Additional data from hospitals added to Dorset Care Record
Alerts and encounters from inpatient and outpatient wards, as well as the emergency departments, are now being added to the record.
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NHS England fulfils aim to have 70 apps in library by 70th birthday
The NHS Apps Library has been designed to bring a number of digital tools together in one place, and is currently in a beta testing phase.
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Theranos founder and former COO charged with criminal fraud
Founder Elizabeth Holmes, and its former COO, Ramesh ‘Sunny’ Balwani, are accused of being involved in a multi-million dollar scheme to defraud investors.
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Royal Cornwall Hospitals reports benefits from maternity information system
The system allows an up-to-date and accurate version of a women’s full health record, including scan reports, to be available digitally in one place.
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Barts Health NHS Trust staff WOWed by new workstations
Staff can use one of the 162 Workstation on Wheels (WOWs) to view real-time data in the trust’s electronic health record system.
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Minister says opt-out data requests for 150,000 patients missed
The error occurred between March 2015 and June 2018, in GP practices running TPP’s SystmOne though the problem has ‘now been rectified’.
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Free NHS App to be available to all ‘by December’ following beta tests
Jeremy Hunt promised the app in September 2017 and has hailed it as a ‘world-first’ as it puts patients in the driving seat.
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The CIO interview: Shauna McMahon, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Shauna talks about why she believes the transformation of culture within the NHS will be a significant development in healthcare over the next year.
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Amazon breaks into healthcare market with PillPack acquisition
Sources have claimed the deal is worth around £760 million ($1 billion) with both parties expecting the deal to go through towards the latter half of 2018.
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Mobile health and apps news in brief
Our latest round up features news that demand for mental health apps has increased by more than 500%, amongst other health tech titbits.
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