AXA advances its health offering with virtual doctor service
Customers will have easy access to primary care via Advance’s medical doctors, which are located in eight main hubs around the world.
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GP practice opens doors to cryptocurrency payments with Medicalchain
Patients at The Groves Medical Centre now have the ability to pay for private services using a form of cryptocurrency called ‘MedTokens’.
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Ex-minister speaks of ‘horror’ of having to digitise the NHS with no plan
George Freeman said his self-proclaimed ‘horror story’ highlights how “top down” solutions never work and that the answer is ‘local digital solutions’.
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Junior docs clinch $3.9m to expand and grow clinical messaging app
Following successful trials, Forward Health has received seed funding to get the app into the hands of practising clinicians and build on its capabilities.
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East Suffolk and North Essex saves hours thanks to automation technology
The technology includes three ‘virtual workers’, which actively monitor incoming referrals from the national GP eRS in real-time, 24 hours a day.
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‘Smart’ glasses could help track Parkinson’s symptoms
Emteq and audEERING are working on a pair of technology-imbued spectacles designed to track the severity of Parkinson’s symptoms.
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UCLH selects Ingenica Solutions for inventory management
The 360 IM solution will allow the trust to see and control of all products moving into and out of it’s five hospitals across London.
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RCGP chair says GPs are not ‘technophobic dinosaurs’
Helen Stokes-Lampard said GPs are the champions of safe technology, but the sky-high costs of trying to keep up with private companies is impossible.
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Virgin Care axes services from £270m East Staffs contract
Virgin Care has cut services from its prime provider contract with East Staffordshire CCG citing ‘significant changes to the commissioning landscape.’
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Industry news in brief
Our latest industry round-up reveals that less than a quarter of GPs in the UK believe the NHS app will be delivered on time.
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