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13 June 2018

Special Report: Medicines Management

With national funding pledges to increase the uptake of e-prescribing in hospitals, digital medicines management is occupying a prominent place
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Dip.io is a dipstick urine test that uses a smartphone to analyse the results
13 June 2018

Salford Royal introduces first-of-kind smartphone urine test for kidney patients

The trust has launched a digital home testing kit that incorporates a mobile phone camera and computer vision technology with
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CP-IS
12 June 2018

Government minister calls for NHS and councils to prioritise CP-IS

Nadhim Zahawi's announcement follows a plea by the children’s commissioner for England who urged all NHS organisations in the country to
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A graphic of the Engage app
12 June 2018

Warfarin self-test app touches down on NHS App Library

The Engage app allows patients to monitor their INR remotely using coagulation measurement tools and send the results directly to
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Medisafe Apple
12 June 2018

Apple opens up its core health records API to US developers

The move allows US iPhone users to share their health record data with third-party apps from autumn, meaning developers can
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Rob Shaw NHS Digital
11 June 2018

NHS Digital deputy chief executive awarded CBE in Birthday Honours 2018

Sarah Wilkinson, Simon Eccles and Will Smart all tweeted their congratulations to Rob Shaw who was recognised for his “services
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Hospital staff pose outside St George's Hospital, now part of Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
11 June 2018

Midlands NHS trusts merge to create major integrated care provider

South Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Partnership NHS Trust have merged to
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Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has stop reporting RTT after problem migrating data to its new electronic patient record.
11 June 2018

Nervecentre to launch new ‘first-of-its-kind’ EPR in June

According to Nervecentre, the new system gives hospital teams access to vital real-time information at the patients’ bedside, with the
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Computer failure
8 June 2018

Users left disgruntled after Patient Access website and app go down

Neil Bennett, service director, Live Services at NHS Digital, confirmed that the Patient Access service was 'unavailable' between 3.30pm on
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A doctor collecting information on a patient using various mobile devices
8 June 2018

Patients trust NHS with their data but still wary about use, survey suggests

More than three-quarters of the British public say they trust the NHS with their personal data despite recent privacy scares
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