HSE launches Health App for patients in Ireland
A health app for patients in Ireland has been launched by the Department of Health and Health Service Executive (HSE).
The first version of the Health App, which went live on 25 February 2025, is…
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Helen Thomas: ‘Are our systems ready for the next pandemic? No.’
Helen Thomas, chief executive at Digital Health and Care Wales (Image provided by DHCW)
As chief executive officer of Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW), Helen Thomas is leading a six-year digital strategy that…
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Ed Prosser-Snelling: ‘Analogue to digital absolutely describes where we are’
As executive digital lead and chief digital information officer (CDIO) of a trust known as the ‘digital desert’, Ed Prosser-Snelling has had a challenge on his hands.
Since the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS…
Mount Sinai Health names new chief digital information officer
Mount Sinai Health System this week announced that it has named Lisa S. Stump to be its new Chief Digital Information Officer, as well as the Dean for Information Technology at Mount Sinai’s Icahn…
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SingHealth’s new digital scribe: A promising tool to reduce documentation burden?
To assist healthcare professionals with clinical documentation during consultations, a new tool is being piloted by SingHealth, Singapore’s largest health cluster.Note Buddy, described as an ambient digital scribe, is able to take notes of…
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NHS England signposts upcoming £18m health and justice EPR
NHS England has issued a pre-procurement notice for an £18 million electronic patient record (EPR) system covering the justice system.
The EPR will be used to capture health record data across prisons, youth referral services…
Australia to pursue AI, VR pilots for aged care reform
The Australian Department of Health and Aged Care has released a five-year strategy to deliver aged care reforms. In the Aged Care Data and Digital Strategy, the government envisions an aged care system that delivers…
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Wales sets out to create a single national clinical data repository by 2030
Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) has set out a mission to join up health and social care data by ensuring it flows to and from the National Data Resource (NDR) platform.The plans are…
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Fast Epic EHR and Oracle ERP Deployments at SBH Health System
This video interviews leaders from a health information technology services firm, HCTec, and a front-line safety-net health care system, St. Barnabas Hospital in the South Bronx, New York City. In this extensive discussion, these…
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East and North Hertfordshire to replace bleeps with messaging app
East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust has confirmed that it plans replace its bleeps system for medical staff with the messaging app Alertive before the end of 2024.In an update on the trust’s digital…
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