Seventeen ‘healthcare pioneers’ selected
Seventeen ‘healthcare pioneers’ have been chosen by NHS England to receive national support to roll out their technologies across England.
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Keogh predicts NHS wearables revolution
Wearable technology could lead to “a revolution in self-care” by improving the monitoring of patients with long-term conditions, NHS England’s medical director has said.
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Surgery outcomes data published on MyNHS
NHS England has published the latest surgery outcomes data for ten specialties and will release information on three more soon as part of a push for greater transparency around clinical performance.
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Keogh calls for TECS support
Sir Bruce Keogh has called on 250 stakeholders to support the uptake of telehealth and telecare as part of the Technology Enabled Care Services programme.
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Urgent care change pilots started
NHS England has established pilots for a “system-wide transformation” of emergency services, which includes enhancing the NHS 111 service and restructuring A&Es.
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Joe’s view: All I want for Christmas
A Christmas Eve misunderstanding once led Joe McDonald to thump someone with a Tracey Island. He doesn’t want similar problems to lead the NHS into being walloped with its own data.
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Greater role for enhanced NHS 111
NHS 111 will be enhanced to allow clinical staff to view patients’ medical information under plans to overhaul urgent and emergency care provision announced today.
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CQC releases trust risk ratings
The Care Quality Commission has used a new intelligent monitoring tool to identify the next 19 acute trusts for inspection.
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Birmingham imparts IT wisdom
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust will help George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust to improve its informatics service as part of a new government scheme to improve failing hospitals.
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Berwick adds to calls for transparency
An influential US safety expert, called in to advise the government on creating a ‘zero harm’ NHS in the wake of the Mid Staffordshire scandal, has called for “complete transparency of data.”
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