New Digital Health Hub for the south west of England and Wales
A new digital health hub has launched for the south west of England and Wales, bringing together five universities and seven NHS trusts and health boards.
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How riding TikTok’s viral wave can help the NHS reach new audiences
TikTok and other social media sites have helped Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust to target ‘harder to reach’ younger people and generate meaningful engagement with the local community, says its social media manager, Holly Felstead
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Foxo launches patient-facing communication module to boost engagement
Foxo has launched a patient-facing module designed to enhance the patient journey through secure patient engagement with healthcare providers.
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Ex CfH lead says NPfIT has no engagement
One of the first clinical leads for the National Programme for IT in the NHS has said that the programme has failed becaue of a lack of involvement with clinicians from the outset. Professor Aidan Halligan was appointed to NPfIT in March 2004 as director general for benefits realisation, and given the responsibility for communicating […]
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Online patient engagement tool launched
An online tool has been launched by the Department of Health to enable doctors to access hundreds of pieces of research on how to engage patients in healthcare.
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Scots MPs criticise slow progress on IT
The Scottish Parliament’s Health and Sport Committee has criticised the Scottish Government for the slow roll-out of its clinical portal and limited progress on telehealth.
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Nursing review calls for technology use
The Prime Minister’s Commission on the Future of Nursing and Midwifery in England has called for a high level group to be established to help nurses and midwives understand and make use of new technology. The report, published today, details 20 recommendations, which include an “urgent investment in the development and supply of information systems […]
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Forest for the cup
The NHS Waltham Forest team implementing RiO was the overall winner in last year’s E-Health Insider Awards in association with BT. Daloni Carlisle reports.
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Mid Staffs report demands stats overhaul
An independent report into the scandal at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust has called for an “impeccably independent and transparent source” to be set up to produce comparative statistics for the NHS.
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That’ll BI lovely
North Bristol NHS Trust won the excellence in healthcare information management category of the E-Health Insider Awards 2009 in association with BT.
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