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Medical apps need CE mark – RCP

29 April 2015 12:00 AM

Doctors should only use medical apps with an official CE mark, new guidance from the Royal College of Physicians says.

Robots live in new super hospital

29 April 2015 12:00 AM

Glasgow’s new £842 million super hospital opened its doors this week with 26 robot porters operating in the basement.

Yeovil gets £3.7m to implement EPR

29 April 2015 12:00 AM

Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has received £3.7m in government funding to implement InterSystems’ electronic patient record system.

Scottish EPMA framework worth up to £20m

28 April 2015 12:00 AM

A framework worth up to £20 million is being set up for Scottish health boards to buy electronic prescribing and medicine administration systems.

Threat to hurl tablets into canal

28 April 2015 12:00 AM

Clinicians at a central London trust threatened to throw their tablet computers into a canal before confidence was built in adopting mobile working, an electronic patient record clinical lead has said.

Two RiO trusts to switch EPR

27 April 2015 12:21 AM

Two RiO trusts in London and the south have chosen to move to new electronic patient record system suppliers before the end of their national contracts this October.