Babylon to face ‘no further action’ for data breach of GP at Hand
Babylon admitted in June that three patients were able to view recordings of other patient’s consultations using the GP at Hand app.
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Countess of Chester selects Ideal firm to implement EPR programme
The Countess of Chester EPR+ programme is using Cerner Millennium electronic patient record after signing a 15-year deal with the company in 2018.
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Total cost of NHS contact-tracing app set to top £35 million
Some £25 million is expected to be spent on the new app, while £10 million was spent developing the original operating model that was abandoned in June.
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Digital Health Unplugged: Power of data in a pandemic
Our expert panel look at why access to data is important and whether the pandemic has permanently changed the country’s relationship with data.
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Ascom wins £13m contact for Wales critical care information system
Ascom’s Digistat clinical information system (CIS) will enable care staff across Wales’ 14 adult critical care units to electronically manage care.
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Rapid adoption of technology ‘should not be abandoned’ post-Covid
Government “must support” infrastructure needed to assist care providers in switching to technology-enabled care, a report from Public Policy Project found.
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Diversity and inclusion must be ‘at the core’ of NHSX and digital leadership
Speaking at Connect 2020 Sonia Patel said diversity had to be at the core of the service offered to patients in order to reduce health inequalities.
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Trials of NHS contact-tracing app ‘very encouraging’
Managing director of the app Simon Thompson said trials were ‘encouraging’ but did not provide figures on the number of people who had downloaded it.
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Leeds and York go live with Advanced electronic patient record
The mental health and learning disability trust went live with cloud-based CareDirector during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Greater Manchester Mental Health trust launches validated apps library
The trust is the first in the UK to launched a dedicated library of reviewed mental health apps for patients with anxiety or depression.
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