All articles by Claire Read – Page 3
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HSJ InteractiveCan digital technology help embed a strong patient safety culture?
The benefits of digital tools to patient safety can extend far beyond supporting better decision making, as an HSJ and Capsule Technologies webinar discussed
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HSJ PartnersHow can the NHS improve outpatient referrals?
The outpatient referral process has grown in complexity in recent years, often leaving both GPs and consultants frustrated and patients receiving inefficient care. Some areas are now investigating whether digital technology could help, as Claire Read reports
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HSJ PartnersImproving the quality of the outpatient referral process
Some areas report that giving GPs improved ability to seek advice from specialists is in turn improving the outpatient referral process.
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HSJ InteractiveHow can the NHS reduce inpatient isolation and bolster emotional wellbeing during the pandemic and beyond?
An HSJ webinar, held in association with WiFi SPARK, brought together a panel to discuss how technology can enhance inpatient experience, increase human contact and reduce loneliness. Claire Read reports
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HSJ InteractiveDeveloping shared local understanding of covid pressures
The panellists explored the value of a shared understanding of which pressures and caseloads exist in an area and consider how digital technologies might play a role here
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HSJ InteractiveWhat now constitutes effective performance on elective care?
An HSJ webinar, run in association with Acumentice, brought together a small panel to consider how the context of a continuing pandemic – and the suspension of elective activity during its first wave – has affected approaches to managing waits. By Claire Read
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HSJ InteractiveWhy some clinicians are now at the centre of waiting list management
With waiting lists swelling in the face of the pandemic, a recent HSJ webinar heard how some trusts are putting clinicians at the heart of their approach to addressing the backlog
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HSJ InteractiveWhat should the future of outpatient care look like?
A recent HSJ webinar supported by Vantage Health heard that there is no one-size-fits-all solution to creating a new model of outpatient care
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HSJ InteractiveA natural part of the clinical toolkit
If digital clinical support tools are an inevitable part of the future of healthcare, what does that mean for training and professional development?
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HSJ InteractiveCan digital technology help clinicians make safer, more efficient decisions?
An HSJ webinar, held in association with Elsevier, explored the ways in which digital technology might help clinicians make the right decisions for the right patients and at the right time – leading to improved safety and efficiency
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HSJ InteractiveThe human contact deficit
For many in the NHS, in-person contact with colleagues has become rarer during the pandemic. An HSJ webinar, supported by IBM, explored the possible consequences of increased remote working.
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HSJ InteractiveWhat does a growing need for remote working mean for the NHS?
The coronavirus pandemic has brought in a remote working revolution in the NHS, which brings with it new challenges and opportunities. An HSJ webinar, supported by IBM, explored this key issue.
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HSJ InteractiveHow can the NHS use data to make informed decisions about where to go from here?
Data has become ever-more prominent during the covid pandemic. But ensuring easy access – and understanding what statistics can and cannot do – remains a challenge, as a recent HSJ webinar discussed
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HSJ InteractiveMind the gap
If leaders are to use data to understand the experience and outcomes of healthcare services, some notable gaps will need to be addressed
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HSJ InteractiveHow can the NHS further accelerate advances in digital communication with patients?
Coronavirus has helped put digital communication with patients firmly on the agenda. But how can the NHS further accelerate those advances, perhaps shifting to a setup in which such communication becomes the default? An HSJ webinar, supported by Zesty, explored this key issue.
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HSJ InteractiveThe importance of buy-in if digital communication with patients is to prosper
If the gains made in recent months are to be consolidated and advanced, support from boards, clinicians and patients will be vital
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HSJ InteractiveHow can the NHS further accelerate advances in digital communication with patients?
Professor Sultan Mahmud was part of a small expert panel considering how the NHS might further accelerate advances in communicating with patients via online services, particularly given the coronavirus pandemic.
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HSJ InteractiveCybersecurity in the covid-19 era
Covid has brought with it the potential of more threats but not all organisations are equally well positioned to respond
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HSJ InteractiveThe NHS digital agenda in the covid era
An HSJ webinar, supported by Pulse Secure, found there has been a real acceleration in digitisation in many organisations – but whether that progress is consistent across the system remains unclear
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HSJ InteractiveImproving the pathway for people with severe heart valve disease
With growing numbers of people experiencing aortic stenosis, it’s argued value and quality of care could be improved by smoothing the current pathway