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How a daughter’s cancer treatment inspired an interactive app for sick kids

Dom Raban realised more could be done to help children feel at ease in hospital after watching his 13-year-old daughter
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Servelec updates Rio to provide real-time access to patient data

A new dataset is available via Healthcare Gateway and will enable sharing of patient data between multiple health and social
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Connecting Care has more MIG users ‘than any other interoperability programme’

In May there were 37,500 user views in the MIG, which gives staff from 24 health and care organisations access
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E-observations software delivers marked sepsis improvement at Barnsley

Since introducing Vitals e-obs software, Barnsley Hospital has seen immediate improvements in recognising and treating sepsis, and is now among
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Academic Health Science Networks launches first report on diversity

The report makes a number of commitments to improve diversity within the organisation, including to set annual equality and diversity
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NHSE to create ‘innovation greenhouse’ to accelerate uptake of technology

The innovation greenhouse will provide integrated care systems (ICS) with easier access to “tried and tested innovations", according to NHSE
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Period tracking apps caught sharing medical data with Facebook

Data, including period frequency, use of contraception and symptoms like blood pressure and acne, are being shared directly with the
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Changes to out-of-area GP rules ‘would be burdensome’ to CCGs’

The Digital Healthcare Council argued patient care should not be limited to CCG boundaries and instead called for a “partnership
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Mobile health and apps news in brief

This month's mobile apps round-up features news WhatsApp-style clinical messaging app Forward could save the NHS £44m a year.
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Unlocking the power and potential of genomic technology

In an exclusive op-ed for Digital Health News, Baroness Nicola Blackwood, explores this potential of genomic technology and what it
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