Urgent Care
eConsult acquired by Huma to accelerate digital first care
eTriage was launched over 5 years ago in South East London. It was built by clinicians, for clinicians to improve safety and flow in Urgent & Emergency Care waiting rooms.…
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How much money could the NHS save by reducing Outpatient DNAs?
Read moreAccording to Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data in 2019-20, outpatient attendances (whether first or subsequent) as a proportion of total appointments have decreased from 80.1% to 77.2% in the last…
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ERF: what is it and how can it help hospital departments clear the backlog?
Read moreThe Elective Recovery Fund (ERF) is a £1 billion fund made available to help hospitals recover their levels of activity, post COVID-19 pandemic. Outpatient consultations are part of this scope.…
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We can’t achieve remote consultation targets with video or telephone alone – we need both.
Read moreOutpatient care is a problem area primed and ready for innovation and service redesign. There were 125 million outpatient appointments recorded in HES data in 2019-20, (67% more than ten…