‘Lab in a bag’ backed by NHS England
A portable diagnostics service will “transform” the way patient care is provided in the country, NHS England has said.
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King’s develops arthritis app
The rheumatology department at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has adopted a smartphone app to support outpatients living with chronic arthritis.
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Govt hopeful on patient access target
The government is optimistic about meeting its April deadline for patient access to online records, despite January figures revealing that thousands of practices were yet to offer the service.
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Calling up a storm
Thomas Meek looks at the troubled history of NHS 111 in the first of a short series of features looking at the major healthcare IT initiatives of the present government in the run up to the general election.
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NHS launches mental health app library
NHS England has launched an online library of programmes and apps to support people with mental health conditions.
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Cerner to integrate PHR data in records
Cerner has partnered with digital health platform Validic in a deal to integrate patient-generated data into its patient portals and electronic patient records.
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Power to the people: takes another bite of Apple
Many digital column inches were expanded on the launch of the Apple Watch last week. But Paul Hodgkin argues the development to watch is ResearchKit.
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A sector to Watch
As Apple launched its Watch this week, Thomas Meek attended the Wearable Technology conference in London, where many other developers were just as keen to promise a health revolution.
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Power to the people on: whistleblowing in the 21st century
Paul Hodgkin says Sir Robert Francis’ report on whistleblowing is focused on corporate action; and in the age of social media, that may not be the best way forward.
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Patient.co.uk hearts social media
When Patient.co.uk wanted to promote its ‘Q score’ heart health tool, it turned to social media. Fiona Barr discovers why its Twitter and Facebook campaign both worked and won an EHI Award.
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