26 October 2018

Movers and shakers news round-up

Healthcare industry appointments this month cover Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, Channel 3 Consulting and Liva Healthcare, among others.
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Lincolnshire Castle
25 October 2018

Lincolnshire Partnership switches on new mental health EPR

Over 2000 members of staff can now access digital referrals, community and inpatient records of its 202,080 patients via the
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A graphic displaying icons representing aspects of health and care
25 October 2018

Wave 2 of NHS Test Beds takes aim at diabetes and A&E admissions

Seven sites have been selected to run trials of digital initiatives designed to address healthcare challenges in the NHS.
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Damian Parkinson, LCFT’s director of health informatics
24 October 2018

Lancashire trust tightens IT security bootstraps with ‘gold standard’ accreditation

Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust has been accredited an ISO 27001 certification in information security following an independent assessment.
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The exterior of Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust hospital
23 October 2018

Essex trust awards £5.7m HSCN connectivity contract to Updata Infrastructure

The five-year contract sees Capita-owned Updata move EPUT from the legacy N3 Network to the new, multi-vendor Health and Social
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A woman wearing the eye-controlled device for locked-in individuals
19 October 2018

EyeControl headset for locked-in patients available on NHS Supply Chain

EyeControl, which combines an eye-tracking camera and speaker, allows patients who have lost the ability to move or speak to
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The CCIO Interview - Dominic Bullas
19 October 2018

The CCIO profile: Dominic Bullas, Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

In the Digital Health hot seat this week is Dominic Bullas, CCIO of Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, who reminisces
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A stack of coins
18 October 2018

NHS digitisation expected to cost up to £13bn – report

Officials developing NHS England's long term plan have estimated it will cost between £10.9bn and £12.9bn to support digitisation across
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A cartoon of an ill man in a space helmet
18 October 2018

Sick spacefarers to tap clinical support app aboard ISS

NASA astronauts on the International Space Station will be able to use UpToDate to check their symptoms and access clinical
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17 October 2018

Mark Jones appointed CIO of North Cumbria Health and Care ICS

The former CIO of Devon Partnership NHS Trust has been drafted in to head up digital strategy for the integrated
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