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Message-based consultation app Docly registers with CQC

Docly was officially registered with the CQC on 9 August and was officially launched in the UK a few days
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Cyber security news round-up: August 2019

The August edition of Digital Health's cyber security round-up includes updates on the Capital One data breach - described as
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Google DeepMind co-founder placed on leave ‘until end of the year’

The company did not say why Mustafa Suleyman was taking time off, but said the decision was mutual and that
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Two trusts trial AI to diagnose breast cancer sooner

The trial aims to help develop, test and ultimately deploy artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the breast cancer screening programme
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Hundreds of patients wrongly told they had cancer due to ‘IT error’

NHS Forth Valley confirmed to Digital Health News that the glitch occurred after updating their Trakcare electronic medical record system.
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Meet the CCIO Advisory Panel: Fiona McDonald

Fiona McDonald, who was recently elected to the CCIO Advisory Panel, talks about the challenges of working in a man's
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Dr Google ‘diagnoses’ 100m health concerns as GP wait times rise

More people are turning to Google to self-diagnose their boo-boos and ailments, with Londoners proving the biggest 'cyberchondriacs'.
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GP at Hand’s cap on Birmingham patient registrations set to be lifted

The provider must ensure configuration to national screening systems and processes by 15 September, or the cap remains in place.
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Microsoft adds to health team with chief medical officer

David Rhew, who had the same position at Samsung, joins a growing health team at Microsoft which includes Google Cloud’s former
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Applications for cohort three of NHS Digital Academy now open

The Academy was set up in response to Professor Robert Wachter’s 2016 Making IT Work report, which said the NHS
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