With a new government, more than £2bn promised investment for NHS technology and the forthcoming 10 year health plan, there is a growing sense of anticipation about what lies in store for the digital…
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NHS Highland says that it has avoided up to £1m of appointment costs by using a waiting list validation tool to discharge people from wait lists that no longer needed clinical time.
With waiting lists…
The last 12 months has seen a new government, a major cyber attack on the NHS and a commitment to £2bn tech funding hitting the headlines.
Digital Health News has picked out 10 of the…
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has announced that it will implement MEDITECH’s Expanse electronic patient record (EPR) in its 20 locations around London.
The programme, which is expected to go live in spring 2026,…
Vijayashree Natarajan is senior vice president and head of technology at Omega Healthcare, which produces financial, administrative and clinical systems for healthcare organizations.Given her well-rounded expertise in healthcare information technology, we asked her recently…
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NHS England has launched a review of digital clinical safety standards, requesting input from NHS stakeholders, IT manufacturers and those involved in digital risk assessment.
The review is of digital clinical risk management standards…
Telemedicine provider Consultant Connect has said that it helped patients in Wales avoid more than 58,000 unnecessary hospital visits over the last year.
According to the company, healthcare staff across Wales placed 127,000 calls…
University Hospitals of North Midlands had struggled with effective job planning for its medical workforce, often finding its agreements were misaligned with the needs of the service. After an audit highlighted the need for…
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Broomfield Hospital in Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (Credit: Shutterstock.com)
Two NHS trusts in Essex have announced plans to deliver an electronic patient record (EPR) system in a £65m contract agreement with…
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As hospitals and health systems embrace digital transformation in earnest, they’re apt to find improvements on any number of fronts, from staffing challenges (especially in acute care nursing), length of stay, 30-day readmissions, value-based…
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