The government and NHS England have confirmed their intention to relaunch England’s 15 Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs) under the new name of Health Innovation Networks (HINs), to reflect their key role in supporting…
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John Nosta, the number one ranked global influencer in digital health and the future of health innovation, has said that humans and technology will work hand in hand but questioned who will take the…
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Cyber security is an ever-increasing issue for the healthcare sector, with the NHS’ huge landscape and lack of digital maturity key reasons for the many attacks that occur on the system.Digital Health News spoke…
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NHS England and Preventx have launched a digital-first, remote testing service for hepatitis C, which will support the NHS’ ambition to eliminate the virus ahead of the World Health Organization (WHO)’s goal of eradicating…
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Every hospital trust and integrated care system (ICS) may get its own local version of the proposed new Federated Data Platform (FDP) that can connect and collaborate with other data platforms, locally and nationally. This…
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EarSwitch has won the UKRI Healthy Ageing Challenge Grant, which will allow it to develop its EarMetrics technology into standard hearing aids, allowing for a range of medical monitoring.Once developed the EarMetrics hearing aid…
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NHS England has signed an £8m one month extension on the NHS Microsoft licensing deal that includes Office 365 and ubiquitous Teams video conferencing application.First reported by PublicTechnology.net and confirmed to Digital Health News…
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Natasha Phillips, the national chief nursing information officer, has become the latest departure from NHS England.Digital Health News learned of Dr Phillips’ departure today from sources close to NHS England. Her departure comes less…
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GP practices are being encouraged to join a new national online service making registering patients quicker and easier. More than 900 GP practices – around one in seven nationally (14%) – have already enrolled for the…
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With news that Dr Tim Ferris is to depart as NHS England’s transformation director in September, Digital Health News editor-in-chief Jon Hoeksma considers what has been his track record on digitising the NHS and…
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