Cambridge put in special measures
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been put into special measures by Monitor, which says the trust’s e-hospital programme has caused “significant cost increases”, while benefits have not been realised.
Clinical Software
Care.data delayed by two years
Final approval for the ‘pathfinder’ stage of the controversial care.data programme to go ahead will not be given until early next year.
AI and Analytics
Ripple provides integration support
Infusion pump tool wins NHS Hack Day
Prototype built over two days at Manchester event uses QR codes to programme infusion rates of medicines
Clinical Software
App Round-up
Digital Health reporter Thomas Meek rounds-up what’s been happening in the world of apps, wearables and other mobile health technology.
Digital Patient
Kelsey to leave NHS England
Tim Kelsey will step down as NHS England’s national director for patients and information in December to take on a new job in Australia.
Digital Patient
CCGs ‘must consult’ on digital roadmaps
Clinical commissioning groups must work closely with all local health providers to develop and deliver local digital roadmaps, NHS Providers and trust IT experts have argued.
News
Leeds leads the way on shared records
The Leeds Care Record is live in all but one of the region’s GP practices, as well as in acute, mental health and community providers.
News
National PACS exit on track
Trusts that still need to exit national digital imaging contracts are on track to do so by June 2016, according to the Health and Social Care Information Centre.
Clinical Software
Cambridge chief exec resigns
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s chief executive has resigned amidst a growing financial deficit and “significant performance and quality concerns” relating to the trust’s e-hospital programme.
Clinical Software