All Virtual wards articles – Page 2
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HSJ LocalVirtual hospital model ‘new gold standard’ for treatment
The chief executive at a trust behind one of the UK’s first ‘virtual hospitals’ has said this model is the ‘new gold standard’ for care provision and the trust is looking at a significant expansion.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2022: Safety Improvement through Technology Award
WINNER: NHS Cheshire and Merseyside: Remote Monitoring Enabled Heart Failure Virtual Ward
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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 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 PartnersBT launches virtual ward programme to help transform UK health services
Programme launch sees BT partner with leading healthcare technology specialists to offer virtual wards and virtual care solutions for the NHS
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CommentFocusing on national targets is not the best way to improve patient flow
Jonathon Holmes explains how sharing data on capacity and demand at a regional footprint level, has allowed a consistent and clear overview of capacity, excess demand, and where pinch points are emerging
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HSJ PartnersMaking virtual wards a reality
Technology-enabled virtual wards can be an important component of successfully and sustainably addressing the discharge to assess challenge
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NewsTrusts not using new procurement route risk losing share of £250m fund
NHS England is making a dynamic purchasing system its approved route to market for trusts buying equipment and systems to run virtual wards and remote monitoring programmes, HSJ can reveal.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: All change for maternity transformation
HSJ is now hosting the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch trustee James Titcombe.
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HSJ PartnersDigitally mature virtual wards: From spreadsheets to artificial intelligence
Clinical safety must be a top priority and virtual wards can help achieve it by providing patients with the sense of security of being cared for on a hospital ward whilst at home
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NewsOnly half of new virtual beds occupied, internal figures reveal
Just over half of the 7,000 virtual ward beds opened under the new national programme are occupied by patients, according to recent internal figures seen by HSJ.
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HSJ PartnersDriving the future of digital primary care
Mike Fuller discusses why accessibility, interoperability, and personalisation are the three key pillars for the future of digital primary care
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