Babylon expands its AI technology to mainland China
Babylon has partnered up with a Chinese internet company Tencent to help deliver personal health assessments and treatment advice across mainland China
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Almost 14m patients using online GP services across England
Almost 14 million patients across England are now using online GP services to book appointments, order repeat prescriptions and view their records, according to new figures from NHS England.
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Emis loses preferred vendor status in Wales following procurement review
Emis has announced it has lost preferred vendor status for GP practices in Wales which means 195 practices will now have to be transitioned to a new supplier.
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An app to put photos into clinical records? Yes, please.
If images taken from smart phones can appear in photo streams in our laptops and PCs, then why isn’t there a more streamlined way of getting photos into electronic health records. Dr Neil Paul explores.
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Babylon Healthcare drops legal challenge against CQC
A legal challenge made by Babylon Healthcare against a CQC report has been dropped and with the company agreeing to pay the regulator’s £11,000 costs.
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North East Ambulance selected as Ambulance GDE
North East Ambulance Service NHS Trust has been selected to be one of four ambulance services to become a Global Digital Exemplar.
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ZoomDoc launches crowd-funding campaign to help expand
A GP on demand service has launched a crowd-funding campaign to try and raise £500,000 so it can expand.
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CQC keeps Vocare out-of-hours service in special measures
The Care Quality Commission has told Vocare it must make further improvements to its NHS 111 and its GP Out of Hours service.
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Emergency motion calls for halt on online consultations
Motion which calls for GPs not to begin introducing online consultations until there is ‘clear evidence’ that it is beneficial to patients has been passed.
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Mobile health and apps news in brief
This month’s round-up of healthcare apps includes a new ‘brisk walking’ app created by Public Health England to encourage a healthier lifestyle.
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