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Mark Venables Mark Venables, chief executive of Highland Marketing, argues the NHS’ struggles to adopt EPRs has disguised success in other areas, and now’s the time to level up innovation. The NHS has arrived at its 75th anniversary facing bigger challenges than it has faced since its inception. It’s true that founder Continue reading NHS75: The future is here, it just needs to be evenly distributed
NHS trusts need a lot of technology, but they face complex, structural challenges when it comes to procurement, and these tend to work against smaller companies and innovation. The Highland Marketing advisory board met recently to discuss the issues and the role of marketing. NHS acute trusts need a lot of technology. Infrastructure – Continue reading Some challenges in the NHS acute tech market: and how to navigate them
Added Health – Dr Michael Stein (left) and Prof Chris Butler The way we deliver healthcare in the UK has to change, says Dr Michael Stein, CEO of Added Health. He explains how advances in medical research and digital technology might now transform the lives of millions and save the NHS £billions. The Continue reading It’s time to make a pre-emptive strike on poor health
The NHS is looking for a new chief information officer, and the Highland Marketing advisory board has been considering what should be on his or her ‘to do’ list. Following the merger of NHSX and NHS Digital with the NHS England transformation directorate, and the departure of some high-profile digital leaders, the NHS is Continue reading What should be top of mind for the new NHS CIO?
By Kevin Dobson, product manager, Epson UK This month marks three-years since the government first gave the order for people to work from home, wherever possible, at the start of the COVID19 pandemic. Nobody at the time would have predicted that this simple order – enforced to slow the spread of a deadly disease – Continue reading From paper to pixels: Secure scanning in public sector digitalisation
Genomics England has completed installation of an enterprise imaging system that will help to support a world-pioneering initiative for cancer research. The programme is linking whole genome sequencing, pathology and radiology data, in what has been described as the world’s largest multimodal cancer research platform. First announced in 2022 as a means Continue reading Genomics England deploys Sectra imaging technology in ground-breaking cancer data programme
Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the first in the UK to install solar e-bike charging stations at its two hospital sites. Solarcycle is the first company to offer an off-grid, solar ‘in a box’ EV charging solution designed to provide green, renewable energy for the charging of e-bikes and e-scooters. Continue reading Solarcycle Installs the UK’s First Off-Grid Solar E-bike Charge Points at Ashford and St Peter’s NHS Trust
Mark Venables (left) and Dr Alastair Kirby Dr Alastair Kirby, Industry and Technology Navigator at Kent Surrey Sussex Academic Health Science Network (KSS AHSN) reflects on why effective marketing is crucial to the success of new products and how innovators can kick start their marketing activities. Why am I not being noticed? You’ve Continue reading Why marketing matters for health tech start-ups and scale-ups
Last year’s Budget set aside £2.1 billion for NHS IT, and the autumn statement confirmed the capital is still there, but it looks like most of the money is headed for Frontline Digitisation. The Highland Marketing advisory board considers how this pattern of putting money into health tech, taking it out again, shaking up the Continue reading Step up for the NHS digital funding hokey-cokey
Sascha Giese, Head Geek™ at SolarWinds By Sascha Giese, Head Geek™ at SolarWinds Trust underpins the foundations of modern and legitimate democracies. From civil safety and national security to upholding the rule of law, trust is vital if we’re to function as a society. Get it right, and public trust can Continue reading The importance of trust in delivering public services
By Sascha Giese, Head Geek™, SolarWinds For many people, the pandemic—and the global response to this once-in-a-lifetime event—was a game-changer. The enforced and rapid move to the cloud meant carefully prepared plans for phased IT migration were thrown out the window. Instead, the explosion of hybrid office environments left public sector IT workers forced to Continue reading Greater Observability Helps Manage Hybrid IT Complexity Across the Public Sector
People will benefit from better joined up care as the PRSB standard allows Orion Health and its early adopter sites to share information for care when and where it is needed Orion Health has been awarded the Professional Record Standards Body Quality Mark for conformance with the Core Information Standard – the Continue reading Orion Health celebrates landmark first of achieving conformance against PRSB Core Information Standard for shared care records
Imprivata OneSign Spine Combined Workflow Plus replaces the need for physical smartcards – streamlining clinical workflows at NHS pilot site Imprivata®, the digital identity company for healthcare and beyond, has achieved full assurance from NHS Digital for Imprivata OneSign® Spine Combined Workflow Plus which includes Imprivata Virtual Smartcard. As part of the assurance process, the Continue reading Imprivata Virtual Smartcard is now assured for use by NHS Trusts
New recruit brings insights from inside the NHS Track record of delivering significant digital transformation programmes Appointment follows significant contract wins Andy Haywood, Channel 3 Consulting CHANNEL 3 Consulting has recruited former NHS heavyweight Andy Haywood as it continues to deliver digitally enabled transformation programmes to the health and social care sectors. Continue reading Public sector leader joins Channel 3 Consulting
How are trusts and health tech suppliers going to find the people they need to develop deploy and optimise critical clinical information systems in the future? Highland Marketing’s advisory board invited Paul Rice from Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to outline how he has been thinking about the challenge. The NHS is facing Continue reading Creating the digital health workforce of the future
Ransomware has long been a menace and has even led to some referring to it as the digital plague of our time. The constant barrage of cyberattacks in the last few years has raised concerns, particularly for organisations that must get to grips with the tactics used by threat actors trying to gain access to Continue reading Tackling the Threat of Ransomware by Addressing Social Engineering
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