‘Biggest obstacle’ in digitising healthcare is privacy, Wachter warns
Digitising healthcare was “essential” but it will be “incredibly hard” to take advantage of the digital revolution if data can’t be shared, he said.
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St Helens Care goes live with Graphnet shared records system
Social care teams, hospital staff, GPs, mental health workers and other teams now have access to the records of the boroughs 178,500 residents.
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Matt Hancock faces backlash for collaborating on TaxPayers’ Alliance report
The Taxpayers’ Alliance (TPA) report claims £18.5 billion could be saved by 2030 across NHS budgets if more automated services are used.
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Rotherham NHS FT receives outstanding rating for digital agenda
The trust has made “good progress” with its digital agenda and inspectors saw “evidence of innovative use of technology”, the report said.
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VR surgical simulator first to receive Royal College accreditation
It’s the first simulation with HapticVR to receive CPD points and will cover the Fundamental Surgery total hip replacement training simulation.
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London ambulance staff to be given real-time access to patient data
The NHS Identity Service pilot will give medics access to crucial information about a patient, without the patient having to answer questions when in pain.
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Mobile health and apps news in brief
Our latest apps news roundup features Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust have partnering with Q Doctor to provide video consultation services.
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New guidance to safeguard patients issued to online pharmacies
Duncan Rudkin, chief executive of the General Pharmacuetical Council said online services need to be “safe and effective” for patients.
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Imperial College opens £20m centre to develop dementia-friendly homes
The care research and technology centre joins six national discovery science centres that collectively make up the UK Dementia Research Institute.
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Northern Ambulance Alliances saves £1m using Civica fleet software
The software replaces the existing fleet management systems with a system which is hoped will reduce vehicle costs through more efficient data analysis.
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