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NHS Hammersmith and Fulham Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has published this week the independent evaluation of the Babylon GP at Hand service, undertaken by Ipsos Mori and the York Health Economics Consortium to understand the impact of the digital-first model on patients and staff, as well as the wider system.

Oxfordshire-based Satellite Applications Catapult has already been working with the NHS Arden & GEM CSU for the past year and a half.

Will Smart, CIO for Health and Social Care in England, says the NHS can track the progress of the global digital exemplars against international standards by measuring digital maturity using tools such as EMRAM.

Also: New competition exploring the use of AI and machine learning in the NHS opens today; Irish Life launches app with dacadoo for its clients; Elvie founder would consider moving the business "if it is looking like Brexit will have a negative impact".

Dr Victoria Betton, founder and managing director of mHabitat, will be speaking about this and related issues at the HIMSS & Health 2.0 European conference in Helsinki later this year.

An interview with Liz Ashall-Payne, cofounder and chief executive of app evaluator and advisor organisation ORCHA.

The German firm will provide pharmaceutical insight in a consortium which aims to accelerate discovery and development of new medicines using clinical AI.

Fibre optic internet for the NHS and a new unit for health innovation.

The resource was developed by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence and partner organisations.

Patients are not embracing video calls with the enthusiasm anticipated by NHS England and many GPs themselves, according to new research from leading app provider askmyGP.