Opinion

The Perceived Threat and Real Opportunity of Personal Health Budgets

Opinion Article by Benjamyn Damazer, head of commissioning at NHS Shared Business Services.
Personal Health Budgets (PHBs) and personalised care are some of the most central components of the Five Year Forward View. People are to have more direct say in how money is spent on their individual care and wellbeing.

Can We Make the Hospital a Safer Place at Night?

Opinion Article by Caroline Chapman, Nurse Consultant for Hospital at Night, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust.
In the dead of night, when the rest of the world sleeps, ward nurses up and down the country are calling the Hospital at Night service. They may be looking for a technician to take a blood sample or calling for medical help as one of their patients suddenly deteriorates.

A Future without Desktops - Addressing Real Clinical Needs in a Mobile NHS

Opinion Article by Matthew Kybert, Systems Development & Integration Manager at The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
When clinicians in Hillingdon became the first in the country to access patients' Co-ordinate My Care alerts through a mobile application, there was an immediate impact. For the first time, doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals in the hospital were presented with important flags and information on their iPad Minis,

Scrapping Snail Mail for a Digital Trail: How Glasgow is Delivering Patient Information from Hospitals to GPs in Rapid Time

Opinion Article by David Marsden, EDT service delivery manager at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
Waiting as long as a week for letters, results and other crucial documents to reach a GP was the norm not so long ago; it was the way that things were done. It would take at least three to four days, often longer, for hospital staff to generate letters, print them, physically place the document in envelopes, and for those documents to then arrive at the GP surgery.

Jeremy Hunt's Legacy Needs to be Future Proofing the Health of the Nation with 'Black Box Thinking'

Opinion Article by Michael Thick, Chief Medical Officer and Chief Clinical Information Officer at IMS MAXIMS.
Jeremy Hunt's announcement last week on ways to improve the learning culture within the NHS and in turn minimise clinical mistakes, prompted me to revisit a presentation I have been using for the last eleven years.

Leveraging Innovation to Realise the Human and Financial Benefits of Digital Care

Opinion Article by Tom Morton, CEO of Communicare247.
Growing elderly populations and stretched resources means great hope is being placed in technology-enabled care to help citizens to maintain independence and provide support for their carers.

£4bn NHS Tech Move will Unleash Confidence in UK Companies

Opinion Article by Donald Kennedy, Managing Director at Patientrack.
New confidence can be taken by healthcare technology and solutions companies across the UK, following the government’s latest announcements on NHS IT investment.

Opinion News

The Perceived Threat and Real Opportunity of Personal Health Budgets

Can We Make the Hospital a Safer Place at Night?

A Future without Desktops - Addressing Real Clinical Needs in a Mobile NHS

Scrapping Snail Mail for a Digital Trail: How Glasgow is Delivering Patient Information from Hospitals to GPs in Rapid Time

Jeremy Hunt's Legacy Needs to be Future Proofing the Health of the Nation with 'Black Box Thinking'

Leveraging Innovation to Realise the Human and Financial Benefits of Digital Care

£4bn NHS Tech Move will Unleash Confidence in UK Companies

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