Technology to allow faster diagnosis and assessment of skin conditions is being rolled out across primary care in Scotland, starting with Dumfries and Galloway and Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
Using a secure mobile phone app…
NHS England has announced plans to provide advanced eye scans in the community for people with diabetes, potentially saving up to 120,000 hospital appointments a year and helping to prevent sight loss.
The rollout of…
More than 9,000 automatic letters from hospitals to GPs in Kent were delayed by three weeks due to an error which occurred during an IT upgrade at Kent Community Health Foundation Trust.
The delayed letters,…
GP digital telephony provider X-on Health has acquired Hanley Consulting to strengthen its technology, data analytics and expert services for GP surgeries across the UK and help to end the 8am rush.
X-on Health’s Surgery…
An outage to the EMIS IT system caused “chaos” for GPs in England when access was cut off to appointment booking systems and patient records at the busiest time of the week.
EMIS is the…
A new bill which will allow patients’ data to be easily transferable across the NHS has been introduced to Parliament.
Delivered by the Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology (DSIT), the bill will require IT…
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A handheld translation device is being trialled across the Southern Health and Social Care Trust in…
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The electronic prescription service (EPS) is now available at some GP practices and community pharmacies in every health board in Wales following go lives in Cwm Taf Morgannwg, Swansea Bay and Hywel Dda University…
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A third of GPs (30%) report that their work PC or laptop software is not fit for purpose, according to results of a Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) poll.
The survey, which was responded…
Software which enables computer-guided consultations is being rolled out to 150 GP practices across Greater Manchester, with the aim of supporting better adult asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) care.
The clinically-validated LungHealth solution…
