Hunt: IT error ‘could have cut short the lives of up to 270 women’
Speaking in the House of Commons on Wednesday, the Health and Social Care Secretary said the affected group of women were not sent invitations before their 71st birthday because of “a computer algorithm failure” that dated back to 2009.
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NHS England orders evaluation of flagship GDE programme
A team from the University of Edinburgh will lead the evaluation which will involve engaging with NHS staff to gather feedback for policy makers and managers.
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CCG praised for use of population health management software
A Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) in Berkshire has won an international award for its use of population health management software to identify people who are risk of hospital admission.
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NHS to be upgraded to Windows 10 as government agree to Microsoft deal
The Department of Health and Social Care has agreed a deal with Microsoft that will enable all NHS organisations to use Windows 10 in a bid to improve defence against future cyber attacks.
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Poll reveals readers think NHS is not doing enough to help gender pay gap
The poll comes after it was revealed that NHS England has the largest difference between male and female pay when compared with two other main NHS bodies.
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Exclusive: GP at Hand to set up first ‘digital doctor hub’ within a month
Babylon’s GP at Hand is to set up the “first UK digital doctor hub” and has plans to roll out in two other cities in the UK by the end of the year, Digital Health News can exclusively reveal.
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Exclusive: GP at Hand partner hits back at cherry picking concerns
Speaking exclusively to Digital Health News, the medical director of Babylon has defended the company’s GP at Hand service against accusations it ‘cherry picks’ patients.
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Plymouth plans to go live with OpenEHR in next six months
The CIO at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust has said the organisation is planning to go live with an open source electronic health record (EHR) “some time between June and October” this year.
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Clinicians begin year-long informatics fellowship at NHS Digital
Four frontline clinicians have started begun a year’s informatics fellowship at NHS Digital to support the design of a new generation of digital tools and services for NHS staff and patients.
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Ambulance trust selects Docman to streamline GP correspondence
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) has selected Docman Connect to help streamline its transfer of electronic clinical correspondence to GPs.
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