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The chief executive of NHS England has put his support behind wearable technology, and said he wants to make sure that trusts are financially rewarded for using it.
In response to the Wachter review of NHS IT, health secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced there will be two waves of ‘global’ and ‘national’ digital exemplars, forming an ‘Ivy league’ with the side effect of excluding half of trusts from pre-2020 funding.
Dr Robert Wachter has said the âunrealisticâ paperless 2020 goal should be discarded in his long-awaiting review into the digital future of the NHS, which also calls for more national funding for IT, and a further push on clinical engagement.
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt unveiled plans to âfast track digital excellenceâ today, including a further round of digital excellence centres and âinstant accessâ to a personal online health record.
EXCLUSIVE: Frantic behind the scenes lobbying is underway to persuade NHS England to pick a wide range of digital exemplar sites, ahead of the announcement of the ‘centres of digital excellence’ at tomorrow’s NHS Innovation Expo.
NHS Digital has accidentally published a whole lot of targets for digital transformation, from patient consent opt-outs to de-identification services.
A review of local digital roadmaps shows many NHS organisations are prioritising core IT systems for acute trusts, many of which come with a big price tag.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) has begun rolling out a digital triage system across
Four companies developing solutions to improve health and social care have won the Isle of
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust has gone live with an interoperable digital
Today’s briefing features quantum simulation for drug discovery tech and new digital healthcare infrastructure in
HSSIB has warned that gaps in information sharing between the NHS and independent prescribing services
