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King’s pilots Apple Watch app

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has become one of the first trusts in the UK to use the newly
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West Suffolk telemedicine pilot at risk

West Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group has pulled out of a partnership with West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust to pilot a
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Medical apps need CE mark – RCP

Doctors should only use medical apps with an official CE mark, new guidance from the Royal College of Physicians says.
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Robots live in new super hospital

Glasgow’s new £842 million super hospital opened its doors this week with 26 robot porters operating in the basement.
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Yeovil gets £3.7m to implement EPR

Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has received £3.7m in government funding to implement InterSystems’ electronic patient record system.
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Scottish EPMA framework worth up to £20m

A framework worth up to £20 million is being set up for Scottish health boards to buy electronic prescribing and
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Threat to hurl tablets into canal

Clinicians at a central London trust threatened to throw their tablet computers into a canal before confidence was built in
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Open sesame!

OpenEHR has been a slow burn, but Ewan Davis believes some recent developments mean it’s about to take off in
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Two RiO trusts to switch EPR

Two RiO trusts in London and the south have chosen to move to new electronic patient record system suppliers before
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Consortium saves £110m on EPR costs

A consortium of 38 trusts in London and the South has saved £110m by moving to individual contracts with electronic
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