News Archives

News

National data opt-out programme comes into force

25 May 2018

The national data opt-out programme has been launched, with a view to allowing people to choose how their health data is used for research and planning.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals demands a little ReSPECT for patients

25 May 2018

The Recommended Summary Plan for Emergency Care and Treatment (ReSPECT) is an emergency care plan for recording recommendations arising from discussion between clinician and patient, or those close to the patient.

Research suggests asthma sufferers would share data

25 May 2018

The ‘Data Sharing and Technology: Exploring the attitudes of people with asthma’ report, which was put together by Asthma UK revealed that of the 3000 people who took part in the survey, 83% felt comfortable to share their information for research purposes.

Cyber security news round-up

25 May 2018

The latest Digital Health cyber security round-up examines research warning that airports are ill-equipped to deal with attacks from cyber space, and a report that suggest businesses that operate bring your own device policies are more likely to suffer security breaches.

A clinician looks at a mobile device on the ward

Barnsley Hospital signs up IMMJ’s e-doc management system

24 May 2018

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust will implement IMMJ’S electronic document management system (EDMS) as part of a “major” transformation project that has also seen the trust sign with a new electronic patient record supplier.

Medopad among companies benefiting from government trade support

24 May 2018

In May, the London-based company signed two new deals with healthcare organisations in Singapore and Bahamas, creating 100 jobs across Britain.

Exterior image of Royal Liverpool University Hospital

Royal Liverpool taps Deontics AI smarts for heart attack treatment support

24 May 2018

Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust is to implement a cognitive computing-based decision support solution system to help improve the treatment of patients who have suffered a heart attack.