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Basildon puts hard figures on EMR

24 October 2012 12:00 AM

Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is on track to save £1.6m a year through the use of an electronic medical record system.

DH proposes GP contract changes

23 October 2012 11:49 AM

The government is proposing to change the GP contract to stop financial payments for organisational tasks and reward practices for giving patients access to online services.

Wolverhamptom PCT takes Lexacom

23 October 2012 12:00 AM

Wolverhampton City Primary Care Trust is implementing digital dictation across its entire GP practice network.

Cheap Leeds offices for tech start-ups

23 October 2012 12:00 AM

The NHS Commissioning Board is looking to establish a health informatics technology cluster in Leeds where start-ups can get cheap office space.

National discharge summary developed

22 October 2012 12:00 AM

A mental health discharge summary has been developed to standardise information GPs get when a patient is discharged from inpatient mental health care.

Digital health tech lab launched

22 October 2012 12:00 AM

A research lab has been launched at the University of Warwick to test the effectiveness of digital healthcare technologies, starting with two large telehealth studies.