Adoption of cloud should be “as part of a sensible, risk-managed approach”
The health service’s adoption of cloud technology should be “as part of a sensible, risk-managed approach” with security at its heart, NHS Digital’s chief technical architect has argued.
Infrastructure 1
NHS Digital research reveals social worker’s technology habits
Research has been commissioned by NHS Digital and carried out by the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) to find out how technology could transform the role of social workers.
Digital Patient
NHS Digital and Microsoft buddy up for threat detection service
Microsoft will help NHS Digital protect healthcare organisations from cyber-attacks through a new partnership making use of the software giant’s Threat Detection Service.
Cyber Security
Bright outlook for cloud adoption at Digital Health Cloud Summit
Speakers from the NHS spoke enthusiastically about the opportunities presented by cloud technology at Digital Health’s Cloud Summit, which took place in London on Wednesday 24 January.
Infrastructure
The challenge of funding cloud using ‘Monopoly money’
While NHS Digital’s latest guidance on cloud services is helpful, Darren McKenna says we need revenue funding instead of capital budgets to drive up cloud adoption.
Feature 3
NHS green-lights cloud technology for storing patient data
NHS Digital has issued new national guidance for health and care organisations considering cloud services for storing patient information.
Clinical Software
Emis faces multi-million pound penalty for GPSoC breach
Emis has notified investors it expects to incur penalties “in the order of upper single digits of millions of pounds” after failing to meet unspecified contractual requirements in its GP Systems of Choice contract governing the supply of electronic patient record systems.
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Technology developers should shadow nurses, new report suggests
Technology firms should consider shadowing nurses to fully understand their workflows and inform the creation of solutions that work for them, a new report has suggested.
Digital Patient 14
Electronic prescribing service piloted in urgent care in London
A pilot use of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) in selected integrated urgent care settings has been launched, NHS Digital has announced.
Digital Patient 4
CQC to be given power to rate online GP consultations
The Department of Health has announced the Care Quality Commission (CQC) is to be given the power to rate even more healthcare services including online GP consultations.
Digital Patient