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The Patient Safety Strategy says new system will use AI to improve learning from care incidents.

Also: EU Cybersecurity Act comes into force, Quibim gives update on PRIMAGE project, Edinburgh university receives award for eHealth resource, and others.

Pay for performance models continue to experience a hard time, especially those that try to leverage capitated payment schemes to reach the ‘triple aim’ of improved population health, enhanced patient care, and cost reduction. 

A new survey of over 2,220 people in England found support for collaborations resulting in access to the discoveries generated at less cost and improvements in the care provided.

A team from the Institute of Global Health Innovation at Imperial College London published a paper on NHS cybersecurity this week.

Consultation proposes that primary care services, such as Babylon’s GP at Hand, need to focus on areas with doctor shortages to reduce health inequalities.  

Practical tips from the InterSystems workshop organised at the HIMSS & Health 2.0 European Conference in Helsinki.

Around 90% of tech solutions for healthcare are not geared to the needs of patients, attendees at the FT Digital Health Summit in Berlin heard.

Healthcare IT News sat down with Dr Olzhas Abishev, Vice Minister of Healthcare of the Republic of Kazakhstan, at the HIMSS & Health 2.0 European Conference in Helsinki last month, to discuss what has been done in his country and the exciting future developments of digital health taking place with his team.

The Romanian national cybersecurity and incident response team cautioned that no money should be paid to the ransomware hackers.