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12 February 2016

This week’s industry round-up includes a number of contract announcements from Hitachi, ANS and 6PM.

33,000 patients go with the Flo

12 February 2016

A telehealth text messaging system developed in Stoke has been adopted by more than 70 health and social care services across the UK.

SCR in outpatients and police rooms

11 February 2016

Access to NHS Summary Care Records is being extended to scheduled care settings and dedicated medical rooms in police stations.

E-discharge uptake revealed by DMI

10 February 2016

EXCLUSIVE: Around two thirds of NHS trusts are sharing discharge summaries electronically with GPs and one fifth are prescribing electronically, early findings from digital maturity self-assessments show.

DigitalHealth.London to work with SMEs

10 February 2016

A programme launched in London today aims to bring together clinicians with healthcare providers, entrepreneurs and industry to speed up the the adoption and commercialisation of digital health technologies.

Details of £1.8b tech funding revealed

9 February 2016

NHS organisations will have access to £1 billion in capital funding and £400 million in revenue to help them become paperless over the next five years.