Pulse+IT's weekly round-up of international health IT news for the week ending October 21: NHS needs £13b for IT, digital health playbook, UK minister outlines NHS IT vision, FDA and DHS on medical device security, Ada speaks Swahili, app for TB, Canadian snoop, $1b telehealth fraud, Anthem pays up, WannaCry cost NHS £92m
Officials' £13bn funding ask to modernise NHS IT
Health Services Journal ~ Ben Heather ~ 15/10/2018
The sum would be on par with the National Programme for IT, the most expensive push to improve IT systems in NHS history and an infamously costly and troubled project.
AMA launches digital health implementation playbook
MobiHealthNews ~ Laura Lovett ~ 17/10/2018
The new playbook will include a step-by-step approach to implementing digital health tools, as well as best practices and other resources.
