The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is planning to allow researchers to access patient data from the Covid-19 pandemic, despite concerns raised by doctors’ representatives.
A formal direction, ‘GP Data for Consented Research’…
Professor Peter Johnson, NHS national cancer director (Image provided by NHS England)
Five AI tools that help spot warning signs of bowel cancer earlier have been conditionally recommended by the National Institute for Health…
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University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS) has deployed Alcidion’s Miya Emergency across its largest site, Southampton General Hospital.
The solution, which went live on 7 October, digitises emergency department processes, integrating disparate patient data…
Dr Henrietta Hughes OBE, England’s patient safety commissioner (Credit: Photographs by Photographer London)
A new commission will help ensure that the UK’s regulatory system can cope with AI, writes Henrietta Hughes, patient safety commissioner…
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Wes Streeting’s vision for the 10 year health plan has been Black Pear’s “direction of travel” all along, says David Jehring.
David Jehring is one of a rare breed of digital health pioneers who knows…
Ming Tang, interim chief digital and information officer at NHS England (Credit: NHSE)
Ming Tang, interim chief digital and information officer at NHS England, said that the single patient record (SPR) will connect existing…
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Shared care records already link millions of patients and professionals. The next step is to build on them through open platforms, not dismantle a decade of progress, writes Matt Cox, chief customer officer at…
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An apprenticeship programme is being launched to equip NHS staff with the critical skills needed to use the federated data platform (FDP) effectively.
The NHS FDP connects vital data which is currently stored in separate…
Grace Gimson, chief executive and co-founder of Holly Health (Credit: Holly Health)
A project involving an app from digital health coaching service Holly Health has improved digital self-management for people living with or at…
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Dr Jim Hughes, director of digital and data programmes for the Mental Health Research for Innovation Centre (M-RIC) and strategic advisor digital and data programmes at Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust (Credit: Mersey Care…
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