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Everybody will benefit from exemplars – McNeil

2 November 2016

The NHS’ chief clinical information officer has launched a spirited defence of the controversial exemplars programme.

Stevens announces med tech winners and mobile ECG funding

2 November 2016

Apps to improve the self-management of COPD will be funded by the new Innovation and Technology Tariff, while CCGS will get separate, central funding for mobile ECG devices.

Updated Newcastle Declaration to ‘bake in’ interoperability

2 November 2016

The CCIO Network, the national best practice community of NHS clinical informatics leaders, has updated its 2015 Newcastle Declaration on interoperability in response to feedback from the health and social care specialist group of the trade body techUK.

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole virus crisis into third day

1 November 2016

The trust at the centre of a major virus infection has cancelled virtually all of its operations for a third day.

Bryant lays out conditions for helping tech cos into the NHS

1 November 2016

NHS Digital’s director of digital transformation, Beverley Bryant, has said she wants to make it easier for businesses to sell technology to the NHS; but they will need to focus on usability, interoperability, and security.

CDMI trends show funds will be needed to hit paperless 2020

1 November 2016

Achieving a fully digital NHS will not be achieved before 2020 without significant additional funding, Digital Health Intelligence analysis of key Clinical Digital Maturity Index trends has shown.

Smart says STPs must be ‘clear and credible’ on tech

1 November 2016

The NHS’ chief information officer has declared that sustainability and transformation plans are the “only game in town”; while promising that a further round of ‘national’ digital exemplars will include non-acute organisations.