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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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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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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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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2 May 2019

PRSB publishes guidance on medicine information sharing

The standards are for recording and sharing computer-readable information between hospital, GP and community-based services.
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30 April 2019

NICE launches online portal to help support health technologies

HealthTech Connect aims to help technology companies understand how to break into the UK health market and support their development.
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Consent
29 April 2019

E-consent company founded by Welsh surgeon receives £350k funding

Concentric provides a paper-free consent process and still ensures patients facing surgery can still make shared decisions with their clinicians.
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Letter
29 April 2019

Digital portal helps reduce patient do not attend rates in Lincolnshire

The portal, from Healthcare Communications, allows patients to receive appointment letters straight to their smartphone and can accept, cancel or
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Digital Health Cybersecurity Round-Up
26 April 2019

Cyber security news round-up

This month's round up from the world of cyber security features news that analysis has suggested the US healthcare cyber
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