Industry news in brief
The Digital Health News industry round-up includes a US project for ORCHA and news of System C completing its Commissioning Data Sets (CDS) v6.3 delivery.
News
Nuffield Health and Careology team up for digital cancer support
Nuffield Health and Careology have joined forces to provide digital support to patients who are undergoing cancer treatment.
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Macmillan and Careology join forces to elevate digital cancer care
Macmillan Cancer Support has partnered up with digital cancer care platform Careology to offer industry leading support to the three million people in the UK living with cancer.
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Macmillan Cancer Support moves file storage to the cloud
Working with cloud storage provider Nasuni, Macmillan’s 1,500 employees can now access standardised information without replication of workflow data.
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Careology launches remote monitoring platform for cancer patients
Careology Professional gives clinicians an evolving 360-degree view of their patients’ health status any time of the day, wherever they may be.
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Dr Google causes concern for Macmillan Cancer Support
Macmillan Cancer Support has said it is concerned patients are turning to the internet for information about the disease which leads to confusion.
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Patient experience surveys exempted from national data opt-outs
Health minister Steve Brine confirmed patients’ requests for information not to be shared, through the national data opt-out, would not apply to surveys.
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NUH and Macmillan pilot new ‘virtual clinic’ for tumour patients
Virtual Clinic was trialled as part of efforts to help improve care for patients with brain tumours across the East Midlands.
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Macmillan Cancer Support launches own digital nurse to combat ‘fake news’
Macmillian Cancer Support has appointed a digital nurse to help combat ‘fake news’ online after it feared patients turned to Google to help them diagnose themselves.
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