Hunt says technology will create “patient power decade” in NHS
Jeremy Hunt used his keynote speech at the Health and Care Innnovation Expo to announce a series of new promises on online access to healthcare information, with a view to ensuring the next 10 years come to be known as the NHS’s “patient power decade”.
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Health and medical app goes live with three major GP suppliers
Evergreen Life app which allows patients to access all their medical information has now integrated with three major GP suppliers.
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First results due from NICE assessment of digital therapies
NICE is to set to publish the first results from a new programme assessing how effective digital therapies are in treating anxiety and depression.
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Hunt to promise every NHS patient app access to records
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt says every patient in England will be able to use an app to access their medical records and book GP appointments by end 2018.
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Online medical service deemed unsafe by CQC
Anytime Doctor, an online medical service provider, has been heavily criticised in an inspection report by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
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Report reveals increased use of connected care technologies in UK
There has been an increase in the use of connected care technologies in UK healthcare in the last 12 months, according to a new report commissioned by Philips.
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Barnsley’s digital letters reduce missed appointments
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust patients take advantage of new digital appointment letter service contributing to a decline in DNA rates.
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Cambridge’s MyChart patient portal has 300+ users
Cambridge’s MyChart, the first and only patient portal in the UK to be directly integrated with an electronic patient record, has over 300 active users
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HIV/AIDS home test kits seized over potential false results
More than 100 Hightop kits, which have not met EU regulations, have been seized as agency warns consumers against using them.
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Norfolk Recovery Partnership trial new non-invasive drug test technology
Norfolk Recovery Partnership trial unique fingerprint-based drug test technology allowing them to detect traces of drugs via sweat.
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