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8 April 2019

New wearables trial allows COPD patients’ to be monitored at home

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde believes the trial will result in fewer hospital visits for COPD patients – which costs
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5 April 2019

More than 2,600 patients sign up for NHS App in beta trial

Leanne Summers, digital strategy delivery lead for NHSE, also said that of the 2,650 only 270 (10%) had actually booked
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The NHS cervical cancer screening contract is to be removed from Capita and brought back in house
5 April 2019

‘Unsatisfactory’ Capita to be stripped of cervical screening contract

NHS chief executive Simon Stevens said the health service had “not been satisfied” with the way Capita had handled the
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news in brief
5 April 2019

Industry news in brief

This month’s industry round up includes a new independent association for social care software providers and Portsmouth NHS saving hours
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4 April 2019

Matthew Gould confirmed as new CEO of NHSX by DHSC

The government digital policy chief will join NHSX in the summer and will have strategic responsibility for setting the national
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4 April 2019

Outdated software leaves NHS ‘vulnerable to cyber attack’ new research says

Internet of Things (IoT) devices were identified as the weakest link in an IT network, according to research from software
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Could blockchain solve healthcare's cybersecurity woes?
4 April 2019

Davey Winder: Is blockchain hope or hyperbole for NHS data security?

Davey Winder has something of a reputation for fortune telling. Recently he's been asked whether blockchain could solve healthcare's security
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Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has stop reporting RTT after problem migrating data to its new electronic patient record.
4 April 2019

Two Midlands NHS Trusts select Servelec Rio EPR

Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership and Black Country Partnership Foundation NHS Trusts will go live with the system by
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3 April 2019

NHS Digital launches £4.8m funding for digital social care programmes

The grant is for products that have already been piloted in local areas, or have a strong evidence base, with
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3 April 2019

University College London Hospitals enjoys Epic EPR go live

The trust and the US electronic medical records supplier, Epic, signed a deal in July 2017 following approval from UCLH's
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