Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
Today’s briefing includes US regulators approving a label expansion for Wegovy and research showing the NHS is failing to collect data for people with OCD.
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Real time data collection changes the game for the stroke patient pathway
An integrated live stroke registry can enable clinicians to stay on the front foot across the entire patient pathway. By Richard Barrett, at Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
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Better data collection could improve patient safety in surgical procedures
A whitepaper from Proximie has highlighted the patient safety issues the NHS is experiencing and how data collection could improve the situation.
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NHS digital apps’ data could reduce health inequalities
A report from the NHS Race and Health Observatory has made recommendations for how the NHS rebuilds, collects and uses data to guide policy decisions.
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National Data Guardian calls for ‘commitment to transparency’
Dr Nicola Byrne said people need to trust they can share their data with confidence without concern their data may be used in “unexpected ways”.
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GPDPR September implementation date is scrapped
The implementation date of the GPDPR programme has been scrapped and instead data collection will now only begin when certain criteria have been met.
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NHS Digital CEO says organisation needs to ‘face GPDPR challenge’
The interim CEO at NHS Digital has said the organisation needs to ‘face the challenge’ after concerns were raised over the GPDPR service.
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G7 called on to support ‘systematic’ approach to global data sharing
Better use of data to support clinical trials and underpin global disease surveillance were key points to come out of this weekend’s G7 summit in Cornwall.
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Calls to pause new GP data collection service gather speed
A doctor-led campaign group and a Conservative MP have joined calls to pause the proposed General Practice Data for Planning and Research (GPDPR) service.
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