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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.
Electronic patient records have reached two of the remoter parts of the UK, with the deployment of InterSystems’ TrakCare to Shetland and Orkney.
The National Programme for IT in the NHS came to an end in the North, Midlands and East last week. Its flagship electronic patient record was Lorenzo. How are recent deployments going, and what legacy will it leave, asks Ben Heather.
A physical health template originally developed for use in primary care in Bradford, and now implemented into SystmOne, has revolutionised care for serious mental illness patients.
The Department of Health has approved funding for North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust to deploy the Lorenzo electronic patient record as part of its post-NPfIT deal with CSC and in support of a ‘Raising our Service Excellence’ programme.
The National Programme for IT has finally come to an end, although the bill for the enormously expensive and controversial project will continue to be paid for years to come.
One of the big criticisms of the National PACS Programme was that it was hard to share images. Different, regional solutions are emerging to the problem, Kim Thomas discovers.
