The NHS needs a strategy to turn EPRs into real assets for health, writes Alex Lawrence, improvement fellow at the Health Foundation
Electronic patient records (EPRs) are an example of a much wider challenge…
The first wave of stages included in the highly anticipated Digital Health Rewired 2026 programme have been announced.More than 80 of the UK’s most influential digital health leaders – from national chief information officers…
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Professor Alicja Rudnicka from the School of Health and Medical Sciences at City St Georges, University of London (Credit: Professor Alicja Rudnicka, City St George’s, University of London)
Researchers have developed a testing platform…
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Zubir Ahmed, parliamentary under-secretary of state at the Department of Health and Social Care, speaking at The Health Foundation’s AI in the NHS event (Credit: Jordan Sollof)
The Medicines and and Healthcare products Regulatory…
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GP practices must keep their online consultation tools running throughout core hours from today, allowing patients to request appointments, ask questions and describe symptoms online.
The changes to the GP contract come into effect from…
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Digital Health Unplugged covers all things health technology and NHS IT. Hosted by Digital Health’s news reporter Jordan Sollof, the podcast delves into key issues and news stories in the sector. It also…
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Concerns have been raised that a new system of NHS league tables being rolled out across England today could be used as “instruments of blame”.
Trusts have been ranked quarterly against standards in the NHS…
Dr Jennifer Dixon, chief executive of the Health Foundation (Credit: Richard Lewis)
Dr Jennifer Dixon DBE and Hutan Ashrafian, two of the most influential leaders in health policy and clinical science, are the latest…
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Malte Gerhold, director of innovation and improvement at The Health Foundation, is one of the data and technology enabling working group members (Credit: The Health Foundation)
Digitising NHS and adult social care services…
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The NHS is at risk of missing the full benefits of electronic patient records (EPRs) without a national strategy to move them beyond ‘digitising paper’, new analysis from The Health Foundation warns.
The report,…
