Fourteen predictions for 2014
EHI asked a wide range of healthcare IT experts to look ahead to 2014 – in 140 characters or fewer. They picked policy change, tech fund success, and the demise of the onsie as issues to watch…
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Wales launches £9.5m health tech fund
The Welsh health minister has announced a £9.5m Health Technology and Telehealth Fund to support the introduction of new technologies in non-hospital settings.
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3millionlives delivery plan by April
NHS England will publish a 3millionlives delivery plan for 2014-2017 by the end of March next year.
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SMEs key to redefining 3millionlives
NHS England wants more input from small and medium-size enterprises as it works on redefining the 3millionlives programme.
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Barn buster
BT has taken over the management of nearly 1,200 telehealth users and 11,000 telecare users in Cornwall. EHI news editor Rebecca Todd went to find out more.
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Joe’s view of telehealth for dummies
Joe’s Mam loves drinking tea. He’s taped an iPhone to her kettle. Now all he needs is an app to tell him she’s boiling it regularly, and he’ll be sure that she’s ok.
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3ML pathfinder pulls telehealth tender
A key 3millionlives pathfinder site has abandoned its tender for a telehealth contract worth up to £30m over five years, after failing to find a partner willing to share risk.
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BT-Cornwall reaches 1,200 on telehealth
BT has taken over management of 1,200 telehealth users in Cornwall from Peninsula Community Health.
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Liverpool aims for 1,000 on telehealth
Liverpool Community Health NHS Trust aims to have 1,000 telehealth patients within the next two years.
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CCG axes telehealth service
East Riding of Yorkshire clinical commissioning group is axing its telehealth service because it is not cost effective.
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