Western Isles looks to link up records
NHS Western Isles is working on an electronic patient record project that will integrate records across its healthcare services.
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NHS 111 service OrQestrates PDS
The North East Ambulance NHS Foundation Trust has bought Quicksilva’s orQestra to give staff working on its 111 service real-time access to the NHS Personal Demographic Service.
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Another CSU collapses
The Surrey and Sussex Commissioning Support Unit will close down and look for options to merge with other organisations.
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Betsi Cadwaladr GPs refer electronically
All GP practices at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board are now using the Welsh Clinical Communications Gateway e-referral service.
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GE and Microsoft launch Caradigm in UK
Caradigm, a joint venture between GE Healthcare and Microsoft, focused on healthcare business intelligence tools, has launched in the UK.
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HSCIC creates quality indicator library
The Health and Social Care Information Centre is creating a library and repository for quality indicators to reduce duplication and improve standards.
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MH trust links RiO and EMIS users
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust is linking its RiO electronic patient record with Emis systems to share data with GP practices.
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Spine2 built in-house on open source
The replacement for the NHS data spine, Spine2, is being built using open source components and is due to go live at the end of October.
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Emis EPR viewer used across Bristol
Accident and emergency clinicians in Bristol are able to view the records of 500,000 patients, thanks to an information sharing agreement with 50 local practices using Emis Web.
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Royal Liverpool adds SynApps VNA
The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has implemented a vendor neutral archive from SynApps to hold both digital images and patient notes.
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