NHS banned from buying new fax machines as Hancock orders phase-out
Matt Hancock has banned NHS organisations from buying new fax machines beyond January 2019, under plans to remove them from the NHS entirely by 2020.
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Matt Hancock has banned NHS organisations from buying new fax machines beyond January 2019, under plans to remove them from the NHS entirely by 2020.
The offer is available to working staff at a time when public transport is either closed or limited on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
Virtual Clinic was trialled as part of efforts to help improve care for patients with brain tumours across the East Midlands.
Responding to reports that genetics data belonging to some 85,000 individuals had been moved to a secure Ministry of Defence (MoD) base in Wiltshire after multiple hacking attempts, Genomics England said it had ‘no evidence’ that it had been targeted when contacted by Digital Health News.
This month’s round-up of cyber security news nibs includes a cyber-attack on US healthcare provider Atrium Health and a report from the ICO that details how a GP surgery secretary was fired and fined for reading colleagues’ medical records.
In a keynote at an event in London on 28 November, the health secretary spoke about leadership in the NHS and referenced the culture towards technology.
Amazon Comprehend Medical is capable of reading clinical notes, prescriptions and audio transcripts and decoding the information contained within it.

Manchester Metropolitan University will promote AI for business and the development of wearable health technologies
Today’s briefing features research into growing distrust in healthcare AI and a partnership between the
Nirav Patel, head of demand and delivery for the NHS FDP, has said the platform
NHS England is recruiting for a chief digital information officer (CDIO) for its new online

Powys Teaching Health Board (PTHB) has gone live an electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA)