News
CQC releases NHS 111 inspection reports
The Care Quality Commission has published plans for regulating and inspecting NHS 111 services, and released reports on three pilot inspections.
1 July 2015
Start-ups
News
Wearables info to feed records – Kelsey
Members of the public will be able to add data from wearable devices to their electronic patient record by 2018, according to Tim Kelsey, national director for patients and information at NHS England.
24 June 2015
Opinion
Tom’s digital health disruptors: mental health apps
In the second of his new columns, Digital Health News reporter Thomas Meek asks why mental health has seen as explosion of apps; and what needs to be done to get them into clinical and patient use.
23 June 2015
News
Four step app ‘endorsement’ process
Healthcare apps will go through a four-stage recommendation process as part of NHS Englandâs plans to create an endorsement model for these tools.
19 June 2015
News
Cancer patients get records access
Cancer Research UK, the National Cancer Registration Service and brain tumour support charity brainstrust have created a portal to give cancer patients online access to their treatment records.
12 June 2015
Opinion
Another view: of hanging up on the phone
In the third of his columns looking at federation and the kind of IT that practices will need to make a success of it, Neil Paul considers better ways to contact and help patients.
8 June 2015
