County Durham and Darlington secures long-term deal with Philips
Philips will be responsible for ensuring radiology equipment across all of the trust’s hospital sites is well-maintained and replaced regularly.
Infrastructure
Salford Royal deploys Citrix tech to fulfil integrated care agenda
Citrix Workspace allows organisations to host apps and IT services on Microsoft’s Azure cloud services and deliver them to any end-point device.
Clinical Software
Oxford imaging firm lends AI smarts to £50m government initiative
The work will be funded under Wave 2 of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund to improve the speed and efficiency of cancer diagnoses and treatment.
AI and Analytics
Alder Hey implements Stratus software to eradicate paper processes
Clinicians working across the trust will be able to view documents from a single point of access, following the roll-out of Wellbeing Software’s tech.
Clinical Software
Greater Manchester Connected Health City launches antibiotics dashboard
The dashboard aims to help stakeholders such as CCGS and local authorities to better understand the existing antibiotic prescribing landscape.
AI and Analytics 3
Home Office discussing potentially unlawful access to patient info by police
According to some local medical committees in England, police are using subject access requests to acquire the medical histories of individuals who have applied for a firearms licence – a mechanism the ICO argues breaches data protection law.
News
Oxford University Hospitals FT ignites FHIR APIs from Cerner
Cerner’s Ignite APIs for Millennium will allow the trust to integrate third-party applications with its Millenium electronic patient record system.
Interoperability 3
Poll: Should there be more clinicians on Hancock’s Healthtech Advisory Board?
The board is intended to “help guide the government on its mission to overhaul technology and IT in health and social care”.
News 24
NHS Digital opens doors to next generation of women in tech
Around 80 future coders aged five and above will take part in a hackathon run by social enterprise, STEMettes, at NHS Digital’s Leeds headquarters.
News 1
Movers and shakers news round-up
Our latest movers and shakers round-up features appointments at Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust and clinical commissioning groups in Cheshire.
CCIO Network