Meet the CCIO Advisory Panel: Fiona McDonald
Fiona McDonald, who was recently elected to the CCIO Advisory Panel, talks about the challenges of working in a man’s world and a number of other topics.
CCIO Network
Microsoft adds to health team with chief medical officer
David Rhew, who had the same position at Samsung, joins a growing health team at Microsoft which includes Google Cloud’s former health lead, Greg Moore.
CCIO Network
Applications for cohort three of NHS Digital Academy now open
The Academy was set up in response to Professor Robert Wachter’s 2016 Making IT Work report, which said the NHS lacked sufficiently-trained leaders.
News
Innovators encouraged to join CQC ‘regulatory sandbox’
It is hoped the sandbox will be a space where providers can work with CQC to look at how new ways of working fit with regulation.
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Tech companies renew pledge to support interoperability in health
The likes of Google, Amazon and IBM have all said that “too often” patient data is “inconsistently formatted, incomplete, unavailable, or missing”.
Interoperability
Two Isle of Wight GP practices roll out skin diagnosis app
The practices have both introduced the Dermicus app, which was created by Swedish company, Gnosco which recently teamed up with an AHSN in Wessex.
Clinical Software
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals go live with DrDoctor
The text messaging service went live in ophthalmology gastroenterology and respiratory services within the trust on 1 August.
Digital Patient
List of accredited EPR suppliers published by NHSE and NHSX
Eight companies have been placed on the framework after they met a wide range of key criteria including ability to integrate with other IT systems.
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Liva Healthcare partners up with Care City UK for NHS Test Beds
The partnership will see digital health platform, Liva Healthcare, working with GP practices to deliver a nine-month programme to patients.
Digital Patient
Another View: Of cracking the GP IT market
How can innovation flourish in the GP IT market? That is just one of many questions Dr Neil Paul tries to tackle in his latest column for Digital Health.
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