Section 251 extension granted
NHS England has been granted “three-months’ breathing space” to allow patient-identifiable information to be shared with commissioners and support services.
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NHS should learn from Veterans Health
The NHS should swap digital health ideas with the US Veterans Health Administration in order to achieve a paperless NHS, says a report by 2020health.
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DH gives exclusive insight into CSC deal
EXCLUSIVE: The man in charge of the Department of Health’s interim deal with CSC says it wants to normalise the health IT market and expects no more than 20 trusts to take Lorenzo under the new agreement.
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Lewisham confirms Cerner deployment
Lewisham Healthcare NHS Trust will deploy Cerner’s electronic patient record system across its hospital and community health services.
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Cambridge signs with Epic
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust have signed with Epic for its electronic patient records system as part of their eHospital programme.
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Guernsey extends TrakCare to community
Guernsey is extending its TrakCare electronic patient record system to 900 social care workers.
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Leeds takes Agfa PACS
Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust has signed a new contract with Accenture to deploy Agfa’s picture archiving and communications system.
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Lloyd George records go electronic
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GPES on track
GP system suppliers are on track to implement the General Practice Extraction Service from this month.
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Orion to build shared record portal
The Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire health community has signed with Orion Health to develop a shared patient record.
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