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Electronic Prescribing government target 2024
20 October 2023

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
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25 September 2023

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
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21 April 2022

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
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Breast Cancer Screening
15 September 2021

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
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Clinician with iPad
2 September 2020

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
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Video Consultation
23 March 2020

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
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26 October 2016

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
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14 August 2015

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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16 April 2015

Value of apps and wearables questioned

The potential for smartphone apps and wearable devices to have an effect on health outcomes has come under question in
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8 May 2014

Tweets measuring quality of care

Healthcare bosses should be careful when using “unstructured” Twitter feedback to measure the quality of a hospital’s care, according to
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