2 November 2015

Mental health trust adopts e-prescribing

Inpatient mental health wards at Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust have gone live with an Emis Health e-prescribing system, supported
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30 October 2015

Digital doctor to review NHS tech

Dr Robert Wachter, US celebrity author of 'The Digital Doctor', will lead a review into the digital future of the
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Leeds is a city with a major teaching hospital with major IT infrastructure
30 October 2015

Leeds pilots network integration

The NHS in Leeds is working with the city council on a pilot project to integrate the two different networks
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app round up
30 October 2015

Mobile and app round-up

This month’s round-up of apps and mobile developments includes a link-up between Philips and Amazon, new mobile tools for the
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29 October 2015

NHS 24: £117m IT crashes on go-live

Use of a new, £117 million computer system at Scotland’s NHS 24 was abandoned on Wednesday evening after experiencing significant
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28 October 2015

LGA: networks ‘barrier to integration’

The different internet networks used by the NHS and social care are a barrier to providing integrated care, according to
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Dame Fiona Caldicott
28 October 2015

Caldicott: care.data hangs on engagement

The UK government and the health service must engage with GPs and the public if the care.data programme is to
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27 October 2015

Trust trials Civica e-prescribing system

Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust is working with Civica on a beta-test of a new system for
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23 October 2015

CQC: concern at Croydon’s two IT systems

The Care Quality Commission has raised concerns about Croydon Health Services NHS Trust using two different IT systems for patient
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23 October 2015

Hospital struggles with theatre IT swap

St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust may have to revert to an old computer system to manage its
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