Opinion

Entertainment, Communications and Information: What Are You Doing for Your Staff?

Opinion Article by Matt O'Donovan, CEO, WiFi SPARK.
Over the past two decades, the NHS has made a big investment in entertainment and communications systems, internet access and WiFi infrastructure.

The first wave came with the installation of bedside terminals that enabled patients to call their loved ones and to watch television without having to wait for a corridor payphone or the ward TV.

Trusts can't Run Faster, so it's Time for IT to Work Smarter

Opinion Article by Jamie Whysall, Head of Healthcare, Fujitsu UK.
The NHS is being asked to do more. That isn't new in itself, but the demands that are being put on trusts and their IT teams are being ratcheted up by the coronavirus pandemic.

They are being asked to prepare for more COVID-19 and a difficult winter. To recover the backlog of elective care that has developed over the past 18-months. To change in response to the arrival of integrated care systems and their agenda of more joined-up, more person-centred care.

Policy, Progress, Pace: Is the NHS Finally Able to Move Past Siloed Tech?

Opinion Article by Lynette Ousby, UK Managing Director, Alcidion.
There is a new energy emerging that might shake up the health tech market, and long-embedded challenges around siloed data and technologies.

Political will to move away from data being locked-in by deployed electronic patient record (EPR) systems has been reinforced in the NHSX draft strategy 'Data Saves Lives'.

Talking Health Tech

Opinion Article by Andy Kinnear, Partnerships Director, Ethical Healthcare Consulting.
Ethical is different. The guy who founded it, [chief executive] Thomas Webb, comes from an NHS background and he is very committed to NHS values. On the website, he says he 'just bloody loves the NHS and everything it stands for' and he has set out to create the kind of consultancy that the NHS would create, if it could.

The Public Needs to be Onboard for Vaccine Passport Journey

Opinion Article by David Newell, Head of Health, Gemserv
Anyone who's ever misplaced their passport will recognise that moment of panic. Anxious thoughts descend, thinking you’ll miss that flight or be stuck abroad - until you find that little burgundy or blue book hiding where you last left it.

Health Tech and NHS IT PR and Communications During the COVID-19 Crisis - and Beyond

Opinion Article by Susan Venables, Founder, Client Services Director, Highland Marketing
It is hard to find positives in the sudden dislocation caused by the spread of the novel coronavirus. A little over two weeks ago, the NHS was being advised to encourage people to use NHS 111 Online to get advice about the disease and to ramp up online booking and remote consultations in primary care. A week later, it was being asked to free-up 30,000 beds ahead of the suspension of all non-urgent, elective operations from 15 April.

Being Open about Open Source

Opinion Article by Shane Tickell, Chief Executive, IMS MAXIMS
IMS MAXIMS entered whole heartedly into the open source arena by releasing our code in 2014; but since then market conditions have changed. Despite this, we have not abandoned the project. In fact, we remain fully committed to it and optimistic that the new team at NHSX will recognise its value. Let me explain.

Opinion News

Entertainment, Communications and Information: What Are You Doing for Your Staff?

Trusts can't Run Faster, so it's Time for IT to Work Smarter

Policy, Progress, Pace: Is the NHS Finally Able to Move Past Siloed Tech?

Talking Health Tech

The Public Needs to be Onboard for Vaccine Passport Journey

Health Tech and NHS IT PR and Communications During the COVID-19 Crisis - and Beyond

Being Open about Open Source

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