Mobile health and app news in brief
This month’s round-up of mobile and app news includes the introduction of free wi-fi at Leeds Teaching Hospitals and a mobile e-referral solution for therapists at Nottingham Hospitals.
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This month’s round-up of mobile and app news includes the introduction of free wi-fi at Leeds Teaching Hospitals and a mobile e-referral solution for therapists at Nottingham Hospitals.
A £45 million national programme will be introduced for GPs to increase uptake of online consultations with patients.
Clinical commissioning groups are getting an 18% increase in GP IT funding and must provide all practices with technology allowing remote access to patient records within this financial year, a new report has said.
Dame Fiona Caldicott’s most recent review of data sharing will not be published until after the referendum on membership of the European Union, it has been revealed.
The National Information Board was given an update on the timetable to deliver health secretary Jeremy Hunt’s promise of free wi-fi across the NHS at its latest meeting, which also covered information governance and professionalism.
The Health and Social Care information Centre is being renamed NHS Digital and will have a new chair, Noel Gordon.
Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has become Agfa’s first UK customer for the Orbis clinical information system.
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Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust has become one of only seven NHS organisations in the