NHS Digital enters five-year partnership with GS1 UK
The partnership between the organisation and GS1 UK, will start with patient wristbands and extend to location management.
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Suggestion NHSX will be funded by NHS Digital restructure is withdrawn
NHSX launched in shadow form in early April, along with a new website outlining what the organisation is and what it will do.
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Digital service which gives access to child health information is launched
NHS Digital and NHS England have worked with IT suppliers to create the National Events Management Service to allow access to child health information.
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Blackpool clinical staff benefit from GP data access
Pharmacists, doctors and nurses now have real-time access to 300,000 patient records from 40 GP practices via the Medical Interoperability Gateway (MIG).
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Health and care professionals invited to help define joined-up care info
The Professional Record Standards Body is running the survey to help determine what core information needs to be shared in local health and care records.
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Best and brightest to be recognised at the second Digital Health Awards
The awards, which form part of the Digital Health Summer Schools, are the only awards judged and voted by the 3,000 plus members of Digital Health Networks.
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Poole Hospital launches virtual fracture clinic to improve patient experience
The clinic also aims to reduce waiting times by ensuring only those who need an appointment are given one in a timely manner.
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Royal College of Physicians recruiting for digital healthcare lead
The professional body is looking for iindividual who has experience of implementing new technologies or evaluating digital healthcare solutions.
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Movers and shakers news round-up
April’s movers and shakers round-up features Darren Mckenna being appointed as the new chair of NHS Providers’ informatics network.
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Amazon Alexa now compliant with US healthcare data privacy rules
As part of the news, Amazon also announced number of partnerships which include enabling patients to reorder prescriptions and get updates from hospitals.
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