Care homes need better digital information sharing
A Professional Record Standards Body (PRSB) survey reveals care homes need better digital information sharing following hospital discharge.
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Digital GP service found to be neither safe or effective by CQC
A private online video GP consultation service has been found to be delivering unsafe care in a damning report by the Care Quality Commission.
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Mersey Care advancing suicide prevention app
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust is advancing in its plans to develop an app which anticipates and responds to suicide risk, its chief executive has said.
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Diabetics in Wales get Patients Know Best record
From June, all young people in Wales with diabetes will be able to control who sees their Patients Know Best (PKB) medical record.
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Now Healthcare Group lands multi-million investment
The company behind Dr Now and Now GP, Now Healthcare Group, has landed a multi-million pound investment to develop its artificial intelligence (AI) side.
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Mobile and app news in brief
June’s mobile and app covers Emis Health’s new tool to predict bowel cancer survival rates, an app to connect disease sufferers and drones.
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London trust researching clinical use of holograms
University College London Hospitals NHS Trust is using Microsoft’s HoloLens to explore how holograms might be used in clinical care.
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Pharmacists told not to rely on EPS to label items correctly – report
Pharmacists in the UK have been told by the NPA not to reply on electronic prescription service (EPS) prescriptions to label systems correctly.
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Voice detection system used to aid diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease
A telephone voice and speech analysis system conceived to assist clinicians monitor, screen and treat patients by detecting changes through their voice.
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“Life’s so much easier” with new self-care app for warfarin therapy patients
LumiraDx group has launched ‘engage’ app which delivers seamlessly automated self-care for patients on warfarin therapy (decreases blood’s tendency to clot)
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