Leading US health web sites merge
8 October 2008
12:00 AM
The number two and three US health website networks are to merge to take on the might of market leader WebMD.
News
PCTs increase Choose and Book incentives
7 October 2008
2:14 PM
A London PCT is to pay its GPs £3.50 for every referral made under Choose and Book as trusts step up their efforts to improve take–up of Choose and Book.
GPs face limits on third party add-ons
7 October 2008
12:21 PM
GPs in some parts of England claim they are facing unworkable restrictions on the kind of third party IT they can use in their practices under the GP Systems of Choice PCT-practice agreement.
PCTs criticised over IM+T DES ruling
7 October 2008
12:23 AM
GP representatives claim PCTs are acting incorrectly by setting a minimum number of records that have to be electronically summarised before GPs can qualify for payments under the IM&T directed enhanced service (DES).
Italian GPs get digital x-rays online
7 October 2008
12:00 AM
Carestream Health and Italy’s San Salvatore Hospital have announced the development of a new radiology information system module that enables GPs to book digital x-ray examinations and get results back online.
Basildon and Thurrock tightens security
7 October 2008
12:00 AM
Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has held a USB stick amnesty and implemented new software to comply with DH data security requirements.
PACSnet to close after funding pulled
6 October 2008
10:44 AM
The PACSnet advisory group is to close, after the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency (PASA) announced that it will cease funding the group.
NHS SBS plans healthcare AI solutions framework
16 January 2025
NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) is planning the formation of a new framework agreement
CQC says 500 inspection reports are stuck in IT platform
16 January 2025
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) revealed that it has around 500 reports which are “stuck”
Robeauté raises £23m to develop rice-sized neurosurgical robots
15 January 2025
Robeauté has raised $28m (£23m) to develop its microrobots which enter the brain to diagnose,
Royal Bolton Hospital opens digital autopsy suite
15 January 2025
Royal Bolton Hospital is carrying out digital autopsies that reduce invasive post-mortems and release bodies
Cera secures more than £123m to roll out AI-led home healthcare
15 January 2025
UK health tech firm Cera has completed a transaction in excess of $150m (£123m) to
