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PRSB publishes new outpatient letter standards

Patients and professionals who provide care are set to benefit from new standards for the drafting of outpatient letters, produced
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Who are PRSB and what is their role in digital health?

The Professional Record Standards Body was established back in 2013 to develop clinical standards for health and care records.
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New PRSB standards published on e-discharge summaries

A re-worked version of the e-discharge summary standard has been published by the Professional Record Standards Body (PRSB).
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Calling the FHIR brigade

Philip Scott, chair of HL7 UK, discusses the evolution of the HL7 FHIR standard, some projects in which it is
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Ewan Davis: Texas grass fertiliser and the postmodernEHR

A postmodernEHR sounds like bullsh*t, right? Well, yes: but it could just be one of the most important developments in
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Ireland consults public on identifier

Ireland’s Health Service Executive has launched a public consultation on the privacy implications of creating a unique health identifier, similar
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Standard bearers: using safety standards in IT implementations

The Health and Social Care Information Centre is promoting the use of standards and safety cases to improve healthcare IT
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The long Read

Read Codes are to be phased out across the NHS, and SNOMED CT must be used in primary care systems
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Geisinger sets SMART apps on FHIR

US healthcare provider, Geisinger Health System, has unveiled an EnrG suite of interoperable software applications, able to link to multiple
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2020 vision

The latest “framework” for NHS IT has received a cautious welcome. Now analysts, trusts and suppliers want more detail; and
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