UKCloud launches dedicated health division
Fast-growing cloud services specialist UKCloud has launched a new dedicated healthcare division UKCloud Health.
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Emergency services’ may be left unable to share radios for 6 months
The emergency services could be unable to communicate with each other for six months in 2020, a Public Accounts Committee inquiry has warned.
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Imaging and pathology IT restored at Barts Health
Imaging has finally been restored at Barts Health NHS Trust, nine days after a computer failure downed several IT systems.
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Citizens’ juries find patients willing to share data
The multi-million Connected Health Cities’ project’s citizens’ juries find patient data sharing accepting if there is a direct patient benefit.
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Connected Health Cities creates blockchain patient consent model
Connected Health Cities has produced a prototype that uses bitcoin technology to create a patient consent model which gives specific permissions.
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Barts Health has pathology and imaging IT crash
The largest trust in the country has suffered a huge IT failure affecting its pathology and imaging systems, which is now into its sixth day.
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Irish community pharmacies now have access to Healthmail
A secure clinical e-mail system is now being extended to all health care professionals in primary care in Ireland, including community pharmacists.
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West Suffolk invests in infrastructure to become paperless
Daz Ahmed, head of healthcare at Extreme Networks outlines how West Suffolk has invested in infrastructure to enable it to achieve its paperfree and e-Care EPR ambitions.
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Select committee criticises lack of consistent strategy in health IT
The House of Lords Select Committee has published a damning report on the state of NHS health IT, saying there’s a “worrying absence of credible strategy”.
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Seven mental health GDEs will get money for apps and patient records
The seven mental health digital exemplars will share £35 million of funding, NHS England has confirmed, with organisations planning to develop apps, online platforms and to give better access to records.
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