Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust has launched a waiting list validation system which confirms if patients still need their appointments and want to remain on a waiting list.
The system provided by Netcall,…
The number of hospital M&A transactions dropped to 11 in the second quarter of 2024, down from the 20 transactions announced in the first quarter of this year. But that doesn’t mean that the…
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The Australian government will pilot a network for sharing information on cyber threats in the healthcare sector.It has recently set aside A$6.4 million ($4.2 million) to launch an Information Sharing and Analysis Centre (ISAC)…
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The Australian Digital Health Agency has released a five-year roadmap for raising the uptake of national healthcare identifiers in Australia.Developed with the Department of Health and Aged Care and Services Australia, the National Healthcare…
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ONC publishes its Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Patient Engagement, Information Sharing, and Public Health Interoperability (HTI-2) proposed rule for public comment.
The rule would include new certification criteria for public health and…
In a trend that shows no sign of slowing, hospitals and health systems are affiliating, acquiring and merging more than ever before. With those sprawling new entities come lots of challenges combining and streamlining…
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Amid a national reckoning with racism spurred by the COVID-19 death rate among Black Americans, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s standards for pulse oximeters – those all-too-common devices that use light to measure…
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Touted as the product of 10 years of work, the most recent proposed rule issued July 10 by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT will usher in an age of automation…
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Recruitment issues, industrial action and the end of ring-fenced national funding have contributed to a cut in virtual ward bed capacity, NHS North West London Integrated Care Board (ICB) told Digital Health News.
In May…
Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) is working with data technology provider InterSystems to implement an interoperability platform at the new digital children’s hospital in Dublin.
InterSystems’ HealthShare Health Connect will be rolled out at the new…
