CCIO and CIO Network leaders reflect on 2018
As the year draws to a close the leaders of the CCIO and CIO networks share their take on the key developments of the year.
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Digital Health Networks 2018 in review
Digital Health Intelligence CEO, Jon Hoeksma, reflects back on the last 12 months of the Networks and looks ahead to what lies in store for 2019.
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NW London Care Information Exchange begins mass recruitment
Imperial begins recruiting patients at scale for open shared portal that puts individuals in control of deciding who can see their medical records.
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NHSmail ‘internal software issue’ causes NHS-wide outage over weekend
NHS staff were frozen out of the accounts and prompted for their password, with many of them locked out after making multiple login attempts.
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Vitality’s Apple Watch initiative leads to sustained physical activity increase
A study of the impact of behavioural tech found Vitality’s Active Rewards programme has resulted in a sustained 34% increase in people’s physical activity.
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GDE hyperbole risks hobbling NHS IT plans
It’s two years since the GDE programme was launched. But Jon Hoeksma argues its overblown language conceals a relatively small investment.
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Last call on applications for second year of NHS Digital Academy
Dr Harpreet Sood, NHS England’s Associate CCIO, has said the 100 places available were “open to CCIOs, CIOs and aspirant digital leaders”.
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Hancock’s new tech vision at odds with GDE playbook
Matt Hancock has published a tech strategy founded on open standards, innovation and encouraging local choice with a move away from reliance on mega-suites. But it’s going to be tough to square this with the current centrally-directed global digital exemplar programme, argues Digital Health editor Jon Hoeksma.
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System C commits to ‘full FHIR support’ to drive interoperability
The comprehensive commitment can be seen as the most significant interoperability move yet by a major supplier operating in the UK health and care market.
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Babylon pledges to hire 1000 scientists and docs
Ali Parsa, CEO of digital health start-up Babylon Health, has pledged to spend $100m to develop the ‘world’s leading’ healthcare AI platform.
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