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Greensill Accelerates Payments To UK Pharmacies With Forecasting
B2B Payments // July 06, 2020

Greensill is aiming to offer financial assistance to pharmacies in the United Kingdom with a payment technology it created with the NHS Business Service Authority (NHSBSA), according to an announcement. The FinTech said it is harnessing modern technologies and information analytics to provide an outlook...

Google, Apple Team For App To ID Coronavirus Contact In UK
Coronavirus // April 12, 2020

A mobile app to track the coronavirus is being developed by NHSX, the technology arm of Britain’s National Health Service (NHS), in coordination with Google and Apple, according to numerous reports on Sunday (April 12). The NHS app would use Bluetooth technology to enable mobile...

UK Hospitals Sign Patient Data Deals With Google
Google // September 18, 2019

Google has signed deals with five National Health Service (NHS) trusts in the U.K. to process patient data, according to a report by the Financial Times.  The deals are reportedly the first of their kind, and come after London-based artificial intelligence (AI) company DeepMind reverted...

Global Cyber Attack Hits 100k Institutions In 150 Countries
Security & Fraud // May 15, 2017

And it just kept getting worse, this cyberattack — and ever more global in scale. As has been widely reported, a massive attack hit everything from the United Kingdom’s National Health Service, European automakers and Chinese firms and any number of companies across other verticals, winnowing...

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Google, Apple Team For App To ID Coronavirus Contact In UK

April 12, 2020
A mobile app to track the coronavirus is being developed by NHSX, the technology arm of Britain’s National Health Service (NHS), in coordination with Google and Apple, according to numerous reports on Sunday (April 12). The NHS app would use Bluetooth technology to enable mobile phone users to track people who have come into contact […]

UK Hospitals Sign Patient Data Deals With Google

September 18, 2019
Google has signed deals with five National Health Service (NHS) trusts in the U.K. to process patient data, according to a report by the Financial Times.  The deals are reportedly...

Global Cyber Attack Hits 100k Institutions In 150 Countries

May 15, 2017
And it just kept getting worse, this cyberattack — and ever more global in scale. As has been widely reported, a massive attack hit everything from the United Kingdom’s National Health...

British Hospital Workers Were Warned Of NHS Hack Risks

May 15, 2017
Another wrinkle in the ransomware hack attack that is spinning out on the world stage: Reports emerging today indicate that British hospital workers were warned on Friday that there was an...