A smartphone displaying the Echo app next to a box of medication
7 August 2018

Echo gives carers a helping hand with new medication management tool

The new feature on the app enables friends, family members or other carers to oversee a person’s medication and order
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Babylon Healthcare Service Ltd
3 August 2018

Babylon threatened to sue CQC, emails reveal

A series of emails chronicling the legal spat between Babylon and the Care Quality Commission has been made public, revealing
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3 August 2018

Movers and shakers news round-up

The latest movers and shakers in the health IT industry include a number of new faces at NHS Digital, hospital
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A graphic of a DNA helix
2 August 2018

NHS trusts sign up to Darktrace threat-hunting software

Four NHS trusts have signed up with cyber security firm Darktrace with a view to automatically identifying possible cyber threats.
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GP at Hand
2 August 2018

Bold Babylon starts recruitment drive in Brum despite CCG block

Babylon Health is reported to have started recruiting GPs in Birmingham despite being currently blocked from expanding into the city.
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1 August 2018

UH Bristol pushes ‘WhatsApp-style’ care co-ordination app to 1,000 clinicians

CareFlow Connect has been pushed to some 1,050 clinicians across all nine of the trust's sites, following a pilot stage
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A view over the river in Northern Ireland
1 August 2018

Northern Ireland prepares for roll-out of patient portal

A patient portal for people with dementia will be launched in Northern Ireland this month as part of the country’s
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A nurse uses Ascom's Myco smartphone at Royal Bolton Hospital
31 July 2018

Royal Bolton ditches ‘unsuitable’ pagers for smartphones linked to e-obs

Royal Bolton Hospital is distributing more than 300 Myco smart devices to clinicians across its paediatric, maternity and critical care
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Phillipa Winter is CIO of Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
31 July 2018

The CIO interview: Phillipa Winter, Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

This week we're chatting to Phillipa Winter, who tells us why a strong voice and an open ear is key
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A young woman looking at a text reminder on her mobile phone
31 July 2018

London CCGs to roll out text reminder service for cervical cancer screening

From August, women registered with GP services in London will begin to receive text messages encouraging them to book screening
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