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Senior citizens want online health

26 February 2014 12:00 AM

The majority of senior citizens in England want to use the Internet to interact with the NHS, a new survey has found.

‘Exciting’ care.data info plan promised

26 February 2014 12:00 AM

NHS England will use the six month delay to care.data to launch a re-engagement programme to get the public on board, national director of patients and information Tim Kelsey has told MPs.

Derby latest Lorenzo trust to go-live

25 February 2014 10:41 AM

Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with its Lorenzo electronic patient record system from CSC.

Care.data should be opt-in – Jarman

25 February 2014 12:00 AM

The care.data programme should be opt-in not opt-out, well-known health data expert Professor Brian Jarman has said.

Coventry makes moves to reduce paper

25 February 2014 12:00 AM

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust is sending letters electronically to all GPs in its local area and deploying electronic blood tracking as part of its efforts to become paperless by 2016.

Birmingham spends £7m on paediatric EPR

24 February 2014 12:00 AM

Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust will use £3.3m from the ‘Safer Hospitals, Safer Wards: Technology Fund’ to create a paediatric e-prescribing system as part of its electronic patient record project.