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Movers and shakers news round-up: December 2017

This month’s Movers and Shakers round-up includes the formation of the first advisory board for HIMMS UK and new appointments
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North East Ambulance selected as Ambulance GDE

North East Ambulance Service NHS Trust has been selected to be one of four ambulance services to become a Global
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New tech for treating cardiovascular disease ‘faces lack of research’

A new generation of robotics, imaging and implantable tech for treating cardiovascular disease is being hindered by a lack of
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Medical devices a ‘bulls-eye’ for cyber-attacks, says cybersecurity executive

Arxan Technologies' Rusty Carter believes the security of medical devices has been compromised for the sake of clinical functionality.
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Shared data saves lives

The Medical Interoperability Gateway (MIG) is helping North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) to save time in emergency care situations.
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ZoomDoc launches crowd-funding campaign to help expand

A GP on demand service has launched a crowd-funding campaign to try and raise £500,000 so it can expand. 
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Joe’s View: On Christmas bonuses and rate limiting steps

Our CCIO columnist Professor Joe McDonald remembers one Christmas long ago when his Uncle Jimmy taught him about rate limiting
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Hertfordshire trust digitises school immunisation consent process

Gone are the days of manually collecting the immunisation consent forms of more than 400 schools in Hertfordshire. The process
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Digital healthcare accelerator offers £68k to machine learning, AI start-ups

Merck Sharp & Dohme and Wayra UK are seeking startups using machine learning and artificial intelligence to support disease and
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