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Connelly to lead information revolution
The Department of Health’s director general for informatics is to lead the government’s information revolution, according to a letter setting out the next stage of the Liberating the NHS reforms.
Birmingham OwnHealth in hands of GPs
GPs will decide whether the first telephone-based care management service in the UK should continue.
Cruickshank: clarity needed on future
John Cruickshank, the author of a well received report on ‘Fixing NHS IT’, has called for more clarity about its future direction following the effective end of the National Programme for IT in the NHS.
NPfIT’s GP elements to become services
The GP elements of the National Programme for IT in the NHS are destined to become services, while a review of the Summary Care Record will focus on consent and ‘enrichment.’
Consultant Connect helps cut thousands of unnecessary hospital visits in Wales
Consultant Connect says it helped patients across NHS Wales avoid more than 58,000 unnecessary hospital
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
Today’s Coffee Briefing covers new AI software that can determine time of stroke with remarkable
Scotland’s main GP software supplier goes into administration
The main GP software supplier for Scotland has voluntarily placed itself under administration owing to
Southampton GPs trial handheld translation device for patients
A network of GP surgeries in Southampton have boosted communication with non-English-speaking patients following a
Study to explore digital weight management support for obesity
A study at the University of Warwick is looking at how an app and remote