CQC cracks down on potentially unsafe online pharmacies
The CQC has cracked down on potentially unsafe online prescribers that fail to carry out adequate identity checks or to review a patient’s medical history.
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Another view: are local data repositories set to become data dumps?
Digital Health’s GP columnist Dr Neil Paul is worried about the proliferation of local shared record schemes, creating multiple data ponds and boundary problems, he argues patients would be better served by a national summary care record that put them in control.
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eRedbook to be introduced across London
From April, parents of the 136,000 babies born across London each year will be able to access an eRedbook to manage their children’s health online.
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Mobile and app news in brief
There are millions of both pounds and euros given to fund digital technology products, alongside a novel way to allow carers to book beds for patients.
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Project launched to create artificial intelligence virtual GP
A research partnership has been given £250,000 to create a GP avatar that can help with minor ailments and alleviate pressures on GP practices.
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Million pound diabetes app rolled out to CCGs
A Type 2 diabetes app called Changing Health, that has received nearly £1 million in funding over three years, will be rolled out in CCGs across England.
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Salford CCG picks health tech innovations in Dragon’s Den pitch
Health tech companies and start-ups pitched to Salford CCG in a Dragon Den’s style contest to win funding and a pilot for their products.
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Babylon Health app will be among first on NHS “digital tool” library
Five apps will help launch NHS’s new digital tool library, including the private video consultation on-demand service Babylon Health.
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Barts Health partners with Cera to prevent bed blocking
The largest trust in the country, Barts Health, has partnered with Cera to prevent bed blocking and get patients home quicker.
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Digital offers path to encouraging patients to ‘choose life’
The return of Trainspotting to our screens means the slogan of Generation X, ‘Choose Life’, is once again on the lips of the nation. Ian Pocock, director of health at Transform, says we need to take note if we are to save the health service.
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