Kevin Jarrold has retired from his role as joint chief information officer (CIO) at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust after an NHS career spanning 38 years.
His…
Black Country Integrated Care System (ICS) is rolling out a patient engagement portal (PEP) from Healthcare Communications with the aim of improving patient experience, reducing waiting lists and saving money.
The PEP will be implemented…
A digital service is being launched in Wales to improve access to routine NHS dental treatment for people across the country.
Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) built the service, which will provide a central…
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has partnered with patient engagement platform (PEP) supplier DrDoctor with the aim of helping operational and clinical teams to manage and scale hybrid patient pathways.
The platform, which…
New patient safety guidance from NHS England says that primary care’s IT systems should include clinical decision making support and automatically flag patient safety issues.
The ‘Primary care patient safety strategy’, published by NHSE on…
An independent actuarial report from Strategia has confirmed the potential of Frimley Health’s remote monitoring programme for patients with multiple long term medical conditions and frailty.
Since the programme’s launch in 2022, Frimley ICS has…
“Fixing the basic digital and data infrastructure of the NHS,” is a key national priority, said Vin Diwakar, medical director for transformation at NHS England.
Speaking at the Health Excellence Through Technology (HETT) conference on…
A feature which allows patients to trace the status and readiness of their prescriptions has been released on the NHS App.
Speaking at the HETT conference in London on 24 September 2024, Nishali Patel, clinical…
Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust has deployed CLEO Systems’ electronic prescription system (EPS) across some of its outpatient community services.
The move to digital prescribing is intended to reduce Southern Health’s reliance on paper-based prescriptions,…
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust has gone live with the Better Meds electronic prescribing and medicine management (ePMA) system and integrated it into its electronic patient record (EPR) system.
Inpatient wards at Darent Valley Hospital…
