Private data contracts risk ‘undermining core values of NHS’
The director of tech justice firm Foxglove Legal has warned the “creeping privatisation of data assets” risks losing patient trust in the NHS.
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New Data Strategy to capitalise on ‘good practice’ during Covid-19
The data strategy will build on work such as the NHS Covid-19 Data Store with the aim to reduce red tape around data and information governance.
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Winner of Rewired Pitchfest 2020 officially launched
Celsium is a temperature gauging device that connects to an app via Bluetooth to continually monitor a patient’s temperature.
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Tara Donnelly to continue role as NHSX chief digital officer
Following an open recruitment process Donnelly was today (23 November) confirmed to be continuing as chief digital officer in a permanent capacity.
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Oxford Health chooses Better electronic prescribing and medicines
The OPENeP system will be integrated with Oxford Health’s electronic patient recording to provide a better overall view of the patient.
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Mobile apps news in brief
This month’s mobile health apps round-up features news that the American Telemedicine Association has partnered with ORCHA.
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Cabinet minister owned £90,000 shares in Faculty at time of NHSX contract
The minister, who had cross-government responsibilities for supporting procurement related to Covid-19, had declared his interests Faculty.
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Digital Health Unplugged: Royal Cornwall Digital Testbed
Joining host Andrea Downey are Gary Jennings, commercial director of Kernow Health, and Ian Nicholls, eHealth transformation manager at Royal Cornwall.
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Docobo and Doc Abode join forces to improve remote monitoring
The new interface will enable an alert from the Docobo system to go straight to clinicians or a clinical hub through one platform.
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IT bungles spark calls for industry to be regulated for ethical standards
It comes as a number of public sector programmes suffered IT blunders, nearly 16,000 Covid-19 cases to go unreported due to the use of Excel.
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