Dr Zubir Ahmed, health innovation and safety minister (Credit: Department of Health and Social Care)
The UK should leverage its new Health Data Research Service (HDRS) for the “benefit of the Treasury coffers”, said…
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New Zealand’s health minister announces a 10-year investment plan to convert the 65% of hospitals that use paper records to digital systems.
The plan calls for a single national digital medical records system,…
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is launching new guidelines on value-based procurement for MedTech.
Around £10bn per year is spent on MedTech, but the NHS has previously opted to buy technology based…
Mike Nesbitt, health minister for Northern Ireland (Credit: Department of Health)
Around 1,600 patient appointments have been postponed owing to an IT outage at the Southern Health and Social Care Trust (SHSCT), Mike Nesbitt,…
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The cost of the encompass digital records system for health trusts in Northern Ireland is expected to exceed the £300 million originally estimated by £60m.
All citizens in Northern Ireland are able to access a…
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has received £1 million in funding for its AI Airlock regulatory sandbox programme.
A regulatory sandbox is a tool which allows businesses to explore and experiment with…
The New Zealand government appears to have made targeted yet limited funding for digital health projects this coming fiscal year. In an announcement, Health Minister Simeon Brown said Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand will…
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All citizens in Northern Ireland are now able to access a single digital care record, following roll-out of the encompass patient record system at the final two health and care trusts.
Southern Health and Social…
Newly appointed Health Minister Simeon Brown recently announced new investment package to improve access to primary care. An extra NZ$285 million ($164 million) funding over three years will be invested in general practice from July…
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New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority has recently announced the first approved electronic controlled drug register in the country.Developed by local company Toniq, the register is the first of its kind to…
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