East Midlands radiology consortium experiences major IT issues

A radiology consortium that covers eight trusts in the East Midlands is experiencing serious continuing problems with its IT systems,
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Stronger security focus to be introduced to HIMSS’ digital maturity criteria

The HIMSS model for assessing an organisation’s adoption of electronic patient records is being updated to include a stronger focus
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NHS Digital’s WannaCry response was ā€œlet downā€ by poor comms

NHS Digital’s response to WannaCry was ā€œlet downā€ by poor communications to healthcare organisations about the attack, its security operations
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AI, self-care apps and tech, e-referrals: the vision of the future at Expo

Imagining quite where technology will take healthcare is far from a straightforward task. But when Claire Read visited exhibiters in
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Royal College of Pathologists appointing lead for diagnostic digital pathology

The Royal College of Pathologists is recruiting a clinical lead for diagnostic digital pathology, following its publication of a strategy
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Use AI and simplify data access, saysĀ government-commissioned report

The use of artificial intelligence in UK healthcare should be increased, e-prescribing made mandatory, and researcher access to national datasets
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Hunt says technology will create “patient power decade” in NHS

Jeremy Hunt used his keynote speech at the Health and Care Innnovation Expo to announce a series of new promises
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Swindells urges vendors to take open approach to data

All healthcare IT vendors must commit to an open approach to data collected by their systems, NHS England’s national director
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First results due from NICE assessment of digital therapies

NICE is to set to publish the first results from a new programme assessing how effective digital therapies are in
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TPP making changes to SystmOne to address data protection concerns

TPP has confirmed it is piloting new functionality in its SystmOne electronic patient record, with a view to addressing data
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