Hunt attacks GPs for OOH and IT issues
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt highlighted problems around sharing patient information as he announced that GPs would take back responsibility for out-of-hours care.
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Health secretary Jeremy Hunt highlighted problems around sharing patient information as he announced that GPs would take back responsibility for out-of-hours care.
Four new enhanced services for GP practices include investment in risk stratification, telehealth and online patient access.
A Surrey community provider has built an interface out of RiO to send digital discharge summaries to GPs.
GPs and pharmacists are communicating directly with each other in a London pilot using Emis and Rx Systems software.
All acute trusts are expected to get “some money” from a new ÂŁ260m e-prescribing fund, but will have to match the investment, NHS England says.
South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust is looking at taking CSC’s Lorenzo electronic patient record system under the interim agreement signed between the Department of Health and the company.
An overwhelming 93% of respondents to The Big EPR Survey say that every NHS trust should have a chief clinical information officer.
Concerns have been raised that government NHS plans, including having a single patient record through
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust has saved over 25,000 clinical hours in the
A pilot is underway at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust to take X-rays to patients
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) has gone live with an Oracle Health electronic
The NHS is piloting an iPhone device and app that helps detect throat cancer earlier