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19 October 2015

Joe’s view: of wearables

Thanks to his Apple Watch, Joe McDonald can sit on a yacht in Turkey and receive text messages from his
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19 October 2015

Barcoded medicines to prevent fake drugs

All prescription medicines will need to carry a barcode on their packaging to reduce the risk of counterfeit and unsafe
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16 October 2015

Healthcare IT news round-up

This weeks’ roundup includes news that Spire Healthcare has adopted a wide range of Carestream technologies, a new contract for
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15 October 2015

Alder Hey hospital upgrades IT system

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with a new version of the Meditech electronic patient record.
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15 October 2015

East Lancs digitises nursing forms

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust and Caradigm have turned several paper nursing forms into electronic documents.
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14 October 2015

NHS 24 IT system £41m over budget

The IT to support Scotland's health information service, NHS 24, is two year's late and significantly over budget, according to
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Information Commissioner's Office
14 October 2015

Patient data: not sharing a ‘breach’

GPs could be investigated for failing to share patient data when there is a duty to do so, according to
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13 October 2015

Digital Health interview: Sir Jonathan Michael

The long-time health IT advocate has retired from the NHS and joined 6PM. He talks to Digital Health news editor
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13 October 2015

Tom’s digital disruptors: mobile video consultations

More and more private GP companies are setting up video consultation apps; and the NHS is being urged to move
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13 October 2015

Hospital EPRs: Manchester trusts decide

Two hospital trusts in the Manchester region will implement different electronic patient record systems.
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