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Is the future here already, but just not evenly distributed?
With a drive for health and social care integration ever more pressing, Markus Bolton and David Grigsby explore the vital role that sharing of data and information can play in transforming care services
HSJ Partners
Is the future here already, but just not evenly distributed?
With a drive for health and social care integration ever more pressing, Markus Bolton and David Grigsby explore the vital role that sharing of data and information can play in transforming care services
Switch directory functionality saves junior hospital-based doctor hours
Research held by Induction Switch reveals the average switchboard wait time plus the number of calls being made per day.
Managing cultural change in a crisis
Executive leaders can drive improvement by focusing on developing an organisational culture, building up staff in an open, just, and empowering environment, thereby enabling organisations to meet the challenges of the new and uncertain healthcare environment.
Rise of the Scalable Workforce
GRI CEO, Andrew Preston, addresses the need for a clear strategy to tackle workforce challenges in the NHS, to ensure the agility and flexibility to maintain and improve performance and manage the long-term impact of coronavirus.
‘There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about’
James Dunmore on the transformative power of community
Bridging the primary care capacity gap: digital healthcare in the age of covid
Digital health solutions can help deliver additional capacity and resilience for primary care during the vaccination programme and the covid-19 expansion fund would benefit from its specific provision, writes Juliet Bauer.
Pressures created by the second wave will have to be addressed
A second period of lockdown reinforces the need to deliver planned care to patients whose lives may not be at immediate risk, but whose quality of life depends on the ability of the NHS to meet their needs, writes Stephen Dorrell.
Could we do better in type 2 diabetes?
Current NICE guidelines on type 2 diabetes do not consider the benefits of early introduction of more modern and expensive glucose-lowering therapies, notes Stephen C Bain
The missing link – housing, health and care
Safe, quality housing is essential to maintain independence: keeping people safe and well at home, enabling as much choice and control in their lives as possible, writes David Pearson.
Heart Failure: Accelerating change to alleviate the burden on healthcare systems
Through strong service models, increased awareness, embracing strong multidisciplinary team working, and a more holistic approach to an individual’s overall health, we can help achieve improved outcomes for people living with heart failure, writes George Godfrey
Supporting effective communication between clinicians
Efficient communication between clinicians has long been a challenge. With new digital solutions, and changes driven by covid, could that finally be changing?
A critical time for change: redefining renal care pathways in an evolving coronavirus environment
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has highlighted a clear need to re-evaluate existing referral pathways within renal services, in order to prioritise a more pro-active, planned and person-centred approach to shared decision-making – and crucially to avoid costly unplanned suboptimal care. The management of kidney failure is one such pathway.
Covid-19 Resources
Remembering sacrifices made by NHS emergency services personnel
The covid-19 pandemic, has galvanised the public’s understanding of the immediate and increasing sacrifices that our NHS and emergency services personnel, key workers and volunteers are making to keep us safe from harm.
Sharing evidence and clinical knowledge during the covid-19 pandemic with UpToDate® and Lexicomp®
Our top priority is to protect the health and well-being of our communities and to arm healthcare providers with the latest information available as the coronavirus (covid-19) situation evolves.
Attain and SIMUL8 launch free covid-19 ICU preparation simulation
Attain, the UK’s largest independent health advisory and delivery organisation, have teamed up with leading software developers SIMUL8 to provide a free covid-19 intensive care unit preparation simulation.
Attain provides pro-bono service to assess covid-19 staff ‘at risk’
Attain, the UK’s largest independent health advisory and delivery organisation, is extending the roll-out of a pro-bono service to hospitals to provide an assessment of staff “at risk” during the covid-19 pandemic.
Practicus offers access to peer hindsights for the NHS
Practicus has been building a community of some 800 change professionals and is offering its ‘Ask the Community’ service free of cost to facilitate the NHS in making informed decisions.
Free digital care coordination platform from Infinity Health to help NHS trusts fight coronavirus effects
Infinity Health is making its care coordination and task management tools available to NHS trusts at no cost for six months, with the aim of alleviating some of the pressures faced by staff in the wake of Coronavirus. The offer covers the costs of set-up, integration, training, and six months ...
A briefing on reducing covid impact on BME communities
The NHS Confederation’s BME Leadership Network suggests in a new briefing, a suite of actions that health and care organisations could take to safeguard BME people, including BME professionals on the front line, notes Joan Saddler
Medinet offers advisory guidance to treat patients in elective care settings
Numerous trusts are using Medinet’s free advisory input and guidance to inform plans for restarting elective care. We have been collaborating with NHS hospitals and partners to co-develop action plans. The goal has been to get safe and appropriate care to patients without the need to “physically build or buy ...
Elsevier launches online covid-19 resource for healthcare workers
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Selenity introduces service for key worker organisations
Anthony Sherwin on Selenity’s CV19 tracker, available as a free service to manage expenses and absences related to covid-19.
IMPOWER offers a free covid-19 staff tracker
IMPOWER has developed a free to use staff tracker to track staff availability and absences during covid-19, says James Swaffield
Circular Wave offers free Instant Pay solution to get health and care workers paid
Circular Wave, workforce solution specialists, are committed to supporting the national covid-19 response. Like many service providers, they are offering their agile market-leading core solutions completely free of charge to any health or care organisation including trusts, clinical commissioning groups, GPs care homes and community services.
'We're connecting primary and secondary care to reduce hospital admissions'
To support primary care clinicians in triaging patients, Cinapsis connects them within seconds to consultants from their local NHS Trust, says Dr Owain Hughes.
Covid-19: Free remote healthcare services to help GP practices
GPs are being encouraged to recommend remote messaging services such as Docly to their patients to avoid face-to-face contact unless absolutely necessary, therefore reducing the risk of coronavirus transmission, writes Dr Caroline Pilot
Thalamos offers its mental health software free to the NHS
Mental health platform Thalamos, which is working to digitise the Mental Health Act, has offered its software free to the NHS to support healthcare workers during covid-19.
Desuto introduces free decision support tool for health and care workers
Healthcare decision support provider, Desuto, has announced the launch of its covid-19 Mental Capacity Assessment tool which is to be made available free of charge to health and care providers.
Identifying those most at risk to developing a severe case of covid-19
Dr Foster has developed tools that identifies regions most at risk of developing severe cases of covid-19, as well as identifying trends and monitoring the spread of the disease across the UK.
Cracking covid: free digital bank and isolation tracker for all NHS trusts
As one of the largest providers of workforce solutions to the NHS with almost 20 years’ experience, ID Medical supplies the NHS with over 8 million staffing hours per year. Together with our technology partners Clarity Skillstream, we’ve been helping trusts and health boards across the UK make huge savings ...
InfoFlex supports NHS with data collection and reporting
InfoFlex is offering its support to the NHS as the covid-19 pandemic continues with data collection and reporting - as well as the creation of a virtual hospital, says Marc Warburton.
