29 August 2020

Government pledges £50m for AI to improve diagnosis of deadly disease

The investment aims to speed up the diagnosis of deadly diseases like cancer through using AI to upgrade pathology and
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GP IT
28 August 2020

Clinical patient discharge summaries to be sent electronically to GPs

The first of its kind trial at Dorset County Hospital saw more than 4,000 structured FHIR messages sent to four
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28 August 2020

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals issues £400m tender for new EPR

The successful bidder will be expected to supply the EPR for a period of 10 years, with a potential to
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28 August 2020

Industry news in brief

This month’s industry round-up features news NHS Digital is rolling out electronic notifications from community pharmacies.
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27 August 2020

British Army deploys clinical communication app to keep medics connected

The Pando clinical communication app has been used to send more than 120,000 messages by deployed medial staff over the
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27 August 2020

Quicker access to a contact-tracing app would ‘bolster’ Test and Trace

Privacy expert Polly Sanderson said the Test and Trace system would likely operate better with an “integrated” technological solution.
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GP IT
27 August 2020

Three tech providers join forces for enhanced remote consultation platform

Cognitant, eConsult Health and Q doctor have collaborated on an online tool which provides GP practices with quick access to
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26 August 2020

McKinsey bags £560k deciding “vision” for new NHS Test and Trace body

A recently published contract revealed McKinsey was paid £563,400 for work focused on “creating a permanent organisation” to take Test
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26 August 2020

Dr Harpreet Sood appointed to Health Education England’s board

Previously an associate non-executive director of HEE, Dr Sood will provide independent advice and support to senior HEE officials on
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25 August 2020

Newham trial of contact-tracing app a ‘step in the right direction’

Shuri Network co-founder, Dr Shera Chok, said it was “not clear” why a trial of the app in an ethnically
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