Technology ‘part of the jigsaw’ to bolster GP numbers, Royal College says
Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard, chair of the Royal College of GPs, said recent financial commitments for technology would help keep the NHS “sustainable”.
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Four medical students share in new digital health technology bursary
The bursary is a joint initiative between BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT and DRIVE, Great Ormond Street Hospital’s new health technology unit.
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Hammersmith MP calls for government inquiry into GP at Hand
In his letter Andy Slaughter says he has a number of “serious concerns” about the app which was launched on the NHS in 2017.
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Digital health hub to be scaled up across England after successful pilot
After its successful pilot in Nailsea, Somerset, it’s to be expanded in North West London, the Wirral, Blackburn, Middlesbrough and Stafford.
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Digital Health Rewired Pitchfest 2019 finalist profile: Dr Julian
In the first of our Digital Health Rewired Pitchfest finalist profiles, we speak to Dr Julian Nesbitt whose Dr Julian app aims to give speedier access to mental health support.
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Boosted accelerator programme will fast-track digital services in NHS
The Accelerated Access Collaborative (AAC) has been expanded to push technologies through the clinical development and regulatory approval process.
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NICE launches online portal to help support health technologies
HealthTech Connect aims to help technology companies understand how to break into the UK health market and support their development.
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Vendors have ‘obligation’ to be transparent about data use, charity warns
There is often confusion about who is responsible for ensuring users’ know what is happening to their data, Patient Safety Learning’s digital officer said.
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E-consent company founded by Welsh surgeon receives £350k funding
Concentric provides a paper-free consent process and still ensures patients facing surgery can still make shared decisions with their clinicians.
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‘Biggest obstacle’ in digitising healthcare is privacy, Wachter warns
Digitising healthcare was “essential” but it will be “incredibly hard” to take advantage of the digital revolution if data can’t be shared, he said.
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