Government & Policy

The NHS tech unit is recruiting for two new DHSC director roles.

What still seems to be missing from the criteria is any assessment of the evidence of how well a product works and to what extent, says Prof Sam Shah, chief medical strategy officer, Numan.

As part of the slew of improvements that the National Electronic Health Record (NEHR) will receive, more healthcare institutions within the country will also be brought on board to contribute to the NEHR.

HealthCerts, an amalgamation of cryptographic hashes, blockchain technology, privacy protection and proof identity, is a set of open-source digital standards which is utilised for the issuing of digital COVID-19 test result certificates.

"We should work toward a future state where all clinicians feel that their health IT is so essential to their practice that they cannot provide care without it."

With Moving Health Home, Amazon Care, Ascension, Intermountain, Landmark Health and others say they want to "change the way policymakers think about the home as a site of clinical service."

In an interview with Healthcare IT News, Swiss consultancy firm Indema shares its views on investment priorities of hospitals and trends in the Swiss and German market.

NHS Confederation says recognition of the UK’s data protection adequacy is ‘vital for the functioning of the European health sector’.

Its Ransomware Resource Center offers free tools to help healthcare IT pros "better prepare for, respond to, and recover from ransomware attacks."                           

A panel of UK healthcare leaders discussed the importance of having nurses at the forefront of the digital transformation during a HETT session.