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Leontina Postelnicu

Leontina Postelnicu covers the implementation of technology across the UK’s health and care system, with a particular interest in health policy and innovation.

Electronic Health Records
By Leontina Postelnicu | 09:10 am | November 01, 2018
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) has become the first NHS trust and the first Global Digital Exemplar (GDE) to be revalidated against the new Stage 6 HIMSS Analytics international Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM) standards that came into force at the beginning of the year.
By Leontina Postelnicu | 02:22 pm | October 19, 2018
Former UK science minister Lord Drayson’s Sensyne Health has announced the commercial launch of the GDm-Health solution, developed to enable remote management of gestational diabetes in collaboration with Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Oxford.
By Leontina Postelnicu | 02:20 pm | October 19, 2018
Genomics England has awarded a multi-year contract to Cambridge-headquartered Congenica to provide diagnostic decision support services that will underpin the delivery of the NHS’s world-first initiative to create a national Genomic Medicine Service (GMS).
By Leontina Postelnicu | 02:18 pm | October 19, 2018
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will open an AI-powered command centre at the Bradford Royal Infirmary next spring, thought to be the first of its kind in Europe, through a partnership with GE Healthcare.
Cybersecurity
By Leontina Postelnicu | 12:13 pm | October 08, 2018
As compliance continues to be a point of concern, we take a look at the implications of GDPR for UK health and care.
By Leontina Postelnicu | 02:05 pm | September 21, 2018
The National Health Service announced that Robert Coles will serve in the newly created chief information security officer role.
Interoperability
By Leontina Postelnicu | 01:02 pm | September 19, 2018
The National Health Service in England has announced two new innovator programs to accelerate the use of digital health tools that benefit patients and remove barriers slowing adoption of innovation.
By Leontina Postelnicu | 01:33 pm | September 18, 2018
Countries around the globe are dealing with legacy fax machines and the UK organization is looking to get rid of its devices by 2019.
Analytics
By Leontina Postelnicu | 05:17 pm | September 11, 2018
The machine learning model uses 600 variables with patient's data whereas human-constructed models made predictions based on 27, researchers say.
By Leontina Postelnicu | 03:41 pm | September 06, 2018
The UK agency said the goal is to provide access to genetic testing to drive personalized treatments and enable interventions for the whole country.