GPs embracing phone but not Skype consultations
GPs remain resistant to politicians’ calls to adopt Skype consulting, with many citing poor technology and a lack of patient demand, a survey in the British Journal of General Practice has found.
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GPs remain resistant to politicians’ calls to adopt Skype consulting, with many citing poor technology and a lack of patient demand, a survey in the British Journal of General Practice has found.
This monthâs round-up of mobile and app news includes an award win for SiteKit, the company behind the eRedbook, and some interesting initiatives from NHS trusts.
Attempts to create a personal health records suffer from a âlack of quantifiable benefitsâ and some schemes face an uncertain future if new funding is not found, a wide-ranging review by the RCP’s Health Informatics Unit for NHS England has concluded.
The Clinical Software Usability Survey has found big differences in the reported usability of the software used by NHS staff; with wide variations across NHS sectors and between different systems serving the same sector.
Urgent care plans for thousands of Londonâs most vulnerable patients care are now just a click away for almost 1,000 of their GPs.
An ethical hack by an IT security provider of a private health clinicâs IT system has highlighted the vulnerability of internet connected medical devices.
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has put back its go-live date for its InterSystems TrakCare electronic patient record; as have the other two trusts in the Southern SmartCare programme.
The UK government and NHS England should ring-fence funding for digital transformation in health and
The latest episode of Unplugged explores how data and digital solutions are improving care pathways
The Digital Health Networks’ 2024 mentoring programme has received positive feedback, ahead of the expanded
Digital Health has unveiled the draft programme for its Rewired 2025 event which will take
Today’s Coffee Time Briefing covers a tech-powered initiative for unpaid carers in Surrey and digital