NHS Long Term Plan, in the Short Term: Where Tech Must Help Now
Strategic realignment over the next 10 years is important. But what are the practical, inarguable early wins the government must try to achieve for an…
Health IT
How Digitalisation Can Streamline Tedious NHS Admin
The NHS has made positive progress when it comes to digitalisation of its operations. Patient referral forms and other administrative processes that were previously dependent…
Northern Ireland Completes Nationwide Roll-out of Clinisys WinPath
Go-lives at Western and Southern health and social care trusts mean every pathology service is using the same laboratory information management system; improving efficiency and…
Why Healthcare Remains a Prime Target for Cybercrime and what IT Leaders can do about it
Cyberattacks have been on a steady increase over the past few years, with the healthcare sector emerging as a particularly lucrative target for bad actors….
Barts Health takes ‘Giant Step’ for Medical Research with Sectra
Previously untapped insights from large volumes of anonymised diagnostic images could enable ground-breaking medical research and innovations needed to enhance patient care, following a first…
Why Better Patient Navigation, not just more GP Appointments, is the Key to Fixing Satisfaction in Primary Care
Recent findings from the British Social Attitudes survey, analysed in the latest Nuffield Trust report, paint a concerning picture: public satisfaction with GP services in…
Innovative Project uses PATHPOINT Referral Management to Improve and Triage Referrals
Open Medical is working with the Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre’s Rural Centre of Excellence on a referral management plan, as part of a…
Reorganisation, Consolidation, and Cuts: What are the implications for NHS IT?
NHS England has been downsized and abolished. Integrated care boards have been told to change function, consolidate, and deliver savings. Trusts are planning big cuts….
Extending the Reach of Mobile Diagnostics with Smart Finance
It is no secret that the UK’s National Health Service (NHS), like many other healthcare systems, is under pressure on multiple fronts. The recent independent…
Change to NHS Payment Mechanisms: Accurately Coded Data will be Needed to Deliver Them
Lord Darzi’s report on the state of the NHS was concerned about productivity and suggested the re-introduction of payment for activity could improve it. While…