NHS commissions mental health support app for Londoners
Mental wellbeing service Good Thinking has partnered with My Possible Self to provide Londoners with free tools for tackling stress, anxiety and depression.
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NHS data worth £9.6bn per year, says Ernst & Young
Data held by the NHS could be worth nearly £10bn a year through operational savings, improved patient outcomes and benefits to the UK economy.
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NHSX to oversee data-sharing agreements under new DHSC guidance
NHSX will be responsible for overseeing data-sharing agreements with industry partners under new guidance from the Department of Health and Social Care.
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Outgoing NHS England CIO reflects on three-year national role
Will Smart struck a sanguine tone at the Digital Health Summer Schools as he reflected on his past three years as NHS England’s chief information officer.
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Digital Health Awards 2019: Winners revealed
The awards, now in their second year, aim to recognise and celebrate the achievements of the leaders making the biggest contributions to UK healthcare IT.
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IT leaders pull up their pink socks for Summer Schools day one
The Digital Health Summer Schools 2019 has kicked off with international keynotes from Nick Adkins, John Halamka and Margunn Aenestad.
News
NHSX CDO tries to quell alarm bells over Alexa partnership
Tara Donnelly confirmed that no patient will be shared with Amazon following an initiative to make healthcare data accessible via Amazon Alexa.
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Public Accounts Committee accuses ESN vendors of creating ‘perverse incentives’
The Public Accounts Committee continues to ladle out criticism of an ongoing project to update communications systems for emergency services.
Infrastructure
Prescription ordering app Echo snapped up by McKesson UK
NHS prescription reminder and tracking app Echo has been acquired by the owner of LloydsPharmacy.
Digital Patient
NHSmail registers 11 million blocked attacks in three years
According to the information released by NHS Digital, the NHSmail system blocked a total of 11.35m email attacks between since 2016.
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