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The adoption of technology across numerous sectors within the NHS is still behind where it needs to be in order to help improve patient outcomes and reduce variation in care. Many trusts are now discovering how innovative information systems can...

The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust has chosen to partner with software and consultancy provider Hicom to use its diabetes management system, Diamond, which provides digital access to patient medical data whenever there is patient interaction....

Introduction The complexity of patient care often requires involvement from a number of different clinical teams and departments. In particular, in the area of diabetes, over two hundred thousand people are diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes every...

Through its partnership with software and consultancy provider Hicom, the University Hospitals of North Midlands (UHNM), is providing multidisciplinary teams with instant access to patient medical history, whenever there is patient interaction....

Integrating diverse datasets is key to effective pathway design. But in the rush for a ‘single version of the truth’, trusts must not overlook the value of niche clinical systems. Eight years after the NPfIT was scrapped in favour of a modular...

The Long Term Plan (LTP) sets out a phased approach to support trusts in achieving industry-wide goals around improving performance, value and healthcare across the NHS. It’s helping all stakeholders keep focus and encouraging them to work together...