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EMIS joins Yellow Card Scheme for reporting adverse drug reactions

The update allows the 4,000 practices using EMIS Web can report to the Yellow Card Scheme, which acts as an
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Regulatory sandbox for AI needed to test and build systems, NHSX says

The heads of 12 healthcare regulators and organisations met on January 28 to discuss the role of AI in healthcare
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Digital health and genomics ‘should form new pillars of life science industry’

Three industries, genomics; digital health; and early diagnosis be critical to the UK continuing to lead in the field of
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HIV/AIDS home test kits seized over potential false results

More than 100 Hightop kits, which have not met EU regulations, have been seized as agency warns consumers against using
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Explainer: when is an app not an app (but a medical device)?

New guidance has been released on when an app becomes a “medical device” but attempts to control which apps creep
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QRisk2 in TPP “fixed” but up to 270,000 patients affected

Up to 270,000 patients have been affected by errors in a cardiovascular disease risk calculator, which is being blamed on
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RCP apps guidance attacked

Recent guidance from the Royal College of Physicians that says doctors should only use medical apps carrying a CE mark
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Appropriate regulation

The regulation of healthcare apps emerged as a hot topic at the end of last year; and will be the
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Patient safety reporting overhaul

The NHS is developing the National Reporting and Learning System to become an integrated reporting route for patient safety incidents.
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Addressing a burning issue

The Mersey Burns App was the overall winner of the EHI Awards 2013 in association with CGI; and will be
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