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Mobile and app news in brief

24 March 2016

This month’s round-up of mobile and app news includes an announcement from Apple that it is expanding its health initiatives with a new tool called CareKit, due to launch in April.

Andy Kinnear new head of BCS Health

23 March 2016

The high-profile leader of Bristol’s Connecting Care shared records programme, is to become the new head of the British Computer Society’s Health Group.

North Tees delays phase 2 of TrakCare EPR

23 March 2016

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust has delayed phase two of its TrakCare electronic patient record programme as it deals with data recording and reporting issues and staff get used to the new computer system.

EHI Awards 2016 entries open

22 March 2016

Entries are now open for the EHI Awards 2016, the only dedicated healthcare IT awards in the UK.

Patient record access: March target likely to be met

22 March 2016

All GPs will be able to offer patients online access to their ‘detailed coded record’ by the end of the month, GP IT system suppliers have said.

‘iSoft7’ hospitals extend EPR contracts

21 March 2016

Six of the ‘iSoft7’ NHS trusts that retained their iSoft systems rather than enter the National Programme for IT have extended their contracts with CSC to cover the procurement and implementation of new electronic patient records.

GP IT system failings force govt review of Atos contracts

21 March 2016

The Cabinet Office will review all of the government’s high-value technology contracts with Atos following serious failings identified with the company’s development of the GP Extraction Service.