GDE Salford Royal launches own health and care app library
Each app in the Global Digital Exemplar’s (GDE) library has been subjected to seven tests to investigate how good, secure and user-friendly they are.
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University Hospital Southampton expands MyMR to all patients
MyMR gives staff at the trust the opportunity to make information which is held in clinical and admin systems ,available to patients electronically.
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GP direct messaging services raises more than £8m in funding
Chain SMS, created by AccuRx, lets GP practices send texts to patients which can include asking them to book tests and sending follow-up information.
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Telepsychiatry offered to young people in Gwent to reduce waiting times
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board has introduced a programme allowing those with mental health problems to access care through videoconferencing.
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Better shared records vital to prevent asthma deaths, charity warns
Asthma UK is also calling for automatic alerts to be sent to GPs if their patient has been admitted to A&E following an attack.
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Mobile health and apps news in brief
The latest roundup features Push Doctor partnering with Datix to improve their patient safety software and a food app that uses AI to analyse nutrition.
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New AI is four times more accurate at predicting ovarian cancer deaths
The software examines four biological characteristics of tumours – structure, shape, size and genetic makeup – which influence a patient’s survival rate.
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GP at Hand given green light to expand to Birmingham
Digital Health News understands NHS England is now working with Hammersmith and Fulham and Birmingham and Solihull CCGs to agree on a start date after a solution was reached.
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CQC to begin inspecting how triage apps affect care
New guidelines on how to assure inspectors that apps are being used appropriately were published last month, following legal advise.
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Topol hopes his review ‘will repair patient and doctor relationships’
California based cardiologist and digital medicine expert, Eric Topol, told Digital Health News the relationship has been “eroded over the last decade”.
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