Opinion

Using Technology to Support Primary Care

Opinion Article by Paul Bensley, Managing Director of Primary Care Cloud Telephony Specialist X-on.
It is good to see the publication of this strategy [A plan for digital health and social care], which confirms the direction of travel set before the COVID-19, while seeking to build on the rapid adoption of technology that we saw during the pandemic.

It's particularly good to see the strategy's focus on using technology to support primary care and what it calls 'urgent and emergency care' - the services that help patients with an immediate care need that might range from a call to NHS 111 to a trip to the local pharmacy to a visit to A&E.

Building the Right Foundations to Deliver a 'Digital Revolution' in Health and Care

Opinion Article by Gary Birks, Gary Birks, General Manager, UK and Ireland, Orion Health.
The latest strategy for health and care IT looks to build on what has been achieved over the past two decades, while making sure that all trusts, integrated care systems, and social care departments are levelling-up and have the right foundations to deliver a 'digital revolution'.

Technology for a New Model for Outpatient Care

Opinion Article by Janez Bensa, Chief Executive of Parsek.
The NHS was working to develop a new model of outpatient care before COVID-19, but this work has been given a new impetus by the pandemic and the need to tackle record waiting lists as safely and efficiently as possible, while keeping patients reassured and engaged.

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.

Opinion News

Using Technology to Support Primary Care

Building the Right Foundations to Deliver a 'Digital Revolution' in Health and Care

Technology for a New Model for Outpatient Care

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

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