6 August 2019

GDE blueprints ‘worth weight in gold’ but only if shared

CIO David Walliker said the blueprints had the potential to bridge the gap between knowledge silos in the NHS, but
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5 August 2019

More funding needed to ‘fundamentally change’ NHS, network chair says

Digital Health CCIO Network chair James Reed said the “whole digital agenda” should feature in the new funding commitment announced
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5 August 2019

Eight organisations join UK Health Data Research Alliance

The Alliance aims to make health data more accessible and improve data quality in order to build a more innovative
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5 August 2019

Potential of new tech will be harnessed as part of £1.8bn NHS cash boost

Downing Street announced the funding for more beds, equipment and additional wards yesterday, but it’s not clear how much will
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2 August 2019

Industry news in brief

This month's industry round-up features news that Bradford Teaching Hospitals reduced agency spend by 27% with Allocate 247Time.
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Imperial Streams App
31 July 2019

DeepMind’s Streams app saves £2,000 per patient, peer review finds

The review, published today, found the app reduced the average cost of admission for a patient with acute kidney injury
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31 July 2019

Patient Access adds pharmacy services to online booking

The website and app, which allows patients to book GP appointments online, will now include services such as flu vaccinations
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data breach
31 July 2019

Encryption standards for medical devices ‘need to be mandatory’

Pangea Connected’s system developer, Dr Arslan Usman, said IoT medical devices need to be better regulated to boost cyber security
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Stockport NHS Foundation Trust develops AKI alert
30 July 2019

Stockport NHS discontinues InterSystems’ EPR software

According to Digital Health Intelligence the trust has selected InterSystems’ TrakCare to provide its EPR in October 2015, but it's
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25 July 2019

Capita admits further administrative errors in cervical screening programme

Some 16 women had missed their screening invites due to an admin error – but the British Medical Association believes
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