All Technology and innovation articles – Page 49
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CommentHow to enable the uptake of technology in the NHS?
Responding to Matt Hancock’s argument that the NHS will fall behind the curve if it waits to evaluate benefits before implementing new technology, Adam Steventon says evaluation is crucial and outlines four measures to ensure timely evaluation of new technology is achieved
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NewsExclusive: Tighter cyber security deemed ‘not value for money’
The government is set to ignore recommendations from its top national cyber body that the NHS must meet a “minimum bar” for cyber security, even as the service continues to come under online attack.
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HSJ PartnersIs the NHS heading for EPR-related burnout?
Jonathan Bloor on the burden created by the use of electronic patient records and how to digitally transform the NHS in a sustainable way.
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NewsWatchdog rules GP at Hand adverts were misleading
A national watchdog has upheld a series of complaints accusing Babylon Healthcare and GP at Hand of publishing misleading adverts.
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Expert Briefing
The Download: Theranos, could it happen in the NHS?
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. Contact Ben Heather in confidence here.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Shifting the tech-tonic plates
The new health secretary’s belief that technology will act as a panacea to the NHS’s numerous problems is worrying, says Andy Cowper
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News£300m STP tech framework published after six month delay
A framework for giving suppliers access to an estimated £300m of new NHS spending on digital technology has been published after a six month delay and challenges from some participants.
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NewsDHSC fails to approve tech funding loan for 15 months
An acute trust has been forced to look for new funding to pay for its electronic patient record system after the Department of Health and Social Care has still not signed off a loan after more than 15 months.
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NewsLabour plans safe staffing amendments to healthcare safety bill
Labour proposes amendments to Healthcare Safety Investigations Branch bill Shadow health secretary attacks Matt Hancock’s promotion of GP at Hand Jonathan Ashworth raises prospect of legally enforced staffing ratios Labour have threatened to table amendments to the government’s Healthcare Safety Bill if ministers fail to take action ...
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NewsThird board executive leaves major teaching trust in three months
The chief executive of Oxford University Hospitals Foundation Trust has written to staff to say its chief information and digital officer has left the trust.
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NewsRevealed: Four out of five trusts failed to respond to ‘high severity’ cyber alert
More than four in five NHS trusts failed to respond to the first “high severity” cyber alert issued since the WannaCry cyber attack, HSJ can reveal.
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LeaderMatt Hancock’s endorsement of Babylon risks undermining NHS innovation
HSJ editor Alastair McLellan says the health and social care secretary’s endorsement of Babylon Health risks undermining innovation efforts in the NHS.
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NewsRevealed: Babylon’s national expansion push
Digital health company Babylon Healthcare has contacted more than a dozen clinical commissioning groups as it pushes for expansion across the country, including extending its NHS GP partnership to two new cities.
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NewsHSJ wins investigation and technology awards
A series of articles by HSJ senior correspondent James Illman exposing care failings at East of England Ambulance Services Trust was named “investigation of the year” at last night’s inaugural Press Gazette specialist media awards.
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Expert Briefing
The Download: On the Hunt for elephants
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. Contact Ben Heather in confidence here.
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NewsHancock: I want to help GP at Hand expand
Matt Hancock has told an audience of Babylon Healthcare staff he wants to help the company expand “so loads of companies can come do what Babylon are doing” in the NHS.
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NewsExclusive: Government agrees multimillion settlement over IT contract row
A decade long, £700m contract dispute between the government and a major IT supplier has been resolved, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsMajor GP provider partners with Push Doctor app
One of the largest GP partnerships in England has brought on Push Doctor to provide its patients with online consultations
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NewsPlan to put millions of patient records on the Amazon cloud
A new NHS national service has been set up to scan billions of pages of patient records and upload them to Amazon Web Services.
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NewsNo more big IT contracts for the NHS – Hancock
The new health and social care secretary has said “big contracts” for NHS IT services are over, claiming the service is often taken advantage of by suppliers.