EPR

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CQC highlights doctors’ poor handwriting

Doctors’ illegible handwriting in medical records could put patients at risk, the Care Quality Commission has said.
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Trusts should look to open source EPRs

Trusts looking for electronic patient record systems should consider open source alternatives, as they offer “the biggest bang for buck”,
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CCIO profile: Chris Fokke

The chief clinical information officer of Hampshire Hospitals NHS Trust is helping to drive the development of a portal –
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Three trusts to procure joint EPR

Three trusts in the Greater Manchester area are looking to procure a joint electronic patient record system as part of
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EPRs to improve care for the elderly

The healthcare sector must make the most of new technological advances like electronic patient records to build “networks of care”
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Royal Devon edges towards Epic

Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust has selected Epic as preferred supplier to provide a new electronic patient record
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Right result

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust prides itself on patient safety; so it was quick to respond when aspects of its
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EPRs should ‘include location data’

A patient’s location history should be a key piece of data going into new electronic health records, a geographic health
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Princess Alexandra delays Cosmic EPR

Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust, which was due to become the first UK trust do deploy the Cosmic electronic patient
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Staffordshire to invest £13m on EPR

Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Partnership NHS Trust has been given the green light to invest £13m on an electronic
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