Global digital health VC funding hit £4.2 billion in 2016
Record venture capital funds were raised for digital health companies in 2016, according to a new report.
Digital Patient
New national NHS patient “data lake” proposed based on STPs
NHS England and NHS Digital meet with IT suppliers, including Google Deepmind and Microsoft, to discuss how to build new national patient data collection system.
AI and Analytics
NHS to switch ESR to IBM in June
The Department of Health has confirmed that the transition to a new electronic staff record system for the NHS in England and Wales will begin in June this year as part of a phased rollout to conclude in November.
Infrastructure
IBM preferred bidder for ESR
IBM looks set to run the Electronic Staff Record after being named as the preferred bidder to take over the contract next summer.
News
Six suppliers on ESR shortlist
Six suppliers have been shortlisted to provide the NHS Electronic Staff Record in a contract worth £200m-£400m.
News
DH staff in Kahootz through the cloud
The Department of Health has signed a deal with Inovem to use its Kahootz cloud-based collaboration system in a deal the government hopes will lead to “significant savings” on software licensing costs.
News
CCIO profile: Chris Fokke
The chief clinical information officer of Hampshire Hospitals NHS Trust is helping to drive the development of a portal – and the many initiatives that have come out of it. Lyn Whitfield reports.
Feature
Christmas IT crash at London Ambulance
Staff at London Ambulance Service NHS Trust recorded emergency calls on paper on Christmas Day when its call management system went down for five hours.
News
Blue Wednesday
IBM runs a successful internship programme, and this year many of its participants got into healthcare apps. Lis Evenstad visited the company’s UK headquarters to find out more.
Feature
CCIO profile: Shona Campbell
University Hospitals of Leicester has not one but two clinical IT leaders. Claire Read talks to one of them; senior radiologist Dr Shona Campbell.
Feature