BCS help win a bid for nursing informatics global conference
BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT has helped win a bid to hold a global digital health conference which is dedicated to nursing informatics.
CCIO Network
Year of the Nurse – Microsoft’s CNO reflects on 2020 and tech in nursing
Microsoft’s CNO Molly McCarthy believes new technology creates new roles for nurses, with Covid-19 highligting the importance of digital tools.
News 2
In the vanguard of the Covid-19 tech revolution
Ian Bailey, district nurse and senior clinical director at EMIS Health looks at how nurses have embraced technology during the Covid-19 outbreak
Feature
Digital ‘early warning system’ trialled at Sheffield care homes
Nursing staff are using an app to record care home residents’ vital signs and share them with clinicians at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals.
Digital Patient 2
Connected care homes ‘could slash £1bn from NHS demand’
A project run by NHS Calderdale CCG has suggested that telehealth in care homes could cut hospital admissions by as much as third
Infrastructure
Tech transformation could be ‘pipe dream’ if nurses are ignored
Results from a consultation with nurses and midwives on what is needed for nursing to play its part in digital transformation have been published.
Digital Patient 8
The CNIO Interview: Sharon Webb, Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS FT
This week we are talking to Sharon Webb who is the CNIO at Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (MKUH). Sharon talks about why she would advise other CNIOs to ‘remember the bigger picture’ and why she believes ward/department managers are ‘like superheroes’ in her eyes.
Health CIO
The CNIO interview: Amanda Claeys, East Lancs Hospitals
Amanda Claeys, chief nursing information officer at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, explains why she’s not too appy about apps and reveals who she would most like to portray her on the big screen.
CCIO Network
University of Salford academic wins international award for services to nursing informatics
University of Salford lecturer Dr Nick Hardiker has won the Virginia K. Saba Informatics Award for his contribution to nursing informatics.
Interoperability 1
NHS Digital endorses “Every nurse an e-nurse” campaign
NHS Digital has endorsed a national campaign to encourage digital training for nurses at the launch of its inaugural e-nursing week.
CCIO Network 1