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Most of the Ā£1 billion promised by the government for investment in health IT is for capital investment and will be used to fund local transformation programmes enabled by technology, the interim chair of the National Information Board has said.
This week’s industry round-up focuses on news from the primary care sector, including contracts for prescribing software and the use of tablet computers by GPs.
Islington council and clinical commissioning group have awarded a five year, Ā£7.4 million contract to BT to create an integrated digital care record for the boroughās patients.
A group of three southern acute trusts has chosen Kainos to supply an electronic document management system and clinical portal in contracts worth nearly Ā£8 million and partly funded by central government.
Six NHS hospital trusts have been named as demonstrator sites for the use of GS1 standards and will share Ā£12 million in funding from the Department of Health.
IMS Maxims has released the latest version of its open source electronic patient record, including all of the enhancements made for Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust.
England’s chief inspector of hospitals has recommended Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust be placed into special measures, highlighting issues with its electronic patient record as an area for improvement.
Digital Health and the Equity Charter have joined forced to tackle racism through a partnership
The Digital Health news team gather to dissect the digital and technology aspects of Lord
Today’s Coffee Time Briefing covers a German AI-powered exoskeleton and digital pathology funding for Leeds
New medical technologies to diagnose cancer, such as scanners and AI models, will be trialled
Norfolk and Waveney ICB has launched a childrenās virtual ward to support the delivery of
