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England’s chief nursing officer on the hunt for NHS App ambassadors

5 September 2019

Ruth May said she wanted nurses, midwives and allied health professionals to be the face of the NHS App and help promote the digital tool.

GP Dr Damian Williams from Hall Green Health in Birmingham uses Patient Access

EMIS cites ‘huge increase’ in patients registering for Patient Access

5 September 2019

According to EMIS Health, sign-ups for Patient Access increased from 6m to 8m over the course of the year, as patients look to more convenient ways of booking GP services.

CHIME launches UK chapter in ‘landmark agreement’ with BCS

4 September 2019

BCS members will be able to access CHIME’s online materials and gain admission to the member organisation’s healthcare CIO qualification programme.

Simon Stevens calls for greater investment in diagnostics at NHS Expo

4 September 2019

In his keynote address Simon Stevens said more funding was needed to build on recent Government investments, including the £250 million for an AI Lab.

Digital mental health ward ‘empowering clinicians like never before’

4 September 2019

Speaking at NHS Expo, Dave Austin explained how the digital ward had allowed clinicians to monitor patient data and identify signs of deterioration.

A female doctor performs a blood pressure test on a male patient

Hearing and sight loss patients trained to use digital health tools

4 September 2019

The project is designed to find out more about the challenges faced by people with hearing and sight loss when making and attending GP appointments.

Artificial intelligence ‘predicts fatal heart attacks up to 5 years in advance’

3 September 2019

Experts at the University of Oxford have developed a “fingerprint” using machine learning, which highlights red flag signs of potential heart attacks.