Healthcare IT primary care news in brief
This week’s industry round-up focuses on news from the primary care sector, including contracts for prescribing software and the use of tablet computers by GPs.
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This week’s industry round-up focuses on news from the primary care sector, including contracts for prescribing software and the use of tablet computers by GPs.
Islington council and clinical commissioning group have awarded a five year, ÂŁ7.4 million contract to BT to create an integrated digital care record for the boroughâs patients.
A group of three southern acute trusts has chosen Kainos to supply an electronic document management system and clinical portal in contracts worth nearly ÂŁ8 million and partly funded by central government.
Six NHS hospital trusts have been named as demonstrator sites for the use of GS1 standards and will share ÂŁ12 million in funding from the Department of Health.
IMS Maxims has released the latest version of its open source electronic patient record, including all of the enhancements made for Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust.
England’s chief inspector of hospitals has recommended Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust be placed into special measures, highlighting issues with its electronic patient record as an area for improvement.
The Christie Hospital in Manchester is piloting a system for booking locum doctors that may do for agency work what Tinder has done for internet dating and Uber has done for mini cabbing.
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is using the MyStaff app to improve staff
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