Use AI and simplify data access, says government-commissioned report

The use of artificial intelligence in UK healthcare should be increased, e-prescribing made mandatory, and researcher access to national datasets
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Hunt says technology will create “patient power decade” in NHS

Jeremy Hunt used his keynote speech at the Health and Care Innnovation Expo to announce a series of new promises
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Swindells urges vendors to take open approach to data

All healthcare IT vendors must commit to an open approach to data collected by their systems, NHS England’s national director
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First results due from NICE assessment of digital therapies

NICE is to set to publish the first results from a new programme assessing how effective digital therapies are in
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TPP making changes to SystmOne to address data protection concerns

TPP has confirmed it is piloting new functionality in its SystmOne electronic patient record, with a view to addressing data
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Work needed on genomic and genetic data sharing – NDG

Further work is needed to establish how the consent process might appropriately cover data sharing in genetic and genomic medicine,
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Advisory Series: Mobile and modern working

For the third of Digital Health's advisory series, Claire Read reports on how mobile technology is being valuably used to
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CQC criticises care records at Isle of Wight

The quality of patient records at Isle of Wight NHS Trust has been criticised by the Care Quality Commission, with
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Two North West trusts aiming to connect diagnostics across hospitals

Two North West trusts have acquired Sectra's PACS and VNA, with a view to more easily sharing diagnostic data between
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Special report: RIS and imaging

As PACS and RIS have advanced, and as the needs of the market have evolved, the separate but complementary roles
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