Flu vaccine data to be shared between GPs and pharmacies
The pilot in Leeds sees electronic notifications about patients who have had their flu jab in a pharmacy sent to their GP via clinical systems.
Digital Patient
56 newcomers awarded agreements under GP IT Futures
NHS Digital has notified 69 suppliers of the intention to award them contracts under the new, £484 million general practice IT framework.
Clinical Software 2
Electronic Prescription Service to be rolled out nationally next month
The service will create a faster and more secure process for clinicians to prescribe and dispense medication, the Department of Health and Social Care said.
Clinical Software 2
Screening IT systems ‘unsafe’ and require ‘urgent’ upgrades, review finds
Current IT systems “cannot support the safe running of screening programmes”, Professor Sir Mike Richards found in his review of screening programmes.
Clinical Software
Rob Shaw announces he will leave NHS Digital at Christmas
NHS Digital’s deputy CEO will leave the organisation in December to pursue a consulting career, and joins a growing list of high-profile exits from the NHS in 2019.
Health CIO
NHS Digital launches IT security awareness campaign
The Keep I.T. Confidential campaign aims to educate staff across the NHS on common-sense IT security practice and the impact of data and cyber security on patient safety.
Cyber Security 1
Hearing and sight loss patients trained to use digital health tools
The project is designed to find out more about the challenges faced by people with hearing and sight loss when making and attending GP appointments.
Digital Patient
Portsmouth becomes first area to fully roll out electronic prescription service
NHS Portsmouth Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is the first in the country to have 100% of their GP practices able to use the EPS.
Clinical Software
Nine more digital health services to use NHS Login
NHS Login can now be used to access the NHS eReferral service, Patient Access and a host of other digital healthcare service via a single sign-on system.
Digital Patient 4
How chatbot technology can open up the world of published data
NHS Digital is trialling chatbot software on its website to help clinicians and researchers find published data more easily. Programme manager David West offers insight into the technology pilot and its anticipated rewards.
AI and Analytics