Technology and innovation – Page 42
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NewsOnline GP service suspends appointments for children
An online GP consultation service has suspended all appointments for under-18s.
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NewsSwindells' flagship digital strategy now 'at risk'
The future of the national strategy to improve NHS providers’ IT systems is in doubt amid budget constraints and the departure of its champion at NHS England, HSJ has been told.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Between Matthews
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. Contact Ben Heather in confidence here.
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HSJ PartnersIntroducing digital care pathways for people with chronic conditions: watch the video
Ben Wilson, product specialist lead, Orion Health talks about how digitising pathways can improve care for people with chronic conditions, areas that have successfully introduced them and what leaders need to do to implement them
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HSJ AwardsA dementia assessment app enabling rapid diagnosis
NeuroCoRe’s ACEmobile Dementia Assessment App supports non-specialist staff to reliably assess cognitive impairment and won the 2018 HSJ Awards for Using Technology to Improve Efficiency. Emma Dent reports
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NewsIT boss at trust praised by Hancock leaves over 'excruciating' NHS tech
The chief digital information officer of a trust praised by the health and social care secretary for its IT has left for a private sector job, saying the situation in NHS IT was “excruciating”.
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NewsAll hospitals and GPs to get fibre optic broadband
Fibre optic broadband will soon be rolled out across all GP practices and hospitals, the Department of Health and Social Care has announced.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Tech won’t save the NHS
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. Contact Ben Heather in confidence here.
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CommentHancock's obsession with 'shiny' tech is 'blinding' us to the NHS' real needs
Nadeem Moghal on the lack of some basic technologies needed in every hospital in the NHS that accelerate the flow and quality of information, enabling timely responsive care
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Expert BriefingThe Download: One app to rule them all
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. Contact Ben Heather in confidence here.
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NewsNHS app to be mandatory for GPs – NHS England
Connection to the NHS app will become mandatory for all GPs, including those already providing similar digital services, according to NHS England’s digital chief.
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NewsTens of millions in STP tech funding held back
More than £35m of central tech funding for NHS providers was held back last year, with at least one region losing out after local organisations failed to reach a financial deal.
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CommentTurning science fiction into personalised care: how genome sequencing helps patients
Genome sequencing can help spot an increased risk or genetic tendency towards a disease and also enable healthcare providers to design personalised treatments for patients, writes Layla McCay
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NewsNew digital projects will be signed off by NHSX
NHS commissioners and IT suppliers will need to get sign-off from NHSX for new digital projects, according to fresh details released about the government’s new tech agency.
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NewsExclusive: CQC slated major central IT programme
The Care Quality Commission has heavily criticised a major NHS England-led IT project after a review found it to be dysfunctional and at risk of breaking procurement rules.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Show me the money
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. Contact Ben Heather in confidence here.
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NewsExclusive: CQC shrinks inspector team to free up money for tech
The Care Quality Commission is to shrink its hospital inspection team as it slashes budgets to release millions to spend on new technology.
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NewsNew NHS price comparison tool in the pipeline
A new price comparison tool is being designed by NHS technology officials which could be rolled out to trusts later this year, HSJ has learned.
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NewsHancock tech adviser slates 'insane' outsourcing of NHS data
One of the health secretary’s main technology advisers has called the secrecy and outsourcing of hospital performance data “insane”.
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NewsExclusive: Five ICS agree £12m deal for country's biggest regional patient record
Five integrated care systems have agreed to fund what will become the biggest electronic regional record in the country so far, covering 3.8m people.