Liverpool technology hub awarded £3.5m to explore 5G in healthcare
A Liverpool-based innovation centre has been awarded a £3.5 million grant to explore the opportunities afforded by 5G technology in health and social care.
Infrastructure 4
NHS boards to link up health and social care data in Scotland
From early 2019, NHS Highland, NHS Grampian, NHS Orkney and NHS Shetland will be able to share information across primary, secondary and social care systems .
Shared Records
NHS adopts mpMRI scanning tech to slash prostate cancer diagnosis times
The NHS has adopted new scanning technology which it claims can slash diagnosis times for prostate cancer, while also reducing the risk of sepsis.
Clinical Software
The CCIO interview: Ayesha Rahim, Lancashire Care NHS FT
This week we’re talking to Ayesha Rahim, CCIO of Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust, who tells us why the NHS needs to ‘skill-up’ its leaders if it hopes to achieve true digital transformation.
CCIO Network
Emis and Elemental to link up GPs to social prescribing data
Emis Health has partnered with Elemental Software in an effort to connect primary care to social prescribing data, with the aim of relieving pressure on GP surgeries and encouraging patients to take better control of their own health.
Clinical Software
Leicester trust gets blood gas results at POC with new system implementation
University of Leicester Hospitals NHS Trust has implemented a new data management system in its emergency department that allows clinicians to view blood gas test results within the electronic patient record.
News
Microsoft to drive ‘intelligent health’ with new AI, cloud computing projects
Ahead of HiMSS18, Microsoft has announced a slew of projects aimed at helping global healthcare providers harness the power of artificial intelligence and the cloud.
AI and Analytics
Cyber security news round-up
This month’s cyber security round-up takes a look at a number of cyber stories from outside the healthcare realm, including word that the US might be looking to replicate the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre and a new smartphone that lauds itself as being spy-proof.
Cyber Security
Apple to launch independent healthcare clinics for employees this Spring
Apple will open independent healthcare clinics for its US employees in Spring, in a move that echoes a recent business announcement by Amazon.
News 4
UK councils ‘hit by 37 cyber-attacks per minute’
An FOI request sent by a privacy rights group to every council in the UK found that just over half of data breaches are going unreported by staff.
Cyber Security 1