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Hospital CIO says no to bigger IT budget
The chief information officer of one of Ireland’s largest academic hospitals has told its board that the IT department does not need any additional funding and will be able to cut its overall budget by £500,000 this year.
DH looks to IT suppliers for savings
Health minister Simon Burns has said that the Department of Health is targeting ICT products and services worth £6m in order to make reductions in public expenditure.
Blackburn and NHS Direct pilot wellness
NHS Direct is to pilot its first web and telephone-based support service targeted at patients at risk of developing long term conditions.
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