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Dedicated coverage of digital health start-ups from across all parts of health and care, with particular focus on those developed by or working in partnership with NHS organisations. A particular focus on start-ups taking part in Digital Health’s annual Pitchfest competition.
Members of the public will be able to add data from wearable devices to their electronic patient record by 2018, according to Tim Kelsey, national director for patients and information at NHS England.
In the second of his new columns, Digital Health News reporter Thomas Meek asks why mental health has seen as explosion of apps; and what needs to be done to get them into clinical and patient use.
Healthcare apps will go through a four-stage recommendation process as part of NHS England’s plans to create an endorsement model for these tools.
Cancer Research UK, the National Cancer Registration Service and brain tumour support charity brainstrust have created a portal to give cancer patients online access to their treatment records.
In the third of his columns looking at federation and the kind of IT that practices will need to make a success of it, Neil Paul considers better ways to contact and help patients.
South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust is pulling out of two NHS 111 contracts in the south west of England.
