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LGA: ‘engage councils in roadmaps’

NHS organisations need to engage early with local authorities in the development of digital roadmaps, according to the Local Government
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Dumfries using patient identifying tool

NHS Dumfries and Galloway deploys NextGate's Enterprise Master Patient Index
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Special report: Voice recognition

The NHS has been slow to adopt voice recognition outside radiology and pathology. But new targets, the need to save
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Kelsey: EMRs must be ‘fit for purpose’

NHS England’s outgoing national director for patients and information says suppliers need to have more clinical engagement and provide fit
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SNOMED to replace Read Codes by 2020

SNOMED to replace Read Codes by 2020 and primary care systems must move to the clinical terminology by the end
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EHI Awards 2015: Connecting Care wins

A shared care record scheme in the South West of England was the overall winner of the EHI Awards 2015,
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Bucks hospitals go digital with System C

An electronic patient record from System C has gone live across a series of hospitals in Buckinghamshire.
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Pharmacists demand patient record access

Community pharmacists in the UK should have read and write access to full electronic records for their patients, says the
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Health apps and mhealth news

Health apps, wearables and other mobile health technology news.
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NHS Number use becomes law

The NHS Number must be used as a single patient identifier across the health and social care system, under a
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