Hybrid closed loop (HCL) systems link continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) with insulin pump technology to monitor blood glucose and automatically adjust the amount of insulin given through a pump to people living with type 1 diabetes. HCL can eliminate finger-prick tests and prevent life-threatening hypoglycaemic and hyperglycaemia attacks, which can lead to seizures, coma or […]

More patients will be able to get through to their GP surgery for an appointment, thanks to upgraded phone technology rolled out across the country.   Almost every GP practice in England has upgraded their phone systems – a key part of the GP access recovery plan.   More than 5,800 GP practices use a digital system for […]

Investing in population health management and proactive care is the most efficient way of creating the most value from every pound we spend on health. In Warrington, through the Warrington Innovation Network Primary Care Network, we had the ambition to proactively manage our hypertensive patients while better equipping them to make meaningful and impactful lifestyle […]

Technology enabled care (TEC) referral guidance (developed in partnership with TEC Services Association (TSA) and TEC Quality) provides direction on how TEC providers can establish referral pathways into urgent community response (UCR) and how systems can self-assess the maturity of local provision.

A rapid evaluation conducted by Eastern Academic Health Science Network (AHSN) and Health Innovation Manchester, the AHSN for Greater Manchester, adds to emerging evidence of virtual wards enabled by technology offering positive, effective care that supports people to be at home rather than in hospital.

This report summarises the findings of the evaluation of a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease virtual ward managed by South and West Hertfordshire Health and Care Partnership and conducted on behalf of the national Innovation Collaborative for digital health.

This guide sets the vision for clinical decision support (CDS) uptake across the NHS in England, highlighting its potential to improve the quality of care, outcomes and safety. It assimilates salient points from the literature and shares best practices to guide digital and clinical leaders at local and regional level on the implementation of CDS.

Digital Health Devon, a collaboration between the NHS, Torbay council and local Healthwatch, launched a project to support care homes and their residents make the best use of SMART technology.

A practice serving 7,500 patients introduced an online consultation system in November 2020 to help manage triage and develop more efficient communications between patients and the practice team. In 2022 the practice receives about 530 online consultation requests each week – well above the national general practice average. So why did they change and how did they make it a success?

Everyone living with type 1 diabetes will be eligible for lifechanging flash glucose monitors on the NHS, thanks to new guidance published today. The NHS Long Term Plan has already helped almost three in five people with Type 1 diabetes to access the monitors that allow people to check their glucose levels more easily and […]

Collaborate to innovate We know that delivering digital health solutions to support patients and improve outcomes is a focus of many NHS organisations across the country. The management and delivery of these projects, however, can often prove challenging.       It was with this in mind that we launched the Digital Health Partnership Award. As the […]