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9 May 2019

Four medical students share in new digital health technology bursary

The bursary is a joint initiative between BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT and DRIVE, Great Ormond Street Hospital’s new
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Matthew Swindells NHS England
8 May 2019

Swindells to leave role at NHS England for the private sector

From 8 May, Swindells will relinquish his IT and related responsibilities, which will then be immediately be transferred to Matthew
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PatientSource James Patent
8 May 2019

James Paget Ambulatory Care Unit goes live with cloud-based EPR

The PatientSource solution was introduced at the Norfolk trust in March and means the team are able to access patient
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8 May 2019

Special Report: Electronic Document Management

Electronic document management has been seen by many as providing a temporary stepping stone to full digitisation via an electronic
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GP at Hand
8 May 2019

Hammersmith MP calls for government inquiry into GP at Hand

In his letter Andy Slaughter says he has a number of “serious concerns” about the app which was launched on
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7 May 2019

Digital health hub to be scaled up across England after successful pilot

After its successful pilot in Nailsea, Somerset, it’s to be expanded in North West London, the Wirral, Blackburn, Middlesbrough and
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7 May 2019

Ransomware no longer biggest cyber security threat, report finds

Hackers are turning towards hidden HTTPs tunnels that appear as normal encrypted web traffic to target healthcare organisations, research suggests.
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Midwife and mother
3 May 2019

‘Digital midwives’ open up about role challenges and hopes for the future

The digital maternity team at NHS Digital hosted a conference where 86 digital midwives got together to share their knowledge
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news in brief
3 May 2019

Industry news in brief

This month's industry round-up features Liverpool 5G Health and Social Care winning a national award and Leeds employing a Finnish
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Primary care staff are advised to leave systems switched off this morning
2 May 2019

RCGP tech manifesto calls for prioritisation of joined-up IT systems

The document recognises the potential of technology in healthcare but adds this can only be achieved once joined-up systems are
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