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Mental health data in Leeds Care Record

21 December 2015 1:05 AM

The medical records of patients at a mental health trust in Leeds are now available on the city’s shared electronic care record.

King’s picks Allscripts

18 December 2015 5:00 AM

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has selected Allscripts to provide its new electronic patient record, which it plans to have in place by the end of 2016.

This week’s round-up of health tech news includes the creation of a clinical informatics council in Wales and a delay to the implementation of RiO at Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Partnership NHS Trust.

Ireland races to implement health IT

17 December 2015 12:00 AM

Ireland has created an Individual Health Identifier for all patients and implemented an e-referral system in half of all its hospitals, over the past six months

Lorenzo live at Warrington and Halton

17 December 2015 12:00 AM

Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has implemented CSC’s Lorenzo electronic patient record.

NHS deficits “unsustainable” – NAO warns

16 December 2015 12:00 AM

The National Audit Office has reiterated its warning that trust finances are “not sustainable” in a report that queries the ability of national bodies and the ‘Five Year Forward View’ to pull them back from the brink.

London NHS devolution deal signed

15 December 2015 5:16 PM

Chancellor George Osborne and health secretary Jeremy Hunt have signed a health devolution deal for the NHS in London, that follows a similar agreement for Manchester.