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Hunt plans £260m to help hospitals go digital
Hospitals are due to be funded to improve their “outdated” paper patient notes and prescriptions, under plans expected to be announced by the health secretary.
Kelsey: Prescriptions and observations IT are clinicians' top priorities
Trusts will be able to bid for a share of a £260m fund to finance e-prescribing and real time patient record keeping systems, health secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced today.
Stepping Hill introduces 'paperless' A&E
STRUCTURE: Stepping Hill Hospital, part of Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, has become one of the first hospitals to introduce a paperless A&E department, it has said.
Green light for Western Sussex Hospitals IT upgrade
STRUCTURE: Western Sussex Hospitals Trust’s board has approved the replacement and upgrade of its IT server and network infrastructure.
Analysed: Rotherham's IT system and performance struggle
How the troubled implementation of a new IT system exacerbated financial woes at Rotherham and what lies ahead for the trust
Exclusive: Capita challenges NHS Choices 'insourcing'
Capita is in talks with the Department for Health over government plans to axe its NHS Choices contract, HSJ has learned.
Bristol Community Health pilots mobile working
COMMERCIAL: Bristol Community Health is to pilot a new mobile technology system designed to allow staff to spend less time on travel and administration.
Exclusive: NHS England to begin work on 'Expedia' style booking system
NHS England is to begin an ambitious move to create an “Expedia.com” style system for electronic booking of NHS appointments, to replace the unpopular Choose and Book.
Medical device assessment 'inconsistent' claim
The European Union process of assessing whether medical devices are fit for public use are “inconsistent and opaque”, researchers have claimed.
Asthma care variation warning
There is an “alarming variation” across the country in the numbers of asthma patients who are admitted to hospitals after suffering from an asthma attack, a charity has said.
Commissioners raise concerns over Caldicott recommendations
Efforts to integrate care and improve services with better use of patient data could be hindered by proposals in the government-commissioned Caldicott review, it has been warned.
East Kent Hospitals moves to integrate clinical information systems
COMMERCIAL: East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust has procured a clinical portal as part of attempts to improve efficiency and patient care.
Caldicott report highlights 'anxiety' and disagreement over record sharing
The cultural and practical challenges faced by the NHS in sharing patient records between health and social care agencies are outlined in a major review published today.
Royal Cornwall introduced new prescribing and medicines system
STRUCTURE: West Cornwall Hospital in Penzance has introduced a new electronic system for prescribing and recording the administration of inpatients’ medications.
Involve junior doctors in IT development, conference told
Health service IT managers should draw on the experiences of junior doctors when designing new processes, one such doctor has said.
New software system on cards for Leeds FT
COMMERCIAL: Leeds Partnership Foundation Trust has taken the first steps which could lead to it buying a new clinical software system.
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Humber FT needs Lorenzo
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GP receptionist abused access to love rival records
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GPs express online records concern
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Sheffield Teaching Hospitals introduces computerised heart disease assessment
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EXCLUSIVE: NHS England wins stop gap approval to handle patient data
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Norfolk and Suffolk Palliative Care Academy develops new web portal
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Commissioners barred from using patient data
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Bleep system replaced at Leicester Hospitals
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Exclusive: NHS England IT system not ready for switchover
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Exclusive: Details emerge of controversial IT funding deals
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Telehealth ‘not cost effective’
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Kent and Medway helps launch new dementia website
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Exclusive: Board seeks vital legal permission over sensitive data
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George Eliot Trust working on Lorenzo implementation
Taking the risk out of care handovers
Continuity of care demands seamless and mobile use of information
