Pulse+IT's weekly round-up of international health IT and eHealth news for the week ending August 28:
Digital medicine: empowering both patients and clinicians
The Lancet ~ Eric Topol ~ 20/08/2016
The purpose of this new Lancet column on digital medicine will be to delve into important topics in this emerging field with a focus on the promises and provisos of digital medicine.
Care.data concerns as new platform proposed
Digital Health News ~ Ben Heather ~ 25/08/2016
A proposal for a new platform for the national collection of confidential patient information is under consideration, as concerns continue that elements of the care.data scheme will be resurrected.