Yorkshire and Humber commits to more integrated care
The Yorkshire and Humber Local Health and Care Record Exemplar (LHCRE) group has announced that it plans to deliver a “cohort of the willing” regardless of the outcome of its LHCRE bid.
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Bids for Local Health and Care Record Exemplar status due tomorrow
Regional health and care collaborative communities in England have until tomorrow (26 April) to submit their bids for LHCRE status.
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Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust to drop Lorenzo in 2020
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust will end its contract with DXC Technology in 2020 after signing up System C as its new EPR supplier.
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BenevolentAI receives $115m cash injection to identify new drug treatments
British artificial intelligence firm BenevolentAI has raised $115 million in new funding, which will be used to expand the platform’s capabilities in finding new drug treatments.
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Salford CCG to trial Hitachi diabetes solution under NHS programme
Salford Clinical Commissioning Group will pilot a diabetes prevention solution designed by Hitachi Consulting in conjunction with Salford Royal Foundation NHS Trust, as part of an NHS programme to tackle the disease.
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The CIO interview: Cindy Fedell, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
As part of its regular CIO profile series, Digital Health sits down with Cindy Fedell, chief information officer at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
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Children’s commissioner calls for urgent roll-out of CP-IS in healthcare
The children’s commissioner for England has urged all NHS organisations in the country to adopt the Child Protection Information Sharing project (CP-IS), as it was revealed that just over half of NHS sites have implemented it.
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Servelec snags mental health EPR contract in Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is rolling out a new electronic patient record system for mental health services, supplied by Servelec HSC.
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PAC criticises NHS’s lack of action on WannaCry measures
The NHS has been criticised by MPs not taking enough action to improve cyber security measures following 2017’s WannaCry incident.
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NHS asked to outline data sharing plans for AI by end of 2018
A House of Lords select committee has called on NHS England to urgently develop a consistent and rigorous approach to data sharing agreements, so as to put the NHS in a position to tap the value of AI initiatives in healthcare.
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