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Social media benefits outweigh risks
NHS managers should let their staff use social media more freely, new guidance says.
NHS CB appoints director of data
The NHS Commissioning Board has appointed Ming Tang as director of data and information management systems.
Athenahealth buys Epocrates for $293m
US cloud-based patient record specialist Athenahealth has purchased Eprocrates, a provider of mobile drug reference apps, for $293m (£185m).
Hospitals to have e-records by 2014
NHS hospitals will need to have operational electronic patient records working by April 2014 to meet the data flow requirements set by the NHS Commissioning Board and as a milestone towards making the NHS paperless by 2018.
Scotland gets GP info service
Scotland is building a national information service for GP data, due to go-live in a year.
Pennine Care picks Paris
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust has bought Civica’s clinical information system Paris.
Tang and Ferris to lead data and tech group for 10 year health plan
The government has announced that Ming Tang and Tim Ferris will lead the data and
NHS West Yorkshire ICB to launch support app for unpaid carers
The Care Networx care management app will be made available to some 250,000 unpaid carers
Rachel Power and Rashik Parmar confirmed for Rewired 2025
Two leading CEOs on a mission to make IT work for patients and society are
Facial recognition tech for pain management trialled in Bedfordshire
Facial recognition technology for pain management is being trialled at residential and nursing homes in
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
Today’s news roundup covers a pilots of Flow Neuroscience at Leicestershire Partnership and new AI