Beamtree, a UK and Australia-based service provider, led by Tim Kelsey former director at NHS England, has been awarded a contract to complete the health information management governance strategy for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) in conjunction with its partner Lean. The strategy, which will be developed over the […]
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Government announces new Digital NHS Health Check
The government has today announced a new Digital NHS Health Check, which will be rolled out from next spring, with an aim to enable around one million more health checks to be conducted per year. The new digital service will be accessible to patients through their mobile phone, tablet or […]
New report highlights role of digital in managing the interface between GPs and hospitals
A new reported entitled ‘Medical Evolution’ has been published today by think tank Policy Exchange, centring around a cross-party call for a proactive approach and highlighting the role of digital in managing the interface between GPs and hospitals. The report, co-authored by Dr David Landau and Dr Sean Phillips, states […]
Digital Health and Care Wales highlights diabetes consultation notes
Digital Health and Care Wales has shared an update on an electronic record specifically for diabetes patients, which has been used in the creation of more than 150,000 diabetes consultation notes (DCNs) since its launch in 2019. The note provides diabetes care information via the Welsh Clinical Portal, in which […]
University of Strathclyde, NSS and Scotland Excel publish £15m tender for digital co-managed care services
A tender worth an estimated £15 million has been published by the University of Strathclyde, NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) and Scotland Excel to establish a dynamic purchasing system in order to provide digital services for co-managed care. The notice states that this procurement is intended to tackle the challenge […]
Circle Health introduces patient recorded outcomes measures platform
Circle Health Group has partnered with My Clinical Outcomes to introduce its patient recorded outcomes measures platform across Circle Health’s 54 hospitals. Launched across Circle Health’s hospitals in May, the project aims to improve clinical outcomes and data capture, “from identifying unwarranted variation in surgical results, to automatic data submissions and […]
How to use a cloud service securely: NCSC launches new security guidance
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has launched new guidance on how to use a cloud service securely, which aims to help users meet their security responsibilities by ensuring proper configuration of their chosen service. In a blog post accompanying the new guidance, a principal security researcher emphasises that “most security […]
Digital in the fight against cancer: Cancer Strategy for Scotland 2023-2033
The Scottish Government has published its ‘Cancer Strategy for Scotland 2023-2033’ which includes key points and implications for the use of digital in the fight against cancer. The strategic intent is “to improve cancer survival and provide excellent, equitably accessible care”. The strategy also outlines a 10-year vision where “more […]
NHS England publishes £35 million tender for privacy enhancing tech
NHS England has opened a tender worth an estimated £35 million to procure privacy enhancing technology (PET) “to provide robust protection and deliver a standard approach to support safe data use”. The technology is to be initially deployed for the federated data platform (FDP) programme and will potentially include cloud-based […]
EPMA goes live at Nottingham University Hospitals
Nervecentre’s electronic prescribing and medicines administration solution has gone live across Nottingham University Hospitals. The City Hospital went live with the system in May, across two weekends, and Queen’s Medical Centre moved to the new system earlier this month. It means the hospitals have moved away from a paper process to the […]
