All Innovation articles – Page 14
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HSJ PartnersFrom product supplier to a trusted partner
Getinge’s new technologies and approaches have demonstrated results, from increased throughput to decreases in average length of stay and reducing non-contact clinical time for staff, all helping to reduce waiting lists and improve patient outcomes
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NewsFour in five trusts yet to reach digitisation target
Only one in five trusts has reached the level of digitisation required by 2025 – more than three years after the target was set, tech chiefs have revealed.
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HSJ InteractiveHow can ICSs be better supported to adopt proven new technologies?
An HSJ webinar, held in association with iRhythm, explored the challenges and opportunities for ICSs as they look to implement new technologies and innovation. Jennifer Trueland reports
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CommentGood air quality in hospitals is as important as clean water
With energy costs rising, it is vitally important to find methods of preventing virus transmission that are safe, quick to implement and affordable, writes Dr Alice Bunn
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2022: Learning Disabilities Initiative of the Year
WINNER Manchester Local Care Organisation: Collaborative Working to Develop and Promote Effective Self-Care Strategies for Patients with Learning Disabilities and Lower Limb Chronic Oedema.
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HSJ PartnersShow US the benefits – and this time we mean it!!
Benefits are often the most challenging part of EPR business cases. David Corbett emphasises on identifying benefits that trusts need to consider while investing in and implementing digital improvements
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CommentSharing best practice needs to be enforced
Barbara Harpham emphasises the importance of proper pathways for organisations to share best practices in order to improve care within the NHS.
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HSJ PartnersWho’s next please?
The challenges presented by pursuing novel and heterogenous methods of prioritising elective waiting lists.
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NewsRevealed: The 35 trusts looking to replace their electronic patient records
Nearly 40 trusts are considering launching procurements for new electronic patient records amid a national push to improve trusts’ digital maturity.
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HSJ LocalBabylon ends partnerships with acute trusts
Digital GP provider Babylon is ending its partnerships with two large Midlands trusts, it has emerged.
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NewsShrinking NHS England issues £9m contract for digital ‘delivery partner’
A lack of digital ‘skill and resource’ has led NHS England to issue a £9m contract which will see an external supplier establish a ‘centre of excellence’ for the organisation.
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NewsTrusts left with valueless company shares given in exchange for patient data
Several NHS trusts are reviewing their data-sharing agreements with a technology company after their shares in the firm were rendered currently worthless following its financial collapse
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NewsGovernment plans new ‘regulatory levers’ to force pace of NHS’s digital uptake
Digital improvement will be added to the conditions which trusts and integrated care systems have to legally meet as part of their operating licence, the government has indicated.
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CommentThe lack of a med tech innovation scheme means patients are losing out
A new ‘Innovative Medical Devices Fund’ is needed to ensure the government’s £36bn commitment to ‘innovation and new technology’ is spent wisely, says Barbara Harpham.
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CommentClouds gather over digital transformation plan
As a new agile chief information officer promises to unlock digital transformation, Sir Trevor Longstay remains to be convinced that progress is a good thing, writes Julian Patterson
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HSJ InteractiveCould the NHS make greater use of remote testing?
A recent HSJ webinar, supported by Medichecks, considered whether it’s viable for more patients to collect more samples remotely for subsequent analysis in laboratories – and what impact such a move might have on patients and services. Claire Read reports
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NewsFour in five ICSs a long way from IT ‘convergence’
Four out of five integrated care systems are a long way off achieving the ‘convergence’ of electronic patient record systems sought by NHS England, HSJ analysis reveals.
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HSJ InteractiveIs the NHS getting the most out of its staff banks?
Alison Moore reports from a recent HSJ webinar which looked at the best way to organise staff banks to ensure the maximum number of shifts are covered by the most appropriate staff
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HSJ PartnersDelivering Digital Improvement need not be a fairy-tale
Zuhlke is a global innovation service provider with 50 years’ experience in healthcare. To drive innovation to scale and capitalise on the huge digital opportunities post-covid, Calum Macleod, Health lead at Zuhlke UK, outlines six steps that will identify the right digital projects to start now
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HSJ InteractiveMore than a digital repository
While fundamentally an electronic patient record is a digital repository of information, such systems might also hold the promise of greater transformation – if the right conditions are in place