All Technology and innovation articles – Page 6
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CommentFixing the missing link in the NHS’s tech plan
The NHS has ambitious plans to become the most AI-enabled health system in the world, but without a workforce strategy to support adoption, innovation risks stalling between pilot and practice
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NewsUpdated: Trust halts launch of AI tool that lacked NHSE-required sign-off
An NHS trust has abandoned plans to trial a major US supplier’s ambient voice technology after concerns were raised about its compliance with NHS England accreditation requirements, HSJ can reveal.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: What’s the score?
The weekly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week, written by Joe Talora. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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CommentEPR promise risks fading without national action
EPRs can improve productivity and care, but poor usability, fragmented systems and inadequate training risk undermining the NHS’s digital transformation ambitions
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NewsTrust and ICB ‘digital maturity’ scores revealed
Scores rating the “digital maturity” of all trusts and integrated care boards for the past two years have been published by NHS England.
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NewsMilburn: Hold CEOs accountable on cyber security
Trust chief executives should face stronger “personal consequences” if their organisation’s cyber security fails, according to a senior government figure.
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NewsHome Office director to lead NHS tech
A new national chief digital, data and technology officer has been appointed.
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News‘Plan ahead’ to avoid EPR delays, says veteran tech lead
Trusts need to “plan ahead” to avoid “interventions from NHS England” when launching electronic patient record systems, according to a leading tech chief.
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NewsExclusive: NHSE halts EPR deployment at third trust
Another trust has had to delay the rollout of its electronic patient record following a last-minute intervention from NHS England, HSJ has learned.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: NHSE’s tough message on tech
Tech is one of the most important parts of the government’s 10-Year Health Plan, but this week NHS England has warned a leadership void is hampering progress and investment.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Staffing the virtual hospital and AVT dilemmas
The weekly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week, written by Joe Talora, Ben Clover and Ella Devereux. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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NewsLeadership void is blocking tech investment, says NHSE
NHS England will not allow new technology investment until clear national executive leadership is in place, it said this morning.
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NewsClunky IT costs as much as staff absence, says NHSE
Poor usability of computer systems costs the NHS as much staff time as sickness absence, NHS England’s head of digital transformation has told a conference.
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CommentThe NHS’s approach to treating anxiety urgently needs an overhaul
NICE’s anxiety guideline has not been meaningfully updated in more than a decade. It is showing its age, with major implications for service users and clinicians alike
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Expert BriefingThe Download: AVT winners, the App’s future and how to get funding
The weekly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week, written by Joe Talora and Ben Clover. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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NewsNHS App caused ‘confusion and anxiety’ over waiting times
Waiting time information in the NHS App has been overhauled after causing “confusion, anxiety and mistrust” among patients, HSJ has learned.
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CommentAI is reading and repurposing NHS info and that’s a problem
AI systems now sit between NHS guidance and patients, introducing a powerful but ungoverned layer that challenges existing accountability frameworks
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NewsMore than half of staff say EPRs make their job harder
More than half of NHS staff using an electronic patient record system say it made their job harder and they lacked necessary training, a survey has found.
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NewsTrust lacking EPR agrees £30m contract
One of the few remaining trusts yet to implement an electronic patient record system has selected a supplier for a 10-year contract worth £30m.
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News‘Only two weeks of stock’ at key supplier after Iran-linked cyber attack
NHS England believes there is only two weeks’ stock of crucial surgical equipment and other products following an Iran-linked cyber attack on a major medical technology supplier.