All Innovation articles – Page 3
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HSJ Partners
‘Clean hands are within reach’ this Global Handwashing Day
Following this year’s Global Handwashing Day, Dyson highlights the critical importance of a regularly overlooked yet vital step in maintaining hygiene standards
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HSJ Partners
Virtual Wards: Getting the model right - A Perspective for NHS Leaders
NHS Virtual Ward models are a necessary solution for today’s challenges and the right investment for the future. The decisions trust and ICB leaders must make today can turn pioneering home care options into permanent operational improvements to the NHS hospital experience
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HSJ Partners
Mobilising Health and Social Care Data to Reduce Health Inequalities
The April 2023 publication of the Hewitt review, an independent, government-commissioned review of integrated care systems in the UK, revealed staggering statistics relating to the financial and social impact of health inequalities. Defined by the NHS as “unfair and avoidable differences in health across the population, and between different groups ...
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HSJ Partners
Four ways Crown Commercial Service is helping to maximise NHS procurement
From digital transformation and fleet to financial and estate solutions, Crown Commercial Service is helping the health sector bring power to its procurement.
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HSJ Partners
Backing NHS staff with people-focused solutions
Philips partners with the NHS to address workforce challenges, leveraging technology and innovative solutions to enhance staff well-being, streamline workflows, and prioritise patient care
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News
Medical directors endorse controversial data platform ahead of £480m contract award
Medical directors at 14 NHS trusts have backed NHS England’s proposed £480m ’federated data platform’ as part of efforts to demonstrate clinical support for the controversial project.
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HSJ Partners
Population health tools and new pathways are helping Cheshire and Merseyside support those most at risk of fuel poverty.
In response to the UK’s rising fuel poverty crisis, a collaborative initiative in Cheshire and Merseyside utilises data-driven strategies to identify and assist vulnerable individuals, making a meaningful impact on their lives and setting a precedent for broader implementation in the region
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The seven ways AI can help ease NHS workforce pressures
AI technologies hold significant promise for alleviating workforce pressures and improving healthcare across the NHS, with applications in clinical decision-making, imaging, digital pathology, remote care, administrative tasks, operational efficiency, and patient communication, writes Thomas Burden
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HSJ Interactive
Making the most of NHS IT teams
Following a flurry of demand at the start of the pandemic, NHS IT teams are now charged with finding ways to most effectively support colleagues in the longer term. A recent HSJ webinar explored how that challenge might be met
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HSJ Partners
Innovation is crucial to the survival of the NHS – Here’s how The Lister Alliance is enabling it
By fostering collaboration between healthcare, academia, and industry, The Lister Alliance led by Cisco aims to revolutionise healthcare delivery and ensure the NHS thrives for the next 75 years, writes Declan Hadley
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£480m data system ‘critical for NHS’s future’, says new NHSE transformation director
The controversial ‘federated data platform’ which NHS England is poised to purchase is ‘absolutely critical for the future of the NHS’, its new national director for transformation has said.
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Decision-making should be a science
Kate Cheema and Rony Arafin write about how professionalising healthcare analytics helps in unlocking the power of data for informed decision-making in the NHS which is a vital investment.
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HSJ Partners
Waiting lists speak more than volumes: persistently large numbers can not be tackled simply by increasing activity
Improving systems, seeking proactive assurance on digital infrastructures and upskilling the workforce are key to tackling the backlog in the here and now to keep patients safe, says Stephen Hall
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NHS must stop treating data analysis as a 'clerical' role
Recognising data analysts as vital technical experts, not clerical staff, is essential for the NHS’s data-driven future and improved patient care, writes Andrew Barraclough and Dr Marc Farr
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HSJ Partners
How modern technology solutions are paving the way for faster diagnoses and better patient care
BT’s technology collaborations aim to enhance the NHS, alleviate patient wait times, and improve healthcare efficiency for a brighter future, writes Professor Sultan Mahmud
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HSJ Partners
Technology is the key to patient experience
Verizon and Juniper Networks partnerships are working towards revolutionising the health sector by enabling partners within healthcare systems to work together and find innovative ways to address the challenges they face
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News
Every acute in ICS to use the same EPR after £44m deal
One of the last trusts in London to move away from paper records has named Oracle Cerner as its preferred electronic patient record supplier in a 10-year deal worth £44m.
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Don’t underestimate the power of ‘pen pushers’
Save time and money by upskilling your analytical workforce and making better decisions, write Andi Orlowski and Mark Foy
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How doctors, managers and others learned to be system leaders together
The South East London ICS leadership academy provides long-term training to people at all levels within the ICS and from both the NHS and voluntary sector and other partners, writes Ben Collins
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Where to find the answers to the NHS’s problems
To solve some very significant NHS problems, one place to look is the part of the NHS family outside the formal NHS – social enterprises, writes Richard Taunt