Babylon Health to power NHS 111 with ‘AI triage’ bot
An a chatbot app will field less serious health complaints from 1.2 million NHS patients in North Central London as part of a NHS 111 pilot.
Digital Patient
UCLH outsources ICT to Atos in deal worth at least £150m
The big London NHS trust makes another big IT investment, hinting at ambitions to become an “exemplar”.
Infrastructure
Exclusive: Health data breaches on the rise
Since April 2015, UK health providers have reported more than 1300 “data security incidents”, including hundreds of cyber-attacks.
Cyber Security
Interoperability big priority for 2017
We asked 20 UK digital health leaders for their predictions for 2017. One word came through louder than any other.
News
The big go-lives of 2016
With the National Programme for IT finally coming to close, and new funding scarce, there were fewer system deployments in the NHS in 2016. But in those trusts that did go-live, new systems have mostly avoided the chaos that accompanied many deployments
News
East Kent delays Allscripts PAS deployment
The southern trust has delayed implementation of its patient administration system, amid concerns about disruption to care.
Clinical Software
Billion-pound framework released for Health IT
A billion-pound framework aimed at improving health IT has gone live, with a score of trusts lining up to procure new kit.
News
1970s printers replaced with e-prescribing in Ireland
More than 30 years ago, Matrix printers were introduced into the Irish healthcare system. Now, finally, they are being replaced
Infrastructure
IT contributing to ‘missed opportunities’ on NHS deaths
Preventable deaths are going unrecorded in the NHS, and disjointed IT systems are partly to blame, according to a Care Quality Commission report.
Interoperability
Eight-day IT failure at Great Ormond critical care units
The “unexpected total system failure” has sparked a review of the London hospital’s IT infrastructure.
Clinical Software