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HSCN connections available this summer

15 February 2016 4:27 AM

NHS and social care organisations should be able to tender for a new Health and Social Care Network connection by this summer.

Heart patients get smart with phones

15 February 2016 12:46 AM

Heart patients at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust are monitoring their health at home and sending daily readings to nurses via smartphone.

Healthcare IT news in brief

12 February 2016 12:11 AM

This week’s industry round-up includes a number of contract announcements from Hitachi, ANS and 6PM.

33,000 patients go with the Flo

12 February 2016 12:01 AM

A telehealth text messaging system developed in Stoke has been adopted by more than 70 health and social care services across the UK.

SCR in outpatients and police rooms

11 February 2016 4:12 AM

Access to NHS Summary Care Records is being extended to scheduled care settings and dedicated medical rooms in police stations.

E-discharge uptake revealed by DMI

10 February 2016 3:18 AM

EXCLUSIVE: Around two thirds of NHS trusts are sharing discharge summaries electronically with GPs and one fifth are prescribing electronically, early findings from digital maturity self-assessments show.

DigitalHealth.London to work with SMEs

10 February 2016 12:09 AM

A programme launched in London today aims to bring together clinicians with healthcare providers, entrepreneurs and industry to speed up the the adoption and commercialisation of digital health technologies.