Technology and innovation – Page 55
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NewsRevealed: 25 trusts 'likely' to get funding for safety technology
Funding for 25 NHS trusts to introduce barcoding technology to improve patient safety and efficiency could be announced early next year.
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NewsBabylon withdraws CQC legal challenge
Digital health provider Babylon Health Services has withdrawn a legal challenge against a Care Quality Commission report and will have to pay £11,000 in costs to the regulator.
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NewsVast range of consultancy and IT covered by new ACS framework
A new framework for accountable care systems and sustainability and transformation partnerships will cover a vast array of private suppliers, with the potential to shake up how support and technology are sold to the NHS.
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CommentTaking a cue about utilising data to enhance healthcare
The Australians may have big ambitions, but we can match them, as long as we don’t over play the role of big data. By Marc Farr
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HSJ LocalReview finds 'significant issues and risks' around trust's IT infrastructure
A major acute trust’s IT systems, including a system introduced in 2015 to “revolutionise” its patient records, are set to be overhauled and replaced in the new year.
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NewsExclusive: Government warned not to repeat Care.data mistakes
Dame Fiona Caldicott has warned the government that too many exceptions to the new patient data opt out scheme risk repeating the failings of Care.data.
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NewsBabylon CQC report published after injunction lifted
Babylon Health Services has failed to stop the publication of a Care Quality Commission report that states it is not providing a safe service in some areas.
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NewsHalf of online health services deemed 'not safe' in CQC inspections
A new regime for inspecting online health services has revealed nearly half were not providing a safe service for patients, according to Care Quality Commission reports.
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News'Real risk of deaths' without national level e-prescribing changes
A national electronic prescribing system used in the treatment of millions of people needs to make changes to prevent patient deaths, a coroner has said.
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HSJ LocalHospital sent patient data to USA by mistake
Patient data held by a hospital trust was erroneously sent to and stored on a company’s server in USA, amid problems with a new electronic patient record system.
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HSJ LocalCyberattack costs trust £9.5m in lost income
The WannaCry cyberattack in May cost one NHS trust £9.5m in lost income, its latest board report reveals.
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NewsBabylon pilot was not pursued by CCGs
Commissioners in London have ditched a planned pilot of Babylon Health’s primary care app after patients in a test “tried speed up GP access, rather than [use] the symptom checker”.
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HSJ LocalTrouble-hit vanguard imaging system faces more problems
An East Midlands hospital trust has delayed the rollout of the troubled East Midlands Radiology consortium imaging system until next year amid ongoing performance concerns.
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NewsPublic health data to be shifted to NHS 'safe haven'
Public Health England could move potentially millions of patients’ personal data to an NHS “safe haven” – but will likely retain control of the cancer registry for now, the Department of Health has said.
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NewsSTPs to buy consultancy and tech from 'one stop shop'
NHS England is developing a new “one stop shop” framework for local health systems to buy products and services ranging from workforce advice to IT systems.
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News'Worrying' review into NHS data sharing deal with Home Office
A report clearing NHS Digital to share patients’ private information with the Home Office has been called “worrying” by the man who commissioned it more than three years ago.
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HSJ LocalTrust agrees patient data deal with DeepMind
Yeovil District Hospital Foundation Trust is set to roll out an app developed by artificial intelligence firm DeepMind, after signing a five year contract with the Google owned company.
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NewsNHS England picks Babylon for flagship patient app pilot
NHS England has picked two private digital services to pilot a new universal NHS patient app that provides access to health records, NHS 111 and privacy preferences through their smartphones.
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Comment'Carebnb' could be the type of radical idea the NHS needs
Alex Fox on the viability of care rooms and the need to look at other patient-centric models that already exist in the NHS
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NewsNHS needs at least extra £4bn for digital upgrade, says tech chief
The NHS needs “at least” another £4.2bn to fully replace or upgrade its IT systems, NHS England’s chief information officer has warned.