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Publishing BI data improves hospital performance

Publishing regular comparative performance data has driven significant clinical operational and financial improvements at a Gateshead trust, its chief clinical
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HSCN connections available this summer

NHS and social care organisations should be able to tender for a new Health and Social Care Network connection by
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Heart patients get smart with phones

Heart patients at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust are monitoring their health at home and sending daily readings
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Healthcare IT news in brief

This week’s industry round-up includes a number of contract announcements from Hitachi, ANS and 6PM.
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33,000 patients go with the Flo

A telehealth text messaging system developed in Stoke has been adopted by more than 70 health and social care services
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SCR in outpatients and police rooms

Access to NHS Summary Care Records is being extended to scheduled care settings and dedicated medical rooms in police stations.
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Special report: Mobile working in the community

Daloni Carlisle reports on the progress that some healthcare communities are making; and the challenges that still need to be
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E-discharge uptake revealed by DMI

EXCLUSIVE: Around two thirds of NHS trusts are sharing discharge summaries electronically with GPs and one fifth are prescribing electronically,
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DigitalHealth.London to work with SMEs

A programme launched in London today aims to bring together clinicians with healthcare providers, entrepreneurs and industry to speed up
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Another view: of funding GP workload

A review of the funding formula for GPs may be on the way. Neil Paul has been pulling together data
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