Another View: Of cracking the GP IT market
How can innovation flourish in the GP IT market? That is just one of many questions Dr Neil Paul tries to tackle in his latest column for Digital Health.
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Patient Access adds pharmacy services to online booking
The website and app, which allows patients to book GP appointments online, will now include services such as flu vaccinations and stop smoking services.
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Patients Know Best secures partnership with social prescribing company
The partnership will allow HealthUnlocked’s eSocial Prescription capability to be integrated with PKB’s digital platform.
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Capita admits further administrative errors in cervical screening programme
Some 16 women had missed their screening invites due to an admin error – but the British Medical Association believes the number could be in the thousands.
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NHS commissions mental health support app for Londoners
Mental wellbeing service Good Thinking has partnered with My Possible Self to provide Londoners with free tools for tackling stress, anxiety and depression.
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Hear My Record links medical record to Alexa at Hack Day
The team wanted to build on electronic medical records by making them easier to access through Alexa, including test results and booking appointments.
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NHSX CDO tries to quell alarm bells over Alexa partnership
Tara Donnelly confirmed that no patient will be shared with Amazon following an initiative to make healthcare data accessible via Amazon Alexa.
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Prescription ordering app Echo snapped up by McKesson UK
NHS prescription reminder and tracking app Echo has been acquired by the owner of LloydsPharmacy.
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ORCHA partners with mental health charity to protect young people
ORCHA has provided mental health charity Papyrus with a microsite to allow young people to manage their own mental health through clinically approved apps.
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Newham CCG rolls out video consultations across 20 GP practices
Patients in the north-east London borough will be able to book video consultations with a GP via the Patient Access application and eventually the NHS app.
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