Health secretary Matt Hancock launches tech vision for the NHS
Proposals include a modern technology architecture to underpin new digital services and a set of open standards for all IT systems
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Hololens augmented reality enters the operating theatre
The Hololens augmented reality headset is being used during surgery at Imperial College
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How Sophia Genetics uses genomic healthcare to diagnose NHS patients
The healthtech company has merged genomics and radiomics for the first time and is opening up access to personalised medicine
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How Cambridge University Hospitals plan to use Office 365 to boost patient care
Microsoft's suite of productivity tools targeted to improve workplace communication and access to patient information
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How the NHS is transitioning to the new Health and Social Care Network (HSCN)
The new multi-provider network replaces the single supplier N3 and is set to be live by October
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AstraZeneca turns to AWS to speed up cancer research
Cloud storage can be a game changer when it comes to cancer drug research and development
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NHS brings in HPE for pioneering IoT diabetes self-care project
The NHS has provided diabetes patients and practitioners with access to an IoT platform in the west of England
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The future of IoT in healthcare
How Internet of Things technology is changing the healthcare industry
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NHS care.data records still being shared due to Department of Health delays
Jeremy Hunt's department is dragging its heels on a system to opt people out of having their data shared
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Care.data director Tim Kelsey: the mastermind behind the NHS GP data project
Despite plaudits for his entrepreneurship and work on open data, top NHS official Kelsey is a divisive and controversial figure
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NHS e-Referral Service: what is it and why does it matter?
The system is critical to the goal for a ‘paperless NHS’ by 2018 – but has had major issues since it was launched in June
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Data today keeps the doctor away
Learning from the pioneers of health informatics
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NHS IT: Another project over budget, late and with a functionality shortfall
Health data extraction project with Atos gets stinging rebuke from National Audit Office
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Fitbits could be sending data to NHS patient records by 2018
NHS England director says digital patient records could integrate with consumer wearables like Fitbit by 2018
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Using public cloud in a firm like AstraZeneca took some 'risk balancing'
Pharmaceutical firm uses cloud-based tools to garner innovation - which outweighs security risks, its senior architect says
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Tech Mahindra and CircleHealth target NHS with ten-year £50 million deal
Companies believe the NHS is on the cusp of rapid tech-enabled change as budgets get squeezed
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Cardiff and Vale NHS to give 1,000 Lenovo laptops to mobile staff
Access to systems in the field frees up enough nurses’ time for each to visit an extra patient every day
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NHS admits 33 ‘known issues’ with e-Referral service launched today
Chose and Book successor leaves staff coping with slow loading, missing functions and other issues despite seven-month delay to fix glitches
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E-prescribing could save 20,000 lives a year, says Birmingham NHS CIO
However life-saving e-prescribing software is commissioned in just 12 percent of trusts
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The NHS should embrace wearable tech, says Royal Free CIO
However a ‘series of privacy issues’ must be tackled for adoption to become widespread
