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Blackpool pushes back Alert
Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has pushed back the go-live of its trail-blazing Alert electronic patient record system until 10 September.
NHS ordered to halve management costs
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has scrapped some key NHS performance targets and told the health service it must save at least Ā£222m in management costs this year.
SCR uploads to continue during review
Summary Care Records will continue to be created and uploaded to the Spine while the programme is under review but no new patient information campaigns will be launched, EHI Primary Care can reveal.
InterSystems triumphs in Welsh labs deal
InterSystems is set to be confirmed as the winner of a national contract to provide a new laboratory information management system across Wales.
Ipswich develops stroke data portal
The Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust has developed its own software to enable staff to record patient data for stroke patients from multiple disciplines.
Oasis and Worcs ‘drag and drop’ patients
Oasis and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust have developed a real time bed management system that allows staff to virtually ‘drag and drop’ patient information using a touch-screen whiteboard.
Patients may be able to opt out of sharing their data with the FDP
NHS England has been informed by lawyers that key aspects of its Federated Data Platform
Somerset ICB to go live with continuing healthcare platform
NHS Somerset ICB plan to implement a digital platform to ease the transition from children
NHS Providers calls for investment in digital to ‘drive productivity’
NHS Providers has called for government investment into digital technology to improve productivity, following a
Digital test for ADHD diagnosis approved for use in the NHS
The NHS is now using a digital test to speed up the diagnosis of ADHD
Airedale NHS FT delay EPR go-live for further safety testing
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust has delayed the go-live date for its electronic patient record (EPR)