Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has pledged to improve the technology used by the NHS, claiming it will play a “key” part in the Better Care Fund.
NHS England’s emerging focus for patient data collage, the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), is planning to develop a patient data security programme.
MyNHS, a new website where people can compare the performance of local hospitals, care services and their local authority with up-to-date information, has been launched by the Health Secretary.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has appointed Dame Fiona Caldicott to a new role as National Data Guardian for health and care.
NHS England Director for patients and information Tim Kelsey has claimed NHS Trusts not reaching “digital maturity” by 2018-20 are at risk of having their funding cut.
NHS patients in England are set to have access to online medical records by April 2015, claims Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt.
A communications, managed print and IT services provider has claimed that hospitals will need to win the “hearts and minds” of staff if they are to be paperless by 2018.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has claimed that 25% of smartphone users will be accessing their NHS records on an app by 2017.
Move is a part of a larger scheme to make the NHS fully digital and completely paperless by 2020.
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