NW London Care Information Exchange begins mass recruitment

Imperial begins recruiting patients at scale for open shared portal that puts individuals in control of deciding who can see
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NHSmail ‘internal software issue’ causes NHS-wide outage over weekend

NHS staff were frozen out of the accounts and prompted for their password, with many of them locked out after
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Vitality’s Apple Watch initiative leads to sustained physical activity increase

A study of the impact of behavioural tech found Vitality’s Active Rewards programme has resulted in a sustained 34% increase
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GDE hyperbole risks hobbling NHS IT plans

It's two years since the GDE programme was launched. But Jon Hoeksma argues its overblown language conceals a relatively small
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Last call on applications for second year of NHS Digital Academy

Dr Harpreet Sood, NHS England’s Associate CCIO, has said the 100 places available were “open to CCIOs, CIOs and aspirant
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Hancock’s new tech vision at odds with GDE playbook

Matt Hancock has published a tech strategy founded on open standards, innovation and encouraging local choice with a move away
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System C commits to ‘full FHIR support’ to drive interoperability

The comprehensive commitment can be seen as the most significant interoperability move yet by a major supplier operating in the
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Babylon pledges to hire 1000 scientists and docs

Ali Parsa, CEO of digital health start-up Babylon Health, has pledged to spend $100m to develop the 'world’s leading' healthcare
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Hancock turns up the heat on bad blockers

Last week Matt Hancock gave his most detailed speech yet on how he intends to help ensure health and care
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Digital jam for NHS providers a welcome start

The news that the 80% of English NHS providers not part of the GDE programme will receive funds for digitisation
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