24 December 2013

Fitness app starts with bomb attack

An app funded by the Department of Health has been launched that encourages people to walk themselves fit by fleeing
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20 December 2013

GP Challenge Fund opens for bids

A £50m Challenge Fund for GPs to extend patient access through services such as extended opening hours and greater use
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20 December 2013

Heatherwood reduces DNAs by two-way text

Heatherwood and Wexam Park Hospitals NHS Trust has implemented an SMS booking system to make it easier for patients to
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20 December 2013

Health IT apprenticeship launched

The City of Liverpool College and Health Academy North West have launched a health informatics cadet apprenticeship.
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18 December 2013

Wales launches £9.5m health tech fund

The Welsh health minister has announced a £9.5m Health Technology and Telehealth Fund to support the introduction of new technologies
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17 December 2013

‘Healthtech startup school’ starts up

The BCS Chartered Institute for IT has teamed up with TechUK to run a healthtech startup school for companies wanting
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13 December 2013

Last 111 sites live in February

The last NHS 111 sites are due to go live with the service in February 2014, nearly a year after
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12 December 2013

NHS data ‘useful but hard to collect’

Clinicians think that two thirds of data collections in the NHS are useful and relevant to patient care, but a
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Simon Stephens says NHS will create new regional Digital Innovation Hubs
12 December 2013

Transform care with technology – Stevens

The healthcare industry needs to take advantage of technology and innovation to transform the way care is delivered, says Simon
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10 December 2013

Durham buys Civica EDM

County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust has bought an electronic document management system from Civica.
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