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.
Consultant Connect helps cut thousands of unnecessary hospital visits in Wales
17 December 2024
Consultant Connect says it helped patients across NHS Wales avoid more than 58,000 unnecessary hospital
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
17 December 2024
Today’s Coffee Briefing covers new AI software that can determine time of stroke with remarkable
Scotland’s main GP software supplier goes into administration
17 December 2024
The main GP software supplier for Scotland has voluntarily placed itself under administration owing to
Southampton GPs trial handheld translation device for patients
17 December 2024
A network of GP surgeries in Southampton have boosted communication with non-English-speaking patients following a
Study to explore digital weight management support for obesity
16 December 2024
A study at the University of Warwick is looking at how an app and remote
