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Exploring the best examples of how digital is enabling the transformation of health services at scale, ranging from clinical care to back office and support functions. With particular focus on productivity and safety.Â
Problems with the introduction of the Epic electronic patient record at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust led to a “catastrophic loss of confidence in the system”, the president of the Royal College of Surgeons has said.
Cambridge University Hospitals went live with Epic as part of a ÂŁ200 million eHospital programme in October 2014. Digital Health News editor Rebecca McBeth hears how it is embedding, sixteen months on.
Sharing images is a hot topic in digital imaging. Kim Thomas reports on the different approaches that trusts across the UK are taking
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust has gone to tender for an electronic patient record and a clinical and research platform worth ÂŁ50 million.
EXCLUSIVE: Around two thirds of NHS trusts are sharing discharge summaries electronically with GPs and one fifth are prescribing electronically, early findings from digital maturity self-assessments show.
NHS organisations will have access to ÂŁ1 billion in capital funding and ÂŁ400 million in revenue to help them become paperless over the next five years.
