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12 May 2015

RCP apps guidance attacked

Recent guidance from the Royal College of Physicians that says doctors should only use medical apps carrying a CE mark
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22 April 2014

Appropriate regulation

The regulation of healthcare apps emerged as a hot topic at the end of last year; and will be the
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27 November 2013

Patient safety reporting overhaul

The NHS is developing the National Reporting and Learning System to become an integrated reporting route for patient safety incidents.
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29 October 2013

Addressing a burning issue

The Mersey Burns App was the overall winner of the EHI Awards 2013 in association with CGI; and will be
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28 October 2013

Is there a regulation for that?

Richard Brady, a surgical registrar, is worried that too many medical apps have too little medical input – and may
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11 April 2012

Datalink to support UK life sciences

The government has launched a “world-class e-health secure research service” that will provide life science researchers with greater access to
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23 January 2012

Is there a regulation for that?

Apps are flooding into the healthcare market. But regulators are struggling to catch up – and many people in the
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12 November 2010

Yellow cards built into SystmOne

Healthcare IT supplier TPP has announced that clinicians can now report adverse drug reactions direct from its SystmOne software. The
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7 January 2010

MHRA seeks prison for fake drug pedlars

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has confirmed that it is consulting on measures to introduce prison sentences
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28 September 2006

MHRA target UK illegal drug websites

  The Medicines Healthcare and Regulatory Authority have conducted raids on five UK-based websites thought to be selling unlicensed or
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