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Helen Thomas, chief executive at Digital Health and Care Wales
22 January 2025

Helen Thomas: ā€˜Are our systems ready for the next pandemic? No.ā€™

Helen Thomas, chief executive of Digital Health and Care Wales, discusses the six-year digital strategy and findings of the Covid
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5 November 2024

GPs face EMIS IT outage at busiest time of the week

An outage to the EMIS IT system caused ā€œchaosā€ for GPs in England when access was cut off to appointment
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Dan Vadat
2 October 2024

Huma acquires eConsult to become ‘end-to-end tech platform’

Global healthcare AI firm Huma has announced its acquisition of GP online consultation and digital triage startup eConsult.
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GP using computer
1 October 2024

NHSE says IT should flag patient safety issues in primary care

New patient safety guidance from NHS England says that primary careā€™s IT systems should automatically flag patient safety issues.
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18 September 2024

Call for NHS App to reach its potential, following Lord Darzi critique

Healthcare leaders have urged NHS England to unleash the full potential of the NHS App, following critique from Lord Ara
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GP types on a laptop
16 September 2024

GPs to get easier access to Yorkshire and Humber Care Record

The first GP practice has gone live with an EMIS functionality which allows easier access to the Yorkshire and Humber
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7 August 2024

After CrowdStrike: how to ensure the resilience of healthcare IT

In the wake of the largest IT outage in history, healthcare organisations must keep faith in digital ā€“ and reinforce
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Microsoft
19 July 2024

Global IT outage disrupting NHS ’caused by antivirus software’

Dr Simon Wallace, CCIO at Microsoft told Summer Schools that a global outage affecting the NHS was identified to antivirus
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24 May 2024

North Central London ICB pilots WhatsApp and AI appointment scheduling

WhatsApp and an AI receptionist are being piloted at North Central London ICB, in a pilot to see if the
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Movers and Shakers
9 February 2024

Movers and Shakers news roundup

The latest edition of Movers and Shakers features a new role for former NHS England CNIO Natasha Phillips and new
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