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‘Dropbox-like’ system in South Devon

South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has implemented a secure “Dropbox-like” system to allow its staff to share documents on
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£260m tech fund approved

The £260m ‘Safer Hospitals, Safer Wards: Technology Fund' has been approved by Treasury.
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HP plans open source offer for NHS

Hewlett Packard is planning to provide a full electronic patient record system on the open source framework being developed by
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Southend and Barking live with Medway

Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Barking Havering and Redbridge NHS Foundation Trust are live with the Medway patient
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Peer review to improve care

Radiologist peer review should be used to improve care rather than measure performance or identify underperforming radiologists, the Radiological Society
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From the Heart and Chest

Johan Waktare says "it’s good to talk" – once you realise that “the only way is ESIX.”
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ASH data breaches to attract fines

Accredited safe havens will be subject to significant fines if they breach their requirements for handling patient data under Health
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US patients share images

A project giving patients online access to their radiology images shows that a patient-centred image sharing arrangement can work, delegates
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East Lancs does electronic pre-op

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust has developed an electronic pre-operative assessment record which transfers patient pathway information between teams.
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Prosecution for illegal records access

A former GP surgery manager has been prosecuted and fined for illegally accessing the medical records of nearly 2000 patients,
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