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Experts say more NHS cyber-attacks are ‘inevitable’
A panel of experts have stated that they believe further NHS cyber-attacks – like 2017’s WannaCry – are an inevitability Another cyber attack on the keep reading
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Embrace Skype, urges NHS medical director
According to Digital Health, the medical director for NHS England believes Skype could change the future of outpatient appointments Stephen Powis, medical director of NHS keep reading
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Health secretary reveals tech revolution plans at GovTech
The Guardian has reported that Matt Hancock spoke to world leaders at GovTech yesterday, extolling the virtues of advanced technology in healthcare Matt Hancock, the keep reading
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Healthtech: Improving practice productivity and patient outcomes
Technology, technology, technology. It’s everywhere and it’s changing how practices operate – streamlining operations and improving communications. Frazer Whitehead, senior public sector account manager at keep reading
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Boosting patient access and improving the patient experience
Patient-centred care – it’s the future of the NHS. Delivering it can be a challenge; improving patient access, and thus experience, is key. Three CCGs keep reading
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NHS Wales suffering ‘extraordinarily disruptive’ data outages
The IT systems in the Welsh NHS need a ‘kickstart’, according to the RCGP A new report from the National Assembly for Wales’ Public Accounts keep reading
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New digital GP provider launches in UK
LIVI, a CQC-commissioned online GP consultation service, has now launched in the UK According to Pharma Times, a new digital GP provider – named LIVI keep reading
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WannaCry cost the NHS £92m
According to Digital Health, last year’s ransomware attack, WannaCry, cost the NHS £92m altogether It has now been estimated by the Department of Health and keep reading
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Is technology driving efficiency in your practice – or, could it do more?
GP practices have, so far, led the way in patient-facing technology; consider the move from paper to digital patient record-keeping and the offering of online-access keep reading
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‘GPs are not afraid of technology or innovation’, says RCGP chair
Chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners, Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard, addressed the issue of IT in healthcare at the annual Primary Care Conference yesterday keep reading