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CommentDoes the NHS need to make digital integration so hard?
The integration of NHS Login with the Digital Health Passport platform will help transform medication adherence and self-management for young people with conditions such as asthma and epilepsy, writes Matt Bourne
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News‘Full benefit’ of FDP only reaching a handful of trusts, says NHSE
A maximum of 16 trusts are currently using all the “core” parts of the £1bn national federated data platform, which according to NHS England would give them the most benefit from it.
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NewsEx-health secretary buys NHS data firm
A former health secretary’s company has bought health data firm Dr Foster, with plans to return to its practice of highlighting poor quality care in the NHS.
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NewsBaby’s death linked to EPR disruption
A trust has linked the stillbirth of a baby to the disruption that followed the launch of an electronic patient record.
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NewsNHSE director vows to ‘turn off’ funding for wasteful IT systems
NHS England will intensify its crackdown on wasteful technology spending next year as part of “radically different” approach to funding, a national director has said.
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NewsFinancial ‘game playing’ won’t be tolerated, says NHSE director
A senior NHS England director has warned “game playing” must be stopped for next year’s financial plans.
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CommentThe cyber security risk you are (probably) overlooking
The new assessment framework strengthens NHS cyber security, but increased recognition of the impact of staff behaviour is vital if the service is to be properly protected
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CommentEffective remote monitoring requires much more than choosing the right tech
A major evaluation of remote blood pressure monitoring reveals 10 key lessons for the NHS, highlighting that effective implementation requires more than just deploying technology – it needs systems that patients and staff trust, understand and value
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Digital teams can’t keep up – and are being cut
The weekly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week, written by Ben Clover. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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NewsExclusive: EPRs pose ‘persistent’ threat to patient safety
Electronic patient record systems pose “persistent” risks to patients and have directly contributed to several incidents of harm, a national safety watchdog has found.
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CommentEffective neighbourhood care relies on connecting community IT
Technology should make work easier for frontline clinicians and care staff, enabling better coordination between GPs, community nurses, social care workers and voluntary sector partners in neighbourhood settings, argues Dr Harpreet Sood
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NewsMaternity warning system hit by IT fault
A maternity unit criticised by the Care Quality Commission is battling a high-risk fault in its new electronic patient record system which causes women’s deterioration scores to display incorrectly.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Beholden to Big Tech
The weekly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week, written by Joe Talora. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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CommentDigital services can tackle the quiet crisis stalking the NHS
Professor Robert Thomson explores how universities can help tackle the neurodevelopmental and mental health crisis
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CommentBoards must take their responsibility for cyber security more seriously
Cyberattacks keep crippling NHS services not due to missing technology, but predictable board-level governance failures that leave known vulnerabilities unaddressed
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NewsMajor tech supplier warned over risk to patients
A coroner has warned a major supplier of technology to the primary care sector that failure to address a known issue with its software poses “a risk that future deaths could occur”.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: When the App gets there first
The weekly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week, written by Ben Clover and Joe Talora. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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CommentWhy behaviour change holds the key to scaling NHS innovation
At NCL Health Alliance, part of UCLPartners, behavioural science is helping staff adopt new systems that make care simpler and more sustainable
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NewsNHS App breaking cancer diagnoses before clinicians
Patients are discovering their cancer diagnoses via the NHS App after viewing test results or referral letters before any contact from a clinician, HSJ has learned.
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NewsPalantir offering NHS staff AI and data apprenticeships
AI and data apprenticeships intended to increase uptake of the national Federated Data Platform are to be rolled out to NHS staff in the new year.