PACS managers up for education
11 July 2013
12:22 PM
Eight out of ten PACS managers would be willing to undergo official education for their role if it was made available, a survey discovered.
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Nicholson says mind the £30 billion gap
11 July 2013
9:55 AM
NHS England chief executive Sir David Nicholson has followed up on his call for a ‘big conversation’ on the future of the NHS by warning that it faces a £30 billion funding gap without radical change.
Legal challenge holds up procurement
11 July 2013
12:00 AM
A programme to procure an electronic patient record system for southern ambulance trusts is on hold due to a legal challenge from one of the bidders involved.
Legacy McKesson trusts pick and choose
11 July 2013
12:00 AM
Eight of the 26 English trusts running McKesson’s legacy Totalcare and Star patient administration systems have chosen to migrate to System C’s Medway PAS.
Open standards key to integrated care
10 July 2013
10:00 AM
Open standards are key to achieving the government’s aim of integrated digital care records by 2018, says IHE’s UK chair.
oPortfolio springs from NHS Hack Day
10 July 2013
12:00 AM
A project to create a free open source e-portfolio for junior doctors as an alternative to the NHS e-portfolio system has sprung out of NHS Hack Day.
Robot to help dementia patients
10 July 2013
12:00 AM
NHS Western Isles will put robots in the homes of people with dementia as part of a pilot scheme to keep them at home for longer.
GPs face EMIS IT outage at busiest time of the week
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Concerns raised that NHS digital plans could exclude older adults
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Concerns have been raised that government NHS plans, including having a single patient record through
North Tees NHS saves 25,000 clinical hours in last year with TrakCare
5 November 2024
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust has saved over 25,000 clinical hours in the
Plymouth pilot gives frail patients X-rays through car service
4 November 2024
A pilot is underway at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust to take X-rays to patients
