E-referrals to be open source
28 May 2013
12:00 AM
Two suppliers have been shortlisted to develop an open source ‘NHS e-referrals service’ that will be officially launched next month.
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Gwyn Thomas to retire from civil service
28 May 2013
12:00 AM
Gwyn Thomas has announced his retirement as chief information officer for Wales and informatics director for health and social services.
Hunt attacks GPs for OOH and IT issues
24 May 2013
2:33 PM
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt highlighted problems around sharing patient information as he announced that GPs would take back responsibility for out-of-hours care.
GP contract changes focus on IT
24 May 2013
11:50 AM
Four new enhanced services for GP practices include investment in risk stratification, telehealth and online patient access.
Surrey builds RiO interface for EDT Hub
24 May 2013
12:00 AM
A Surrey community provider has built an interface out of RiO to send digital discharge summaries to GPs.
GPs and pharmacists connect
24 May 2013
12:00 AM
GPs and pharmacists are communicating directly with each other in a London pilot using Emis and Rx Systems software.
‘All trusts’ to get some of £260m fund
23 May 2013
11:09 AM
All acute trusts are expected to get “some money” from a new £260m e-prescribing fund, but will have to match the investment, NHS England says.
Medtech startup SleepCogni raises £300,000 for insomnia care
19 December 2024
Sheffield-based insomnia medtech firm SleepCogni has raised £300,000, bringing its total funding to £3.9m.
Moorfields Eye Hospital selects MEDITECH Expanse EPR
19 December 2024
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is to implement MEDITECH’s Expanse electronic patient record in
Digital tool helps remove barriers to motor neuron disease research
18 December 2024
A digital platform hosted by the University of Sheffield aims to help people with motor
NHS England launches digital clinical safety standards review
18 December 2024
NHS England has launched a review of digital clinical safety standards, requesting input from NHS
Medway IT systems yet to be restored after cyber scare
18 December 2024
The IT systems at Medway Community Healthcare have not yet been restored following a suspected
