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NUH and Macmillan pilot new ‘virtual clinic’ for tumour patients

10 December 2018

Virtual Clinic was trialled as part of efforts to help improve care for patients with brain tumours across the East Midlands.

Genomics England says DNA data not moved due to hacking attempts

7 December 2018

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.

Cyber security news round-up

7 December 2018

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.

Hancock urges NHS chief execs to get on board with CIOs

6 December 2018

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’s new machine learning tool to decode unstructured medical data

6 December 2018

Amazon Comprehend Medical is capable of reading clinical notes, prescriptions and audio transcripts and decoding the information contained within it.

Dedalus named latest supplier for Scotland ePMA framework

5 December 2018

The £15m framework covers 14 regional health boards and two national hospitals, including the State Psychiatric and the Golden Jubilee.

Trust in ‘Dr Google’ varies when it comes to breast cancer symptoms

5 December 2018

A study, carried out by researchers from the University of Surrey, investigated whether women who sought health information online found it useful or not.