Clinician with iPad
15 January 2020

Investment in digital ‘is a building block for world class GP services’

The Royal College of GPs has called for more investment in digital technologies “to make better use of data and
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15 January 2020

Electronic prescription error lead to woman’s death, coroner finds

David Urpeth, assistant coroner for the area of South Yorkshire West said “there is a risk that future deaths will
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14 January 2020

Digital Health Unplugged – news team debrief

This week's podcast is our first debriefing with Digital Health's editor; Hannah Crouch; senior reporters Andrea Downey and Owen Hughes;
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13 January 2020

Just 1 in 10 outpatient appointments conducted via video, RCP survey finds

The Royal College of Physicians found a low uptake in digital solutions in outpatient appointments, despite 70% of GPs agreeing
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Clinician with iPad
9 January 2020

Dartford and Gravesham signs £1m ePMA deal with Alcidion

The Australian company will provide its OPENeP electronic prescribing and medications administrations (ePMA) to the trust over six years.
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9 January 2020

Three in ten GPs recommend apps to ease pressure on CAMHS

In a survey of 994 GPs, 31% said they recommend patients use NHS approved apps to manage poor mental health
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8 January 2020

Co-founder of EMIS pays tribute to company ‘father figure’ Peter Sowerby

Peter Sowerby, who passed away in November aged 92, published medical papers, ran his own GP practices and developed the
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6 January 2020

Taunton and Somerset select Alcidion to provide e-observations

Using the company’s Patientrack solution the trust will digitise how patients’ vital signs and observations are captured at the bedside.
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6 January 2020

Health Data Research UK launches £1m data science partnership

The partnership will use continuous improvement methods to integrate clinical practice, large scale health data and advanced analytics to improve
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