St George’s trust treatment data still inaccurate – CQC
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comes under investigation by the CQC revealing its treatment data is still inaccurate.
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Healthcare IT news in brief
In this week’s health IT round-up we cover the NHS calling in military help on cyber attack, a tweeting surgeon, and an alternative to NHSmail.
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Google Deepmind trial to improve cancer treatment
Google Deepmind has forged yet another NHS partnership, this time to improve head and neck cancer treatment.
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London surgery broadcast via virtual reality tech
An operation performed tomorrow (14 April) at a London hospital on a patient with colon cancer will be the first in the world to be broadcast live through virtual reality technology.
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Cancer e-prescribing at BMI
A cancer electronic prescribing system is being rolled out to 30 private hospitals.
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Barts cancer patients use Skype
Cancer doctors at Saint Bartholomew’s Hospital are monitoring patients from home via Skype video link.
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Cancer patients get records access
Cancer Research UK, the National Cancer Registration Service and brain tumour support charity brainstrust have created a portal to give cancer patients online access to their treatment records.
Digital Patient
King’s pilots Apple Watch app
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has become one of the first trusts in the UK to use the newly launched Apple Watch as part of patient care.
Digital Patient
Colchester starts new era with new EPR
Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with System C’s Medway electronic patient record system; and been cleared of falsifying waiting times by regulator Monitor.
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An app for the skinny on skin cancers
Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have created an app to improve early diagnosis of skin cancer.
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