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The October target for all providers to send discharge letters electronically is not being monitored nationally, but has focused attention on the need to make the process paperless, supporters have argued.
Some Nottinghamshire GPs have used the October e-discharge target to stop receiving faxes altogether, forcing all providers to adopt electronic processes.
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust must improve the way information flows around its site, according to a report by the Care Quality Commission, that says the trust is struggling to cope with patient numbers and “requires improvement.”
A portal pulling together information from various clinical IT systems is being implemented at South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
Exclusive: The NHS needs to spend an additional Ā£7.2 billion to Ā£8.3 billion on digital technology over the next five years in order to achieve savings of between Ā£8.3 billion and Ā£13.7 billion, according to a report commissioned by NHS England.
Exclusive: A high-level report on NHS IT by management consultants McKinsey makes 22 recommendations to drive the adoption of technology and achieve the anticipated productivity gains; many of which have already become policy.
Three southern hospital trusts due to go-live with InterSystemsā electronic patient record this month have delayed their roll-outs until spring 2016.
Englandās most senior nurse, Duncan Burton, is the latest NHS keynote announced to join the
Our latest Coffee Time Briefing covers new digital tools at Frimley Health and a report
NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) has signed technology firm N3i to
Researchers at Imperial College have developed an AI tool which could identify people at risk
The UK government and NHS England should ring-fence funding for digital transformation in health and
