Following a review of radiology reporting standards published by the Care Quality Commission the Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) has been placed among the top six trusts nationwide. The trust has utilised Agfa’s Enterprise Imaging system to process over 20,000 radiology images each month. Dr Sri Redla, consultant radiologist […]
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HTN 100 Featuring: DrDoctor, Patients Know Best and Alzheimer’s Research UK
HTN 100 is sponsored by CCube Solutions. To participate and be included in our HTN 100 news in brief every Friday email news@thehtn.co.uk. DrDoctor awarded an extension on the NHS England ITP programme DrDoctor, a digital tool to help patients view, change and schedule appointments, has been awarded an extension […]
Chase Farm Hospitals hits HIMSS stage 6
Chase Farm Hospital, which was opened last month costing £200 million has achieved a stage 6 rating by HIMSS Analytics®. CFH has achieved the HIMSS Analytics Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM) Stage 6, an international benchmark for the use of advanced IT to improve patient care. Only two other NHS […]
GPs alerted 5 million times to recommend self-care
A national analysis of how practices in two thirds of CCGs using the OptimiseRx prescribing decision support tool has found GPs and other prescribers have been prompted 5 million times in the last year to promote self-care. Thousands of professionals have been acting on the alerts, helping prescribers to comply with […]
Industry View: Fit for the Future, A vision for general practice
The Royal College of General Practitioners recently published the Fit for the Future Report, a vision for general practice. It highlighted an end to the standard 10-minute GP consultation and to allow family doctors to spend more time with patients with complex needs.. It states that by 2030 face-to-face GP […]
Feature: Patient Safety
In our latest feature we highlight two case studies that have improved patient safety. The first from Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the second from Hill-Rom. 42% reduction in sepsis mortality through the use of digital technology and integrated decision support at CUH Patients at risk of the […]
Interview Series: Dr Ahmed, Founder and CEO, alldayDr
In our latest interview we speak with Dr Suhel I Ahmed, the Founder and CEO of AlldayDr. Dr Ahmed is a UK qualified doctor, having qualified in 2002 from the University of Liverpool. In 2015 Suhel founded AppLocum, a medical recruitment agency. Then with his reach to a large, pre-engaged clinical […]
Interview Series: Tom Whicher, Co-Founder, DrDoctor
In our latest interview we caught up with Tom Whicher the co-founder of DrDoctor and asked Tom a few questions. Could you tell me a bit about yourself and your organisation? I’m one of the three founders of DrDoctor, a digital healthcare company based in Waterloo. Our company exists because […]
eGPlearning interviews Nikki Kanani, Director of Primary Care
A new podcast sponsored by HTN has been published where the eGPlearning team interview Nikki Kanani the Director of Primary Care for NHS England and GP in South West London. The podcast discusses Primary Care Networks, social media, tech in healthcare, digital consultations, NHSX and integrated care systems impacting primary care. […]
GP IT Futures programme to create open, competitive market
In a speech at the King’s Fund Digital Health and Care Congress yesterday Matt Hancock announced the new GP IT Futures framework with an aim to develop new innovative GP IT systems. Health Secretary Matt Hancock in the speech said said: “I believe it should be as easy for a GP […]
