Baroness Tessa Jowell to hand over medical data to global database
Baroness Tessa Jowell is to be the first cancer patient to hand over her medical data to a global database which aims to discover the next generation of cures for rare cancers.
AI and Analytics
Two GDE trusts go live with link-up of electronic patient records
Digital Health News spoke to Dermot O’Riordan, CCIO at West Suffolk Hospital and Afzal Chaudhry, CCIO at Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) about the project which allows clinicians to access patient data that is held within the other trust’s EPR system.
Clinical Software
Greater Manchester partnership launches health data website
A partnership which includes a council and a NHS trust in Greater Manchester has launched a new website designed to bring together health and care data.
Digital Patient
Search engines ‘more likely to provoke anxiety in expectant mothers’
New research has suggested search engines are more than likely to provoke anxiety during pregnancy than other sources of information.
Digital Patient
Industry news in brief
April’s industry news in brief features YouGov research which suggests UK adults are open to using new health technology. We also feature the news that Mictrotest has officially signed a contract with NHS Wales Informatics Service to be one of two suppliers for GP clinical IT systems in the country.
News
NHS Digital Academy kicks off to train next generation of health IT leaders
The NHS Digital Academy kicked off this week at the Royal Society in London with attendees taking to Twitter to share their excitement.
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NHS workers selected for 2018 NHS Digital Pioneer Fellowship
A group of more than 20 NHS workers are to take part in a new scheme that will involve using digital innovation to design and lead transformation projects.
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Intouch with Health and DrDoctor partner for digital outpatient solution
Intouch with Health and DrDoctor have partnered up to deliver a completely digital outpatient management solution to support hospital staff in the drive towards a paperless NHS.
Digital Patient 1
Patients at The Royal London Hospital benefit from robot assisted surgery
One hundred patients at The Royal London Hospital have befitted from robot assisted surgery since the technology was introduced in 2017.
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