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Rotherham plans EPR turn-around

15 July 2013 12:00 AM

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust aims to have resolved the majority of issues with its Meditech v6.0 electronic patient record implementation by next month.

Healthcare IT Champion – now six remain

15 July 2013 12:00 AM

The final and deciding round of voting has opened for this year’s Healthcare IT Champion of the Year award, with six nominees still in the running.

NHS England gets £200,000 fine

12 July 2013 11:31 AM

NHS England has been issued with a £200,000 fine by the Information Commissioner’s Office after a former primary care trust was found to have breached the Data Protection Act.

Emis eyes up iSoft estate

12 July 2013 11:06 AM

Emis expects to win around two-thirds of GP practices using an iSoft clinical system before support for the products ends next March.

Standards for EPRs launched

12 July 2013 12:00 AM

A new set of standards for the content and structure of electronic patient records has been launched at the Royal College of Physicians.

Coroner encourages mobile working

12 July 2013 12:00 AM

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust has deployed mobile devices to staff after an inquest heard that access to medical records could prevent patient suicides.

IT can fill £30 billion gap – Kelsey

11 July 2013 3:15 PM

Technology can fill a “large part” of the £30 billion funding gap facing the health service, NHS England’s director of patients and information has claimed.