NHS Digital and NHSX to merge with NHS England
Both NHS Digital and NHSX are to be incorporated into NHS England and Improvement, following recommendations made in the Wade-Gery review.
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Why the usability of an EPR shouldn’t be underrated
Dr Constantin Jabarin, practising senior A&E clinician at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust discusses why usability needs greater prominence.
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DigitalHealth.London looks back and ahead for its fifth birthday
To celebrate its fifth birthday, DigitalHealth.London has published a document which delves into what the organisation has learnt over the last five years.
Digital Patient
NHSX delivers remote blood pressure monitoring devices to patients
NHSX has purchased 220,000 blood pressure monitoring devices which it intends to send to at-risk patients so they can monitor their health at home.
Digital Patient
Several trusts selected for NHSX’s Digital Aspirant Plus programme
Several trusts have been selected to take part in the NHSX’s Digital Aspirant Plus programme which aims to foster innovation in EPR systems.
Clinical Software
New standard to improve medicines information sharing set to launch
It is hoped a standardised approach to sharing medicines information will reduce medicines related errors and, ultimately, improve patient safety.
Shared Records
Call for acute clinicians to answer NHSX EPR usability survey
NHSX in August launched a survey to better understand how electronic patient records (EPRs) are performing across the country.
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NHSX announces projects are to receive share of £6.5m as part of Adoption Fund
NHSX has selected 35 projects to share a fund of £6.5m in order to help transform care for patients using digital technology.
Digital Patient
New £1.4m AI funding aims to reduce racial health inequalities
The funding, from the NHSX AI Lab and Health Foundation, aims to ensure healthcare solutions don’t “exacerbate existing health inequalities”.
AI and Analytics
Cambridge University Hospitals recognised as national digital leader
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been formally recognised for completing the requirements of the Global Digital Exemplar programme.
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