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1.1 million on NHSmail 2, push for social care expansion

More than a million people have now switched to NHSmail 2, with ambitions to extend the service to pharmacies and
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Patients Know Best used to train pharmacy students

Aston University will soon be teaching its pharmacy students how to use a patient controlled online medical records system.
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Healthcare IT news in brief

In this week’s round-up of digital healthcare news, we look at added functionality for the NHS e-referral service, a new
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Delayed south TrakCare project sees Glocs stop go-live again

Two of the three southern trusts involved in a joint TrakCare deployment are falling behind, with no new go-live dates
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Bournemouth and Poole both pick JAC for e-prescribing

Two south coast trusts have picked a joint e-prescribing and medicines administration system in the lead-up to a possible second
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NHS Digital to roll out new CareCERT cyber security services

NHS Digital is to start rolling out its expanded portfolio of CareCERT cyber security services across health and social care.
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Explainer: when is an app not an app (but a medical device)?

New guidance has been released on when an app becomes a “medical device” but attempts to control which apps creep
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Graphnet plugs wearables into care record

A project to improve the care of patients with epilepsy has led to the launch of a Graphnet product that
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Royal Wolverhampton merges community and acute PAS

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust has successfully created a single patient administration system for its community and acute staff.
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Joe’s view: of capuchins and exemplars

Joe McDonald knows that fairness is deeply ingrained in primates; so there were always going to be worries about the
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