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ORCHA chief executive gives thoughts on problems facing medical apps

15 April 2019

Speaking at a Royal Society of Medicine event, Liz Ashall-Payne said awareness, accessibility, trust and governance were among the challenges.

Poole Hospital launches virtual fracture clinic to improve patient experience

12 April 2019

The clinic also aims to reduce waiting times by ensuring only those who need an appointment are given one in a timely manner.

Digital Health partners with RCP’s Health Informatics Unit

Royal College of Physicians recruiting for digital healthcare lead

12 April 2019

The professional body is looking for iindividual who has experience of implementing new technologies or evaluating digital healthcare solutions.

Movers and shakers news round-up

12 April 2019

April’s movers and shakers round-up features Darren Mckenna being appointed as the new chair of NHS Providers’ informatics network.

Patient safety charity calls for regulatory standards for medical apps

11 April 2019

There are “more questions than answers” surrounding the safety of medical apps, the cheif executive of Patient Safety Learning told an audience in London.

Digital Health update following yesterday’s outage

11 April 2019

We would like to apologise to readers and customers after our site had to be taken down for much of yesterday after a brute force hack.

Amazon Alexa now compliant with US healthcare data privacy rules

11 April 2019

As part of the news, Amazon also announced number of partnerships which include enabling patients to reorder prescriptions and get updates from hospitals.