Derbyshire County Council partners with ORCHA to embed health apps
The programme of work will provide citizens with access to a wide range of quality-checked health apps to help them manage their health and wellbeing.
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Boots and Cegedim announced 5-year partnership for pharmacy IT
The contract will see the company continue to provide clinical decision support data and NHS spine connectivity to support Boots own pharmacy system.
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Queen’s speech: Government to ‘lay foundations’ for more integrated care
The government will “lay the foundations” for a more integrated health and care system, the Queen said in her speech to parliament today. Reiterating plans to embed Integrated Care Systems in law – leaked earlier this year – Her Majesty introduced the Health and Care Bill, which also aims to reduce bureaucratic processes in the […]
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Sheffield Teaching Hospitals abandons £400m EPR tender
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals issued the tender in August 2020 but stopped the procurement due to concerns it would not “deliver a competitive result”.
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NHS England to ‘substantially’ widen digital staff passport programme
A prior information notice revealed NHS England and Improvement are looking to expand the digital staff passport programme “as soon as practicable”.
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Electronic repeat dispensing code saves GPs more than 90,000 hours
When the pandemic hit more GPs were relying on electronic repeat dispensing services to provide patients with up to 12 months of their medication.
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Imprivata and Isosec deal called off amid concern it ‘could stifle innovation’
The Competition and Markets Authority found that Imprivata and Isosec are “important rivals” the takeover could remove competition in the market.
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Government ‘must explain how Covid-19 passports will be used’
Professor Eerke Boiten, a professor in cyber security, told Digital Health News that “too little” is known about how Covid-19 passports will be used.
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Patient Access launches Covid-19 passport feature
Users of Patient Access who have requested their medical record from their GP can now find a Covid-19 vaccination status on their homepage when they log in.
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