UK health chiefs block controversial app for patient safety concerns

Healthcare IT News: The roll-out of a controversial smartphone app in Birmingham – the UK’s second largest city - is still being blocked this week, despite the publication of a report that shows that the software “advances equality of access to GP services.”

The GP at Hand app claims to reduce pressure on primary care and hospitals, yet is being blocked from expanding in the city following concerns about patient safety.

The app being blocked comes during the same week that the NHS is struggling with WannaCry, after losing some 10,000 records last year and just weeks after the NHS kicked off a startup challenge for financial innovation.

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