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Tech giants make interoperability pledge for US health data

Apple, Amazon, IBM, Microsoft and Salesforce will work together to drive common standards for exchanging health information in the US.
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Why we’re gathering around the NHS wireless at my GP practice

A month on from the introduction of NHS WiFi at Crystal Peaks Medical Centre, Dr Kirsty Gillgrass reports related improvements
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Cyber security news round up

Our latest cyber security round up looks at hacked patient monitoring systems and FBI fears of an imminent "cash out"
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New integrated child health system goes live in Wales

The Children and Young Persons Integrated System ensures every child in Wales has an active care record, meaning clinicians have
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Redundancies loom over major restructure at NHS Digital

NHS Digital is upskilling its workforce amid budget pressures and concerns from partners around its delivery capabilities.
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Alder Hey surgeons get hands-on with Microsoft’s mixed reality tech

Microsoft HoloLens is being introduced to operating theatres in a bid to make more patient information available to surgeons during
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Davey Winder: How healthy is NHS app security? Not very, I fear.

Experts have been raising concerns about health app security for some time. And, according to our cybersecurity columnist, the new
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NHS England to have a say on GP at Hand Birmingham rollout objection

Members of Hammersmith and Fulham Clinical Commissioning Group’s (CCG) Primary Commissioning Committee (PCC) have concerns regarding patient safety.
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The growing role of digital technology in supporting self-care

According to latest research by Accenture, healthcare consumers continue to show strong use of digital technology for self-care, with mobile
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DeepMind AI system ‘able to identify eye diseases and make referrals’

Researchers have claimed the system is able to identify 10 features of eye diseases from optical coherence tomography (OCT) scans.
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