Paperless NHS means paperless referrals
The NHS Commissioning Board’s planning guidance, issued today, has confirmed that a “paperless NHS” means paperless referrals by 2015.
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Chesterfield issues PAS tender
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has published a tender notice for a patient administration system to replace its current system, which is reaching “end of life” in March 2014.
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CSC deal rattles NME procurements
CSC’s interim agreement with the Department of Health is creating huge uncertainty in the North Midlands and East NHS IT market with major procurements put “on hold” while hospital trusts evaluate the deal.
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BT lands Cornwall outsourcing deal
Cornwall Council has voted in favour of outsourcing telehealth and telecare services to BT as a part of a shared service programme it hopes will generate jobs.
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Mental health app wins NI hack day
The first Health Hack Northern Ireland event held last weekend was won by a group of clinicians and developers who created a mental health information app.
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Funding needed for openGPSoC
The people behind a scheme to develop an open source GP clinical system are in talks with providers about raising £3m in funding to kickstart the project.
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Last night of the PROMS?
The future of the national Patient Reported Outcome Measures programme is uncertain as the latest changes to the NHS take effect.
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PROMS developer wants national roll-out
A clinician at Trafford Healthcare NHS Trust, who created a web-based tool that collects patient reported outcome measures, wants to roll it out nationally.
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CSC sets up Lorenzo user group
Seven NHS trusts were represented at a new Lorenzo user group meeting intended to give customers a greater influence in shaping the development of the electronic patient record programme.
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Interest high in EMR deployment
Fifty trusts gathered at Basildon and Thurrock Foundation Trust’s electronic medical record summit this week to hear about how the trust procured and implemented a bespoke EMR.
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