Search Tag: NHS Digital

Executive Health Management

Single-patient-safety-database-for-nhs-and-private-care

2020 27 Feb

Patient safety data across the UK public (National Health System, NHS) and private healthcare sectors to be gathered in a single online database. Two organisations, NHS Digital and the Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) have opened a consultation on the database as part of the next phase of the Acute Data Alignment Programme (...Read more

Executive Health Management

Lack-of-interoperability-increases-risks-for-patients

2019 06 Dec

National Health Service (NHS) patients' safety is at risk due to critical deficiencies in medical record keeping. A new research shows that NHS Trusts use at least 21 different electronic medical record systems, which poses a big challenge to the effective sharing of information. The study from the Institute of Global Health Innovation (IGHI) at...Read more

IT Management

Vendor-driven-standards-for-interoperability

2019 21 Aug

David Hancock, the healthcare executive advisor at InterSystems, was recently elected vendor co-chair of INTEROPen , a UK collaboration that promotes open standards for interoperability in the health and care sector. HealthManagement.org spoke to David about why he wants INTEROPen to be vendor-led and how this approach will help both suppliers and...Read more

Executive Health Management

Uk-healthcare-sector-s-leading-conference-and-trade-event-grows-to-two-days-moves-to-excel-london

2018 09 May

The UK Health Show , the leading event for the whole of the UK’s healthcare sector, returns for two days on 25-26 September as it grows into its new home of ExCeL London for 2018.   The UK Health Show is the UK’s leading live-event platform connecting senior healthcare decision makers, influencers and buyers from across the NHS and the...Read more

IT Management

Advances-for-information-exchange-between-healthcare-organisations

2018 17 Apr

Major healthcare IT vendor Orion Health is amongst the first suppliers accredited by NHS Digital to use a new NHS messaging service ('MESH') to exchange information between health and care systems. Orion Health’s accreditation means that NHS organisations that use its Rhapsody™ Integration Engine can exchange information with other organisations using...Read more

IT Management

Digitising-is-c-suite-concern-nhs-digital-chief

2017 27 Jun

Uncertainty is hanging in the air over what Brexit, the British departure from the European Union (EU), will bring to the UK economy but Beverly Bryant, Director of Digital Transformation, NHS Digital is optimistic about what the country has to offer in globally healthcare. See Also : Zoom On: Robert W. Wachter MD   “There...Read more

IT Management

Uk-e-health-week-2017

2017 03 May

UK e-Health Week, Olympia London, 3 - 4 May 2017 Returning to Olympia for the third year; e-Health Week is devoted to the people and organisations that use the power of IT to transform health and care. Hosted by HIMSS, a global, not-for-profit organisation working in e-health for more than 50 years; the e-Health Week agenda is developed in partnership...Read more