Confed wants e-mental health strategy
The Department of Health and NHS England should create a national strategy for e-mental health and invest in a national programme to support this, says a report by NHS Confederation.
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Walsall misses BAU target with Lorenzo
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust continues to work on stabilising its Lorenzo electronic patient record system after going live in March this year.
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Hunt extends Challenge Fund by £100m
The government will extend its £50m primary care Challenge Fund by a further £100m, health secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced.
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Keogh calls for TECS support
Sir Bruce Keogh has called on 250 stakeholders to support the uptake of telehealth and telecare as part of the Technology Enabled Care Services programme.
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Brighton rocked by IT systems crash
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust declared a major incident last week after it lost access to clinical IT systems and was forced to re-route ambulances to other hospitals.
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An app for the skinny on skin cancers
Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have created an app to improve early diagnosis of skin cancer.
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Link consumer tech to health IT – Newton
More interoperability is needed between consumer health technology and NHS systems, Public Health England’s chief innovation officer John Newton has argued.
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Staffordshire and Stoke goes to RiO
Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Partnership NHS Trust has chosen Servelec Healthcare as its preferred EPR supplier, and hopes to go live with RiO next summer.
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Hull delays Lorenzo go-live until 2015
Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust has delayed the go-live of its Lorenzo electronic patient record system until April 2015.
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Trusts must comply with data standards
NHS England will use “carrots and sticks” to get trusts to comply with data standards and infrastructure requirements, says Tim Kelsey.
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