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International health IT week in review: December 16

16 December 2018
By Kate McDonald

Pulse+IT's weekly round-up of international health IT news for the week ending December 16: UK Health Secretary bans NHS faxes, C- for US interoperability, NICE standards, patient portal uptake, UK electronic prescription roll-out, weak encryption for health app, hospital bed monitors heart rate, VA Health API. EMRs and doctor burnout

NHS banned from buying any more fax machines
Press Association ~ Staff writer ~ 09/12/2018

The health secretary, Matt Hancock, has banned the purchasing of fax machines in the health service from next month, and has ordered the NHS to phase out the outdated machines by 31 March 2020.


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