Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
This briefing features a lawsuit against UnitedHealth and InnoScot Health and Heriot-Watt University partnering for a webinar on medical device compliance.
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NHS England has not yet proven its case on FDP
With the award of the Federated Data Platform contract said to be delayed until mid-November, Digital Health’s Jon Hoeksma argues in an opinion piece that NHS England has yet to prove the case.
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Government to miss 2024 target for digital prescribing
The government has admitted it is set to miss its goal of eliminating paper prescriptions by 2024, following a report on its pharmacy commitments.
Clinical Software
YouTube fights disinformation with verification of health workers
YouTube is continuing with its efforts to verify UK health workers on its channel in a battle to tackle the growing problem of health disinformation.
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HEE renews clinical decision support tool than can integrate with EPRs
Health Education England (HEE) is extending its use of BMJ Best Practice, a decision support tool that can integrate with electronic patient record systems.
Clinical Software
AI could lead to ‘overdiagnosis’ of breast cancer, tech body warns
The technology is often seen as “like magic” in healthcare but there is little scientific evidence to support its use in screening in breast cancer.
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BMJ Best Practice made free to access for NHS staff
All staff in England can now access BMJ Best Practice, a point of care tool that guides clinicians and healthcare professionals throughout clinical process.
Clinical Software
Covid-19: Video consults require ‘major changes to a complex system’
Strategic leads at both a national and local level will be required to deploy video systems in the face of coronavirus, researchers wrote in the BMJ.
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End-of-life shared systems face ‘immense challenges’ – paper
Attempts to set-up end-of-life electronic care systems are falling short, with many failing to reach the dying patients that need them, a new paper says.
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Industry round-up
Digital Health News rounds up the latest industry news, including company announcements, appointments, product launches, and roll-outs.
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