Over 60% of NHS trusts surveyed don’t have instant messaging policy

Hospify sent FOI requests to 152 trusts in England earlier this year, asking a number of questions regarding their instant
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Worcestershire CCGs go sky-high with cloud-based telephone service

Surgery Connect, which is powered by X-on, allows practice staff to see a patient’s record when they come through on
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Industry news in brief

Our latest industry round-up features news that IMMJ Systems has been given a place on the UK Government’s G-Cloud 10
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Cambridge University Hospitals selects Change Healthcare for PACS

The supplier was chosen by the trust following a procurement process, with the new system due to go live in
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Digital workforce strategy will help bring NHS to ‘the next frontier’

The report, being led by Dr Eric Topol, will look at opportunities where the NHS can invest in technology training
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Matt Hancock named as health secretary in cabinet reshuffle

The departing Secretary of State, Jeremy Hunt, claimed his successor has a ‘brilliant understanding of the power of technology’.
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Tech transformation could be ‘pipe dream’ if nurses are ignored

Results from a consultation with nurses and midwives on what is needed for nursing to play its part in digital
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Clinical documentation has ‘come a long way since pen and paper’

A smartphone will become “like a stethoscope” to clinicians in coming years, a chief information officer at a clinical documentation
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Digital redbooks will ensure the NHS “knows where every child is”

Digital Health News spoke to Philip Graham, digital programme lead at Healthier Lancashire and South Cumbria ICS, spoke about the
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NHS England to ‘engage’ with public on effects of digital-first primary care

Analysis has concluded there are a number of ways in which GP payment may need to be updated in order to
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