Keith McNeil joins CCIO advisory panel
Scottish health wearable start-up secured £2m
Snap40’s wearable device and app is designed to detect deterioration in patients early and alerts clinicians.
Digital Patient
Google Deepmind recruits government health tech managers
Brexit timescale means NHS should plan for EU data laws
Prime Minister Theresa May’s clarification of the Brexit timetable makes it increasingly likely that the NHS will need to comply with EU data laws that carry a 20 million Euro fine for breaches.
Cyber Security
Camera tech to replace pulse oximeter clip trialled in Fife
A method of detecting blood oxygen levels and pulse that swaps a traditional pulse oximeter clip for camera technology is to be given a six month trial at one of the main hospitals in Fife.
Digital Patient
Wales invests £11 million in NHS devices and security
A multi-million pound government funding package for the NHS Wales’ IT systems and infrastructure has launched by Welsh health secretary, Vaughan Gething.
Cyber Security
Kent and Medway consortium suffers week long RIS failure
A radiology information system that is used by a consortium of trusts in Kent and Medway covering more than two million people failed for over a week.
Clinical Software
‘Is the NHS going to be Ubered?’ – DH digital head
The government is hoping to bring digitally disruptive services in-house through its revamped NHS.uk website.
Digital Patient
Leeds pathology IT crash into third week without resolution
A huge pathology IT crash has dragged into its third week with parts of the system still not fully restored and operational.
Clinical Software
Bolton delays PAS merger plans
Plans to merge two iPM patient administration systems at a northern trust have been delayed amid concerns about how it will interface with other software.
Clinical Software