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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.
Software supplier OneAdvanced has confirmed that it has withdrawn its Carenotes electronic patient record (EPR)
A remote video triage system has helped more than 170 patients in Hertfordshire access life-saving
Barts Health NHS Trust has rolled out Cynerioâs healthcare-focused cyber security platform across all of
Digital Health Rewired Pitchfest finalist Little Journey has announced ÂŁ6 million in Series A funding,
Mike Fell, national cyber operations executive director at NHS England will deliver a national keynote
