Dr Simon Eccles to NHS Digital: ‘don’t get distracted by new and shiny things’
Dr Simon Eccles has used his first NHS Digital board meeting as national CCIO to urge the organisation to focus on the delivery of its current agenda and to not get distracted by “new and shiny things”.
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Salford Royal will upload wearables data to personalise treatment
One on England’s most digitally advanced trusts, Salford Royal, will start using patient wearable generated data to personalise treatment.
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New central IT requirements for personal health budgets and integrated personal commissioning
NHS England is concerned about the “varying quality” of IT supporting the roll-out of personal health budgets and integrated personal commissioning.
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Verify (and Facebook) tested for NHS online identity service
The new director of the government’s online identity scheme has raised the possibility of rolling out the service in the NHS, despite concerns about its security.
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Stevens warns NHS on cash and change
NHS England has turned three areas with persistent financial and service challenges into ‘success regimes’ to receive greater central support, Simon Stevens told an audience of NHS leaders earlier today.
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