NHS IT leaders not getting on boards
The first Digital Health Intelligence NHS IT Leadership Survey has found that only a third of chief information officers and IT directors have clear board level responsibility for IT.
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The first Digital Health Intelligence NHS IT Leadership Survey has found that only a third of chief information officers and IT directors have clear board level responsibility for IT.
Inpatient mental health wards at Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust have gone live with an Emis Health e-prescribing system, supported by the ‘Safer Hospitals, Safer Wards: Technology Fund’.
Dr Robert Wachter, US celebrity author of ‘The Digital Doctor’, will lead a review into the digital future of the NHS, health secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced.

The NHS in Leeds is working with the city council on a pilot project to integrate the two different networks used by health and social care services.
This monthâs round-up of apps and mobile developments includes a link-up between Philips and Amazon, new mobile tools for the NHS from EE, new apps, roll-outs, and research.
Use of a new, ÂŁ117 million computer system at Scotlandâs NHS 24 was abandoned on Wednesday evening after experiencing significant technical problems the day it went live.
NHS England will write to trusts in November to kick off the first baseline self-assessment for a new âdigital maturity indexâ, its director of patients and information, Tim Kelsey, has said.

Digital health innovators are being offered a specialist accelerator programme designed to help them engage

Leeds has been selected as the UK site for a European research pilot to improve

Digital care plans for patients in Northamptonshire have been linked to the NHS National Record
Today’s briefing includes a tool to detect breast cancer using magnetic resonance imaging and a
Figures from across the health sector have cautiously welcomed the news that NHS England is