The moment a patient walks into a hospital and checks in for an appointment is the moment their care journey begins. Ensuring that patient is accurately and efficiently identified is critical to ensuring they receive the appropriate care and have a good experience at the hospital. Yet, while accurate identification may seem simple, it relies on manual identifying information like addresses and birthdates – which can be difficult to rely on when hospitals see hundreds of thousands of patients every year.

As the new UK government settles in and turns its manifesto pledges into actual policies for the next 5 years and beyond, Ian Hogan, CIO for Leeds & York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, discusses how this period of change, coinciding with the availability of new technologies, provides an opportunity to look at healthcare in a different way. 

An industry paper calls for reimagined user authentication among clinicians through passwordless systems.

The white paper, "The Journey to Passwordless for Healthcare," is a project delivered by digital identity security company, Imprivata.

The recently published paper is based on a review of qualitative customer research and market data analysis on the implications of user authentication technology for clinicians.

The government’s announcement that NHS England will be abolished has sent shock waves across the digital health community.

Prime minister Sir Keir Starmer said on 13 March 2025 that the management of the NHS would be brought back into the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), reversing the top-down reorganisation of the NHS by Andrew Lansley, former Conservative health secretary, in 2012.