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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
Four NHS hospital trusts that need to replace their nationally procured electronic patient record systems by the end of the month are deemed “high risk” by the board overseeing the programme.
An electronic prescribing system open sourced for the NHS may be introduced at Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust.
St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust may have to revert to an old computer system to manage its operating theatres after experiencing problems with its replacement.
Vendor neutral archives tend to be associated with digital imaging. But with the appropriate standards, they can be used for other kinds of record. And that’s leading to a debate about their future; both within trusts and within wider health economies.
InterSystems’ electronic patient record system TrakCare has gone live in an English NHS trust for the first time with the help of £7 million in central funding.
Paper patient charts will be replaced by iPod Touch devices when a new electronic observations system is introduced in Southampton hospitals next month.
