34,000 medication errors reported last year despite investments in tech
Last year saw a total of 34,000 medication errors made, including 21 incidents leading to patient death, and a further 27 leading to serious harm.
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Cardiff and Vale UHB’s digital transformation powered by Nervecentre
Nervecentre is to provide an electronic prescribing and medicines administration solution to Cardiff and Vale University Health Board.
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Digital Health’s monthly roundup of contracts and go lives
The first contracts and go lives roundup of 2024 features Sheffield Children’s going live with a System C EPMA and HoloCare launching in Leeds.
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Sheffield Children’s goes live with System C EPMA
Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with System C’s CareFlow Medicines Management EPMA solution as part of its digital strategy.
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Somerset Integrated Digital eRecord integrates with Better Meds ePMA
Better Meds’ ePMA has been integrated with the Somerset Integrated Digital eRecord to help improve patient safety and their experience of the NHS.
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Government to miss 2024 target for digital prescribing
The government has admitted it is set to miss its goal of eliminating paper prescriptions by 2024, following a report on its pharmacy commitments.
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Herefordshire and Worcestershire deliver ePMA in 10 weeks
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust have deployed an ePMA from Better Meds with deployment taking just 10 weeks.
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Digital Health’s monthly roundup of contracts and go lives
Digital Health’s monthly roundup of contracts includes news of Nottingham University Hospitals and Wirral University Teaching Hospital.
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Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust deploys ePMA
Gloucestershire Hospitals has deployed a new ePMA as part of its Sunrise EPR, and is now setting its sights on achieving HIMSS Stage 6.
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New Nottingham CDIO on familiar territory bridging digital maturity gap
One of the biggest NHS challenges is lifting up the least digitally mature hospital trusts. Andy Callow now has experience with two of them.
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