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Better shared records vital to prevent asthma deaths, charity warns

22 February 2019

Asthma UK is also calling for automatic alerts to be sent to GPs if their patient has been admitted to A&E following an attack.

Mobile health and apps news in brief

22 February 2019

The latest roundup features Push Doctor partnering with Datix to improve their patient safety software and a food app that uses AI to analyse nutrition.

POLL: Will NHSX improve digital transformation in the NHS?

21 February 2019

Overseeing digital transformation, the organisation brings together the Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England and NHS Improvement.

New AI is four times more accurate at predicting ovarian cancer deaths

21 February 2019

The software examines four biological characteristics of tumours – structure, shape, size and genetic makeup – which influence a patient’s survival rate.

GP at Hand given green light to expand to Birmingham

20 February 2019

Digital Health News understands NHS England is now working with Hammersmith and Fulham and Birmingham and Solihull CCGs to agree on a start date after a solution was reached.

Line ‘needs to be drawn’ to establish accountability in healthcare AI, report warns

20 February 2019

Clinicians may find themselves incorrectly trusting decisions made by AI more than they trust their own, The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges report found.