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Exploring how health and care professionals are using digital and data to make integrated care a reality,Ā spanning shared care records, population health, patient portals and remote care.Ā
As the new vice chair of the Professional Records Standards Body (PRSB), Afzal Chaudhry is aiming for clinically meaningful records standards.
An analysis of health IT data in the US suggests that the country is approaching a ‘turning point’ in the implementationĀ of interoperable standards.
Physical and mental healthcare interact in complex and significant ways, and yet traditionally the NHS has treated the two as separate issues. Can digital shared records help address this unhelpful separation and improve patient care? Jennifer Trueland investigates.
Ewan Davis finds much to be celebrated in Matt Hancock’s new vision of NHS digitisation. But will it actually serve to fix the data fragmentation and lock-in which has been problematic for so long? On that, he suggests, the jury is still out.
Matt Hancock has published a tech strategy founded on open standards, innovation and encouraging local choice with a move away from reliance on mega-suites. But itās going to be tough to square this with the current centrally-directed global digital exemplar programme, argues Digital Health editor Jon Hoeksma.
The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has published his plans for the use of digital in health and social care.
