Over 60% of NHS trusts surveyed don’t have instant messaging policy
Hospify sent FOI requests to 152 trusts in England earlier this year, asking a number of questions regarding their instant messaging guidelines.
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Worcestershire CCGs go sky-high with cloud-based telephone service
Surgery Connect, which is powered by X-on, allows practice staff to see a patient’s record when they come through on the phone.
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Industry news in brief
Our latest industry round-up features news that IMMJ Systems has been given a place on the UK Government’s G-Cloud 10 Framework.
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Cambridge University Hospitals selects Change Healthcare for PACS
The supplier was chosen by the trust following a procurement process, with the new system due to go live in summer 2018.
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Digital workforce strategy will help bring NHS to ‘the next frontier’
The report, being led by Dr Eric Topol, will look at opportunities where the NHS can invest in technology training for staff.
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Matt Hancock named as health secretary in cabinet reshuffle
The departing Secretary of State, Jeremy Hunt, claimed his successor has a ‘brilliant understanding of the power of technology’.
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Tech transformation could be ‘pipe dream’ if nurses are ignored
Results from a consultation with nurses and midwives on what is needed for nursing to play its part in digital transformation have been published.
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Clinical documentation has ‘come a long way since pen and paper’
A smartphone will become “like a stethoscope” to clinicians in coming years, a chief information officer at a clinical documentation firm has argued.
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Digital redbooks will ensure the NHS “knows where every child is”
Digital Health News spoke to Philip Graham, digital programme lead at Healthier Lancashire and South Cumbria ICS, spoke about the digital rebook project.
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NHS England to ‘engage’ with public on effects of digital-first primary care
Analysis has concluded there are a number of ways in which GP payment may need to be updated in order to make way for technological innovations.
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