28 April 2016

HSCIC actions 1.2m patient opt-outs

More than 1.2 million people will have their objection to having their identifiable health data shared for purposes other than
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27 April 2016

Hillingdon Hospitals develops care record app

The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has developed a Hillingdon Care Record mobile app for phones and tablets that is
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26 April 2016

NHS Alpha is moving to beta

The NHS Alpha project is moving into ā€˜betaā€™ phase this month and plans to have moved a significant portion of
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26 April 2016

NHS Alpha: the team creating a new NHS.uk

Digital Healthā€™s news editor Rebecca McBeth visits the NHS Alpha team charged with building a digital front-end to the NHS,
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app round up
22 April 2016

Mobile health and app news in brief

This month's round-up of mobile and app news includes the introduction of free wi-fi at Leeds Teaching Hospitals and a
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21 April 2016

GP e-consultations get Ā£45m fund

A Ā£45 million national programme will be introduced for GPs to increase uptake of online consultations with patients.
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21 April 2016

GP IT funding increased by 18 per cent

Clinical commissioning groups are getting an 18% increase in GP IT funding and must provide all practices with technology allowing
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18 April 2016

Southern trusts to get Ā£50m central funds before March 2019

More than Ā£50 million in central government money is yet to be paid to southern NHS trusts to deploy new
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14 April 2016

Scotland links Orion clinical portals

West of Scotlandā€™s health boards plan to share information by connecting their Orion clinical portals, creating a regional view of
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13 April 2016

London surgery broadcast via virtual reality tech

An operation performed tomorrow (14 April) at a London hospital on a patient with colon cancer will be the first
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