22 August 2019

Hundreds of patients wrongly told they had cancer due to ‘IT error’

NHS Forth Valley confirmed to Digital Health News that the glitch occurred after updating their Trakcare electronic medical record system.
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21 August 2019

GP at Hand’s cap on Birmingham patient registrations set to be lifted

The provider must ensure configuration to national screening systems and processes by 15 September, or the cap remains in place.
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20 August 2019

Digital tools prevent hundreds of sepsis deaths across three hospitals

Cambridge University Hospitals and Royal Berkshire have implemented a digital sepsis blueprint released in Febriary as part of the GDE
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20 August 2019

Fast follower Royal Oldham digitises dietetic referrals

The team currently receive 180 adult referrals every months and, though they arrive electronically, they are processed manually.
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19 August 2019

Medical charity implements PatientSource EPR after e-prescribing success

The Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability said it reduced prescription errors by 83% following the introduction of PatientSource’s e-prescribing system.
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19 August 2019

Bucks trust deploys digital FGM solution to protect vulnerable girls

Milton Keynes University Hospital has implemented a digital FGM solution, which allows clinicians to view and share information about girls
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16 August 2019

Asthma app monitors children’s symptoms to reduce risk of attacks

The Asthma+me App allows patients to input information about their asthma and link up their smart inhalers, which helps predict
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app round up
16 August 2019

Mobile health and apps news in brief

This month's mobile apps round-up features news that myGP has launched medical record access, meanwhile cancer care app Careology has
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15 August 2019

Royal Devon and Exeter select CliniSys for electronic lab results

A pilot of the CliniSys ICE, expected to begin in November, will allow GPs at five practices to order tests
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15 August 2019

New cross-sector partnership to boost health tech in Leeds

More than three million people are set to benefit from the partnership, which includes the NHS, local authorities and five
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