Northern Ireland

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25 February 2022

Northern Ireland goes live with Sectra for unified medical imaging system

Northern Ireland has signed a deal with Sectra which will see pathology and radiology images and reports being combined in
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31 January 2022

Northern Ireland’s health board pens deal with First Databank

The Health and Social Care Board in Northern Ireland has penned a deal which will see a primary care medicines
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30 June 2021

Covid-19 passports to go live in Northern Ireland ‘from next week’

Northern Ireland’s Department of Health announced its Covid-19 passport could be live by Monday, July 5 – ahead of the
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14 December 2020

Telehealth stroke care solution rolled out in Northern Ireland

The Telehealth solution enables clinicians to carry out virtual consultations and diagnosis of patients suspected of having a stroke.
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4 November 2020

Telehealth solution approved for stroke assessment in Northern Ireland

Health Services Limited’s (HSL) Telehealth system enables clinicians to carry out virtual video consultations and diagnosis of patients.
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30 October 2020

Scotland’s contact-tracing app now interoperable with Northern Ireland’s

Through developing its own ‘federated server’ the Scottish government is ultimately hoping to allow interoperability of all contact-tracing apps in
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24 September 2020

‘A customisable approach’ – how contact-tracing apps differ in the UK

Scotland and Ireland chose to go their own way, working with software developers NearForm to develop their contact-tracing app -
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6 August 2020

Northern Ireland launches UKs first Covid-19 contact-tracing app

The contact-tracing app uses Bluetooth technology to notify users if they have come into contact with someone who has tested
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10 June 2020

Northern Ireland signs with Epic for £275m EPR programme

Northern Ireland has signed a £275m deal with US firm Epic to supply electronic patient records across the country as
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Pictured (from left to right): Stephen Beattie, eHealth Programme Manager, Business Services Organisation; Dr Roy Harper, Senior Endocrinologist, South Eastern Health & Social Care Trust; Phil Rodgers, eHealth Project Manager, Business Services Organisation; and John Faith, Senior Applications Analyst, Orion Health.
14 December 2018

Orion deploys new national diabetes pathway in Northern Ireland

Following a successful pilot with a small number of nurses, consultants and podiatrists, the service can now be accessed by
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