DH refuses to release IT savings report
The Department of Health has turned down a Freedom of Information request from Digital Health News to see a report that purportedly shows how technology can save the NHS billions of pounds each year.
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The Department of Health has turned down a Freedom of Information request from Digital Health News to see a report that purportedly shows how technology can save the NHS billions of pounds each year.
North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust is now able to refer patients to social care services at the āpress of a button.ā
The Summary Care Record is approaching 50,000 views per week, according to figures released by the Health and Social Care Information Centre.
People are keen to use digital health services, but have little knowledge of those already on offer and are keener for them to support than replace traditional services, a YouGov survey for Trustmarque has suggested.
Wales has started piloting a GP2GP service to digitally transfer a patientās record from one medical practice to another.
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has picked Restoreās CCube as its electronic document management system as part of its transformation into a digital hospital that will also see it go-live with CSC’s Lorenzo next month.
St Georgeās Healthcare NHS Trust is piloting the use of vital signs monitoring equipment that integrates with its Cerner Millennium electronic patient record and new whiteboards.

NICE has said that two new non-invasive technologies can be used in the NHS to

Speaking to Digital Health, the Isle of Man’s health minister described plans for a single
NHS England is rolling out AI tools across the health service, including integrated ambient voice

Completing the NHS’s pathology transformation programme could unlock around Ā£450m a year for the health

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