GDEs need ‘sustainable spread strategy’ says Rice
The success of the flagship GDE programme, channeling NHS IT investment into a small number of elite trusts, should be be judged by the extent to which knowledge is effectively spread across the whole NHS.
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Juliet Bauer confirms NHS.uk to become gateway to GP records by September
From September the newly revamped NHS Choices will become NHS.uk and the gateway to order repeat prescriptions, book appointments, register for a GP and find a pharmacy.
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Juliet Bauer on the value of ‘knowledge from the other side’
Juliet Bauer is on a mission to make online NHS services as compelling as possible and achieve a decisive move to digital health services.
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Seven mental health GDEs will get money for apps and patient records
The seven mental health digital exemplars will share £35 million of funding, NHS England has confirmed, with organisations planning to develop apps, online platforms and to give better access to records.
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Four more acute global digital exemplars confirmed by NHS England
Cambridge, Imperial and Chelsea, Alder Hey and Newcastle have been announced as the four additional acute global digital exemplar trusts.
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No funds for flagship GDEs this financial year
Flagship GDE hospital trusts have finally been notified that they will not receive any of the promised £100m investment this financial year.
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Hester hits back over TPP patient data security concerns
TPP founder Frank Hester has waded defiantly into the growing controversy about how his company shares patients GP records across the NHS.
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NHS Digital Academy to train 300 CCIOs and CIOs
NHS England is hoping to train 300 NHS staff to become “digital leaders” by 2021 by running them through 12-month training course.
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NHS England working with internet giants to promote digital tools
NHS England is working with Google, Bing and Apple to promote and increase the visibility of NHS.uk, NHS Choices and the much anticipated NHS App Library.
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NHS app library to be launched this month
The long awaited NHS app library will be live by the end of March, according to NHS England digital lead at the Digital Health Technology Show in London.
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