NHS forensic computing unit helps convict fraudsters
NHS Protect’s Forensic Computing Unit (FCU) joined forces with Lincolnshire Police to convict 10 fraudsters who conned NHS trusts out of millions of pounds.
Infrastructure
Acute trusts can now draw down GDE funds, almost
NHS England’s Paul Rice said that the long-awaited for acute £100 million GDE funds can now be drawn down by the 16 trusts.
Infrastructure
Digital GP service found to be neither safe or effective by CQC
A private online video GP consultation service has been found to be delivering unsafe care in a damning report by the Care Quality Commission.
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NHS digitisation means mail blunder “unlikely” to occur again, Hunt tells Commons
The shift to electronic systems will mean the blunder of 709,000 medical correspondence items not delivered is “unlikely” to occur again, according to Hunt.
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1,700 cases of potential harm from undelivered medical mail
At least 1,700 cases of potential patient harm have been identified after a huge medical correspondence storage blunder, according to a new report by the NAO.
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Diabetics in Wales get Patients Know Best record
From June, all young people in Wales with diabetes will be able to control who sees their Patients Know Best (PKB) medical record.
Digital Patient
Now Healthcare Group lands multi-million investment
The company behind Dr Now and Now GP, Now Healthcare Group, has landed a multi-million pound investment to develop its artificial intelligence (AI) side.
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Mobile and app news in brief
June’s mobile and app covers Emis Health’s new tool to predict bowel cancer survival rates, an app to connect disease sufferers and drones.
Digital Patient
NHS Digital releases cervical screening data tool
NHS Digital has created an online interactive tool for cervical screening data in the hope of halting the fall in the number of women attending screenings.
AI and Analytics
Google’s DeepMind will deploy Streams at Taunton and Somerset
Google’s AI arm, DeepMind Health, will deploy its clinical alerting app, Streams, at Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust.
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