Safety

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Look at app

A recent study identified 321 imaging apps for smartphones. But what kind of apps are they – and how are
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Safety first

Dr Maureen Baker talks to Lyn Whitfield about a decade of work to develop a safety culture for healthcare IT,
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CCIO profile: Dr Les Boobis

Les Boobis’ parents were disappointed when he studied medicine rather than IT, but he’s managed to combine the two at
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Physician heal thyself

Dr Lawrence Weed, leading champion of health IT for 50 years, says the practice of medicine remains unscientific because knowledge
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Hospitals still failing on wristbands

Several major hospitals are failing to generate and print standardised wristbands for their patients.
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DH mandates incident reporting

The Department of Health has confirmed that it will end the voluntary system for reporting patient safety incidents to the
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Third of trusts miss wristband deadline

The National Patient Safety Agency has admitted that almost a third of NHS acute trusts in England and Wales have failed to
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CQC criticises discharge summaries

The Care Quality Commission has warned that the NHS may be failing to prevent harm to patients by failing to
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Great Ormond Street completes JAC EPMA

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust has become the first paediatric hospital in the UK to complete a
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Trisoft adopts Mid Essex pre-op module

Trisoft has worked in collaboration with Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust and Health Enterprise East to develop a web
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