Youth mental health app trialled
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is testing a mobile app this week that it hopes will help young people with mental illness.
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GPs ‘must back info revolution’
We need an information revolution in the medical profession, Roger Goss told a debate on patient access to electronic records.
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E-Preginfo launched from Midlands trials
Two IT companies have worked with the NHS Perinatal Institute to create a digitised version of its pregnancy notes, for which information can be captured using digital pens.
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1,000 NI patients using telemonitoring
One thousand patients are using a new telemonitoring service in Northern Ireland which aims to help 20,000 people with long-term conditions manage their own health.
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Humber extends use of Lorenzo
Humber NHS Foundation Trust is extending its use of CSC’s electronic patient record system Lorenzo after going live with it in May.
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Wolverhamptom PCT takes Lexacom
Wolverhampton City Primary Care Trust is implementing digital dictation across its entire GP practice network.
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National discharge summary developed
A mental health discharge summary has been developed to standardise information GPs get when a patient is discharged from inpatient mental health care.
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Digital health tech lab launched
A research lab has been launched at the University of Warwick to test the effectiveness of digital healthcare technologies, starting with two large telehealth studies.
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Liverpool speeds up results reporting
Liverpool Community Health NHS Trust has launched an electronic mailbox system to speed up the delivery of neonatal screening results for newborns.
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Aneurin Bevan moves on doc management
One of the biggest health boards in Wales has procured an electronic document and records management system ahead of plans to develop a similar system for the entire country.
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