Industry news in brief
Our first industry round up of 2019 features news that a report has suggested innovation and technology can help alleviate pressures facing the NHS.
News
UK Caldicott Guardian Council to support Rewired cyber conference
The UKCGC will bring ideas and perspectives from those leading information governance best practice in the NHS to help develop the Rewired programme.
News
NHS Digital chief information security officer Robert Coles resigns
The former GlaxoSmithKline security chief was appointed as chief information security officer in September 2018 and started on 1 October.
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Rewired Pitchfest launched for digital health start-ups
Applications are now open, with 16 places available for the founders of start-ups and young businesses working to transform healthcare.
News
NHS Long Term Plan: Reaction from healthcare IT leaders
Figures such as Sarah Wilkinson and Simon Eccles as well as companies such as Babylon have offered their reaction to the plan.
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Wider roll-out of eRedbook to form part of neonatal redesign plans
Digitising the paper red book is part of a number of measures announced by the Department of Health and Social Care’s plans.
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Digitally enabled care to go ‘mainstream’ in the next decade, Long Term Plan promises
Targets include every patient being able to access digital first primary care by 2023/24 and all secondary care providers being fully digitalised by 2024.
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NHS Long Term Plan to include major focus on technology
Due to be published later today, the NHS Long Term Plan, aims to save almost half a million more lives by tackling major killer conditions.
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Basildon and Thurrock goes live with Medway ED software
Nurses and clinicians at at the trust use the system to collect clinical data throughout a patient’s journey through A&E.
Clinical Software
Cancer Research UK clinical trial to test detection technology
The trial will look into whether Owlstone Medical’s breath test technology can help pick up signs of cancer at an earlier stage.
Clinical Software