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Leeds Teaching Hospitals celebrates triple Imprivata go-live

10 September 2018

The trust has launched three products from Imprivata to speed up access to medical devices and digitise the recording of patient vitals.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock inside 10 Downing Street. Credit: 10 Downing Street

Hancock issues stern warning to health IT suppliers

7 September 2018

Speaking at NHS Expo on 6 September, Matt Hancock said the interest of suppliers ‘are too often not aligned with the NHS’ interests’.

Government publishes code of conduct for AI and data-driven healthcare tech

7 September 2018

Health minister Lord O’Shaughnessy told the Health and Care Innovation Expo the code’s principles were intended to create “a safe and trusted environment in which innovation can flourish”.

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National CCIO addresses ‘macho culture’ and lack of IT leadership diversity

6 September 2018

Speaking on the second day of the Health and Care Innovation Expo in Manchester, Dr Simon Eccles said the NHS was ‘working very hard’ to make NHS leadership roles ‘more inviting’ to women and people from non-white backgrounds.

NHS England chief executive hails new era of personalised medicine

6 September 2018

Simon Stevens also said artificial intelligence will play a larger rols in the NHS, singling out DeepMind’s recent research with Moorfields Eye Hospital.