Health Education England launches online workshop on improving digital readiness
Digital halves basic administrative work for London’s child health records
Time spent on basic administration of child health records in London has halved following the introduction of a new digital setup, one of the project’s leaders has reported at EHI Live 2017.
Shared Records
Cambridge University Hospitals take two top honours at EHI Awards
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust scooped two of the top prizes at the 2017 EHI Awards.
News
Bradford, Calderdale and Huddersfield trusts live with Cerner Millennium
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust are now live with a new joint electronic patient record.
Clinical Software 3
Movers and shakers news round-up: October 2017
This month’s Movers and Shakers round-up brings news of healthcare IT appointments from across the Irish sea as well as across England. We also report on the former telecommunications and internet firm chief executive who is now the government’s preferred candidate for chairperson of NHS Improvement.
CCIO Network
East Midlands radiology consortium experiences major IT issues
A radiology consortium that covers eight trusts in the East Midlands is experiencing serious continuing problems with its IT systems, it has emerged.
Clinical Software
Stronger security focus to be introduced to HIMSS’ digital maturity criteria
The HIMSS model for assessing an organisation’s adoption of electronic patient records is being updated to include a stronger focus on security.
Clinical Software
NHS Digital’s WannaCry response was “let down” by poor comms
NHS Digital’s response to WannaCry was “let down” by poor communications to healthcare organisations about the attack, its security operations lead admits.
Cyber Security 2
AI, self-care apps and tech, e-referrals: the vision of the future at Expo
Imagining quite where technology will take healthcare is far from a straightforward task. But when Claire Read visited exhibiters in the innovator zone at last week’s Health and Care Innovation Expo, a few key themes emerged: predictive AI, self-care apps and tech, and e-referrals among them.
Digital Patient
Royal College of Pathologists appointing lead for diagnostic digital pathology
The Royal College of Pathologists is recruiting a clinical lead for diagnostic digital pathology, following its publication of a strategy suggesting the technology offers potential efficiency and quality benefits.
Clinical Software