GP video consultation to be rolled out next year
GPs across Greater London and surrounding counties will be provided with access to video consultations software, with hopes it will jump start the historically slow uptake of the technology.
Digital Patient
University College London Hospitals set for Epic adventure
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has picked Epic as the preferred supplier of a new electronic patient record.
Clinical Software
IG Toolkit to be scrapped as part of security reboot – Shaw
The information governance toolkit is likely to be “scrapped” as part of a packet of funding to improve cyber security in the NHS, Rob Shaw, NHS Digital’s chief operating officer, has told EHI LIve in Birmingham.
Cyber Security
CDMI trends show funds will be needed to hit paperless 2020
Achieving a fully digital NHS will not be achieved before 2020 without significant additional funding, Digital Health Intelligence analysis of key Clinical Digital Maturity Index trends has shown.
Clinical Software
Salisbury goes live with Lorenzo
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust went live with the Lorenzo electronic patient record over the weekend.
Clinical Software
NHSmail 2 migration triggers spike in help desk calls
Calls to the new NHSmail helpdesk have more than trebled in the past six months, as NHS Digital has migrated more than million accounts to the new system.
Infrastructure
Cambridge University Hospitals tenders £140m IT contract
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has invited bids for £140 million IT infrastructure service contract, just three years after signing a similar sized contract with Hewlett Packard.
Infrastructure
End-of-life shared systems face ‘immense challenges’ – paper
Attempts to set-up end-of-life electronic care systems are falling short, with many failing to reach the dying patients that need them, a new paper says.
Interoperability
Funds and assessment needed for digital health start-ups
NHS app assessments should be extended to all digital health products, a review into accelerating innovation has argued.
News
STPs released with big digital price tag
Two STP footprints have been released and both are asking for serious cash from government for digital transformation projects.
News