gornik called upon trusts to start moving data onto open platforms in his speaker slot at Digital Health Rewired 2020. Healthcare IT News covered his presentation topic from the event.
Diversity can help future-proof our healthcare system
28th February 2020 / Digital Health Rewired / Health Business
In the lead-up to her keynote speech at the Digital Health Rewired Leadership Summit this year, President of tech UK Jacqueline de Rojas CBE wrote an opinion piece on the importance of diversity and inclusion in future-proofing our healthcare system. This featured in Health Business, as well as Clinical Services Journal, Journal of mHealth, Practice Business and Building Better Healthcare.
NHS hospitals have only a few weeks left to get rid of their fax machines and are in ‘desperate need of new systems’
14 February 2020 / Silver Buck / The iPaper
Sarah Bruce, Co-Founder and Director of Silver Buck, discusses why NHS Trusts were always likely to miss the deadline for Matt Hancock’s NHS fax ban. The article also highlights Silver Buck’s continued work on the Axe the Fax campaign.
NHS IT chiefs set the stage for a year of digital transformation
28 January 2020 / Digital Health Rewired / Building Better Healthcare
Ahead of its return after debuting in 2019, the line up and content for Digital Health Rewired is set out in Building Better Healthcare, in the build up to the event in March. This was also covered by Journal of mHealth, eHealth News, Practice Business, Clinical Services Journal and AT Today .
Norfolk and Norwich move forward with digital transformation plans
27 January 2020 / SwissPost / Digital Health
News article about Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals Foundation Trust selecting Swiss Post Solutions (SPS) to deliver a digital transformation solution across the trust.
Also featured in UKAuthority, Building Better Healthcare, Healthcare IT News, Pathology in Practice, Healthcare News Desk, and the Journal of mHealth.
The doctor won’t see you now: The radical plans to save NHS GPs
06 January 2020 / PatientSource / The Daily Express
Dr Michael Brooks comments on the news that GPs will be surrounded with more support staff to diagnose and treat minor ailments while doctors concentrate on more complex, long-term cases. The article featured in print and online.
Princess Alexandra Hospital eliminates backlog after introducing enterprise imaging solution
03 January 2020 / Agfa Healthcare / Rad Magazine
News story about the Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust, Harlow, which is now operating without a backlog of radiology reporting cases following the installation of Agfa’s Enterprise Imaging (EI) solution.
British EPR vendor PatientSource signs contract with London-based charity The Brandon Centre
02 December 2019 / PatientSource / Healthcare IT News
After rolling out a bespoke EPR at London’s Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability, this article reveals the news that PatientSource has signed a contract with another London-based charity to digitise the delivery of its services.
The CCIO Profile: Andy Webster, Leeds Teaching Hospitals
28 Novemeber 2019 / Andy Webster / Digital Health
Having seen first hand the importance of the role he plays in delivering the ‘axe the fax’ mission at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, as well as the wider campaign, Silver Buck organised for Andy Webster to be profiled as part of Digital Health’s CCIO series.
AI trial delivers “really impressive” reduction in A&E demand
28 October 2019 / Health Navigator / HSJ
After NHS Vale of York CCG rolled out Health Navigator, this article outlines how the predictive intervention technology helped to deliver a reduction in A&E demand.
How a hospital sought to reduce strain on staff and improve outcomes using new enterprise imaging technology
24 October 2019 / Agfa / Healthcare IT News
In October 2019, Silver Buck took Healthcare IT News to visit Princess Alexandra Hospital to speak with staff about the impact of Agfa’s Enterprise Imaging solution. In this article, journalist, Leontina Postelnicu, reports on the day’s proceedings.
HTN Industry View: NHSX Listening Report
22 October 2019 / Siilo/ HTN
Joost Bruggeman, CEO and Founder of Siilo, gives his take on the NHSX Listening Report.
The NHS fax ban: Progress not perfection
1 October 2019 / J2 / The Journal of mHealth
John Nebergall, Senior Vice President and General Manager of eFax, shares his views on the state of the ongoing process of removing fax machines from the NHS.
Trusts set to miss Axe the Fax deadline due to ‘concerning lack of progress’
30 September 2019 / Axe the Fax / J2 / Digital Health
A report looking into the number of fax machines in use across the NHS in England has shown “a concerning lack of progress” among trusts working to remove them ahead of the April 2020 deadline.
The story was also covered in Health Business UK, Healthcare IT News, Digital Health Age, Building Better Healthcare, Pulse+IT and HTN.
NHS trust deploys clinical messenger solution from Dutch startup Siilo
17 September 2019 / Siilo / Healthcare IT News
How St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust rolled out the clinical messenging solution, Siilo Messenger, to enable healthcare professionals to securely share patient information.
The story was also covered in Digital Health, the Journal of mHealth and Digital Health Age.
The Health System Support Framework: Is it killing the digital transformation that NHSX promised to achieve?
28 August 2019 / PatientSource / HTN
Dr Michael Brooks, co-founder and chief medical officer at PatientSource, explores whether the Health System Support Framework is jeopardising the digital transformation that NHSX promised to achieve.
Medical charity implements PatientSource EPR after e-prescribing success
19 August 2019 / PatientSource / Digital Health
How the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability was able to reduce prescription errors by 83% following the introduction of PatientSource’s e-prescribing technology across four of the hospital’s wards.
The story was also covered in the Journal of mHealth and Building Better Healthcare.
Why we can’t afford to let healthtech companies hold data to ransom
2 August 2019 / PatientSource / The Journal of mHealth
Dr Philip Ashworth, Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder of PatientSource, explains the need for organisations to be able to share information between systems and across organisational boundaries.
Princess Alexandra placed among top 6 trusts in radiology
28 June 2019 / Agfa / Digital Health
How Agfa Healthcare has helped the Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) to be placed among the top six trusts nationwide, following a review of radiology reporting standards in NHS organisations published by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Fit for the future? Does the report go far enough?
26 June 2019 / PatientSource / Med-Tech Innovation
Dr Michael Brooks, a practising locum doctor and chief medical officer of PatientSource, gives his take on the “Fit for Future” report published by the Royal College of General Practitioners.
Burnout: tech is the cause and solution to this healthcare pandemic
20 June 2019 / Siilo / PharmaTimes
Joost Bruggeman discusses the British Medical Association’s (BMA) report into the wellbeing of health and care professionals, and why being a doctor in 2019 isn’t all that great.
Calls for BMA to oppose Hancock’s ‘ill-conceived’ ban on outdated tech
18 June 2019 / Sarah Bruce / Digital Health
Sarah Bruce shares her views on to the blanket ban of NHS fax machines, following pressure from regional medical councils calling for the BMA to oppose blanket policies.
Chief information officer, Richard Corbridge, on why the NHS is losing its top talent
04 May 2019 / Richard Corbridge / The Sunday Telegraph & The Telegraph (online)
Richard Corbridge writes for the Daily Telegraph and shares his views on why digital leaders are leaving the NHS for the private sector. The article, which featured both in print and online, was also accompanied by an overview/pre-read.
NHS digital leaders leaving for private sector over Health Secretary’s tech ‘revolution’, IT chief warns
04 May 2019 / Richard Corbridge / The Sunday Telegraph & The Telegraph (online)
To accompany Richard’s opinion article (see above), the Telegraph published an overview/pre-read, which featured both in print and online.
PRSB publishes guidance on medicine information sharing
02 May 2019 / PatientSource / Digital Health
Dr Michael Brooks, CMO of PatientSource, comments on new guidance from the Professional Record Standards Body (PRSB) on medicine information sharing.
Matthew Gould to lead NHSX
04 April 2019 / Siilo / Healthcare IT News
Joost Bruggeman, CEO and co-founder of Siilo, comments on the appointment of Matthew Gould as CEO of NHSX.
WhatsApp use in the NHS a ‘privacy and clinical safety timebomb’
03 April 2019 / Siilo / Mobihealth News
Joost Bruggeman, CEO and co-founder of Siilo, comments on research undertaken by St George’s University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, which found the use of WhatsApp in the NHS to be a “privacy and clinical safety timebomb.”
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