All Technology and innovation articles – Page 54
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NewsMPs criticise 'entirely inappropriate' sharing of patient data with Home Office
MPs have warned the government is leaving the door open to widespread sharing of patients’ confidential details beyond the NHS without their consent or knowledge.
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HSJ LocalTeaching trust to check 5,000 X-rays after data mismatch
A teaching trust is re-examining around 5,000 X-rays – some dating back more than a decade – after fears they may have been overlooked and patients could have been put at risk.
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HSJ LocalTrust cuts spending on agency staff by half
A trust has cut its spending on agency staff by half through greater use of electronic rostering.
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HSJ LocalNHS consortium withholds money from major IT firm
A consortium of NHS trusts is withholding money from GE Healthcare because a multimillion pound imaging system is still not working properly.
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NewsDemand for NHS patient data more than doubles
Demand for NHS patient data has more than doubled in a year, as NHS Digital develops new ways to share and link information for planning and research.
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NewsLife sciences forum launched by HSJ
HSJ has launched its first event for the life sciences sector.
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HSJ LocalTrust invests in major changes to 'disaster' IT system
Nottingham University Hospitals Trust has rolled out major software updates and invested £500,000 upgrading IT equipment for a system senior clinicians previously called a “disaster”.
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NewsPolice investigating fraud against NHS suppliers
Nearly 20 NHS suppliers have been targeted by fraudsters who are using fabricated NHS documents to order and intercept expensive devices such as laptops and tablets.
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NewsNearly half of online health providers 'not safe', CQC warns
The Care Quality Commission has found nearly half of online primary care companies are not safe, but said the sector had still improved dramatically in the past year.
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NewsNew exemplars to end 'absurd' reliance on faxes
NHS England has invited nine regions to develop shared “local health and care records” and data centres, in a bid to break the NHS’s “absurd” reliance on fax machines to share information.
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NewsHosting GP at Hand may cost CCG more than £10m
Commissioners in London are asking NHS England for extra funding to cover rising costs associated with the controversial digital practice GP at Hand.
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HSJ InteractiveTrusts and CCGs transforming care with technology
HSJ Solutions is the largest database of validated best practice in the NHS. Here you will find workable and evidence based solutions to everyday challenges facing the NHS.
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HSJ LocalGPs block pilot of new Babylon service
A clinical commissioning group has dropped a plan to pilot an asthma service with the controversial online primary care company Babylon Health, after opposition from its GPs.
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NewsMPs accuse NHS Digital of damaging public trust over data sharing
NHS Digital’s leadership has been accused by MPs of damaging public trust in NHS after refusing to cease sharing patients’ personal details with the Home Office.
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NewsNHS 'must be ready to evolve', says NHS England digital chief
NHS England’s digital chief says the primary care payments model may need to “evolve” to accommodate new digital patient services such as the controversial GP at Hand.
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NewsControversial private GP services removed from NHS app library
Two online private health providers have been dropped from NHS app library, with NHS England deciding it was no longer appropriate to promote non-NHS services.
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HSJ LocalExemplar trust checking backlog of 85,000 'on hold' patient records
One of the NHS’s global digital exemplar trusts is reviewing 85,000 patients records after they were mistakenly left “on hold”, potentially leading to treatment delays.
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NewsFormer NHS Improvement chair recruited by digital GP company
Former NHS Improvement chair Ed Smith will join a new board senior government and NHS figures advising private digital GP company Push Doctor.
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NewsNHS England shifts stance on sharing patient records over WhatsApp
NHS England has opened the door to sharing patients’ medical records via instant messaging apps, such as WhatsApp, after previously stating it was not permitted.
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NewsNHS must honour new single patient opt-out from May
Every NHS patient in England will be given the option to opt-out of sharing their health records for research or planning from May, coinciding with new European privacy rules.