Technology and innovation – Page 56
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Swindells: Tech suppliers must sign up to data sharing or risk funding
Providers supplying IT services to the NHS will have their access to the health service curtailed if they do not agree to feed patient records into a new data sharing scheme.
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NewsNHS app used by 500,000 patients suspended over quality concerns
An NHS developed app and website used by half a million patients has suspended its service after clinical assurance concerns were raised at NHS England.
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CommentDarzi: The NHS must learn from its digital failures
Successful modernisation of the NHS depends largely on its ability to digitise its operations. It can be done, but training and education will be key. By Ara Darzi
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NewsPatient images sent by taxi after £30m IT system breaks down
Doctors have been forced to send images from patient scans on DVDs in taxis to neighbouring hospitals after a £30m IT system failed across eight hospitals.
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CommentNew technology solutions promise much – now can we work out which ones actually deliver?
Measuring the effectiveness of care innovations is a tricky business, but Tim Burdsey believes it can be done. He shares some insights from a recent review of the evidence base
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HSJ LocalTrust director promises action after 'significant' IT disruption
The medical director of Nottingham University Hospitals Trust has promised to act after the rollout of a digital record system caused widespread disruption.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Consultant backlash over patient record system 'disaster'
Outcry from dozens of senior consultants has forced one of the country’s largest teaching hospitals to review its £14m digital patient record system amid fears over patient safety.
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HSJ LocalIreland's chief information officer joins teaching trust
The chief information officer for the Irish Health Service Executive is to join one of England’s largest teaching hospital trusts.
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NewsNHS England will invest in artificial intelligence, says Stevens
NHS England is to invest more in artificial intelligence over the next 12 months and will roll out new regional patient data schemes, chief executive Simon Stevens has said.
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NewsJeremy Hunt to announce digital trust 'buddies'
The government will distribute £181m to a second wave of digital trusts, the health secretary is expected to announce tomorrow.
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News'Accelerated' access to NHS patient data for private firms
Ministers have been urged to set out plans for a new national patient data sharing scheme to give researchers, including private companies, faster access to “de-identified” patient data from millions of records.
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NewsHealth secretary warned again over hospital access to GP records
Jeremy Hunt has been warned for a second time about the potential harm to patients caused by the lack of patient record sharing in the NHS.
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News'Dysfunctional' NHS England project damages UK reputation, say health tech firms
An organisation representing health technology firms has claimed a “dysfunctional” NHS England project is denying patients access to “life changing” treatment.
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CommentA clear timetable is needed for NHS tech funding
Nicola Blackwood and Nicola Perrin on how a digital transformation with respect to data in the NHS must be all inclusive
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NewsQuarter of NHS accounts vulnerable from 'very weak' passwords
NHS Digital has uncovered a widespread “false sense of security” over cyber threats among NHS organisations, with many having weak passwords and poorly policed access to sensitive patient data.
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HSJ Local'Exemplar' trust first to move patient records to the cloud
One of the country’s leading digital trusts is moving its core clinical system on to Microsoft’s cloud service, as more trusts consider outsourcing IT services.
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NewsTrusts could be fined millions for poor cybersecurity
The Department of Health could fine trusts up to £17m for failing to keep services running after a cyberattack or hardware failure, under new government proposals.
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NewsKeith McNeil resigns from NHS England role
The NHS’s first national chief clinical information officer Keith McNeil is leaving after just 13 months in the role.
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Exclusive: All trusts will buy new IT via NHS 'exemplars'
NHS England has revealed funding for the next wave of global digital exemplars, which will compete to deploy new IT systems to the rest of the NHS.
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NewsNHS England plans national 'core software' deal to patch cyber holes
NHS England will seek substantial new capital funding for cybersecurity in the wake on the WannaCry ransonware attack, Matthew Swindells has revealed.