Technology and innovation – Page 24
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CommentThe three steps in a successful virtual wards programme
Sara Gariban highlights three barriers to scaling up virtual wards and how overcoming them will enable the NHS to fully harness their potential for patients, staff and the wider health and care system
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NewsNHSE must ‘demonstrate integrity’ in procurement of £480m data platform
The National Data Guardian has called on NHS England to “demonstrate integrity” by providing greater transparency over the procurement process for the high-profile federated data platform.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: NHS tech’s pay problem
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by senior correspondent Nick Carding. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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NewsUS firm gets green light for £1.2bn takeover of UK GP tech giant
American health giant UnitedHealth has provisionally been given the go-ahead to buy UK-based firm EMIS – the leading supplier of GP IT systems – by the Competition and Markets Authority in a deal worth £1.2bn.
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NewsTrusts still seeking compensation a year after cyber attack
Two trusts remain in discussions with a tech firm over financial compensation a year after a cyber attack left them without access to patient records for months.
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NewsNHSE rows with royal college over ‘unhelpful’ virtual ward targets
NHS England’s virtual wards target is leading to some lower risk patients being ‘over-monitored’ in pursuit of a headline ambition ahead of winter, a leading royal college has told HSJ.
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CommentThe public like the idea of virtual wards, but not the name
As NHS England aims to create additional capacity with virtual wards, public support proves crucial. A recent survey shows a delicate balance of opinions, requiring awareness-building and equitable implementation to succeed
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HSJ PartnersDigital clinics revolutionising mental healthcare globally
Digital clinics globally meet mental health demands, relieving staff pressures and enhancing patient outcomes with evidence-based interventions
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Trust hails text messaging amid backlog pressure
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by correspondent Nick Carding. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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NewsPatients less pleased with GP phone access in all but one ICS
Patients in all but one integrated care system found it more difficult to contact their GP practice by phone this year compared to last year.
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NewsDigitising all trusts by 2025 ‘unachievable’ after £700m cut, government admits
NHS England’s target for all trusts to have a working electronic patient record system by March 2025 is now ‘unachievable’ and a new date has been set a year later, government has admitted.
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: Magic bullets won't save the NHS
NHS policy seems to be giving undue importance to genomics and AI as magic bullets without proper analysis, however, hype is not a good basis for policy, writes Steve Black
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NewsNHS is ‘tech averse healthcare system’, says ex-government adviser
A cut to the NHS tech budget, revealed by HSJ, has been described as “pretty outrageous” by a former government adviser and eminent medical leader.
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NewsRevealed: First ICS digital maturity ratings
HSJ can reveal the first ratings given to every integrated care system for the ‘digital maturity’ of its NHS providers.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Virtual wards ‘passing some leaders by’
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by technology correspondent Joe Talora. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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News£35m contract to keep controversial ‘data platform’ safe advertised by NHSE
NHS England has launched a search for a provider whose role will be to protect data privacy and security on its controversial ‘federated data platform’.
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NewsNHS England names new national tech chief
NHS England has appointed a new chief information officer, who will oversee technical IT infrastructure and cyber security.
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NewsPalantir awarded £25m NHSE deal to ‘transition’ to federated data platform
NHS England has awarded Palantir a new £24.9m contract to ‘transition’ its existing NHS projects into the new federated data platform – a £480m deal expected to be granted in the coming months – HSJ can reveal.
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NewsLeading supplier accused of ‘anti-competitive behaviours’ by NHSE
The market-leading supplier of e-rostering software to the NHS has been accused of ‘anti-competitive behaviours’ by NHS England.
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NewsNHSE begins £1bn move to ‘diversify’ GP IT
NHS England is proposing a new framework for buying primary care IT — worth up to £1bn — which it hopes will lead to ‘diversification’ of suppliers.