Thirteen trusts first in line for £78m e-prescribing fund
The trusts will be the first to receive a share of £78m to support electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA) to improve patient safety.
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System C & Graphnet using FHIR to integrate with new National Record Locator Service
System C & Graphnet Care Alliance’s initial deployment adds locator records for patients who have been referred to Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CWP).
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New National Locator Service links paramedics to shared care record
The new NHS Digital service enables paramedics and mental health nurses to find out whether the patient they are treating has a mental health crisis plan, by a means of helping inform their treatment.
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Salford Royal deploys Citrix tech to fulfil integrated care agenda
Citrix Workspace allows organisations to host apps and IT services on Microsoft’s Azure cloud services and deliver them to any end-point device.
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Oxford imaging firm lends AI smarts to £50m government initiative
The work will be funded under Wave 2 of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund to improve the speed and efficiency of cancer diagnoses and treatment.
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Home Office discussing potentially unlawful access to patient info by police
According to some local medical committees in England, police are using subject access requests to acquire the medical histories of individuals who have applied for a firearms licence – a mechanism the ICO argues breaches data protection law.
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Oxford University Hospitals FT ignites FHIR APIs from Cerner
Cerner’s Ignite APIs for Millennium will allow the trust to integrate third-party applications with its Millenium electronic patient record system.
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NHS Digital opens doors to next generation of women in tech
Around 80 future coders aged five and above will take part in a hackathon run by social enterprise, STEMettes, at NHS Digital’s Leeds headquarters.
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Movers and shakers news round-up
Our latest movers and shakers round-up features appointments at Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust and clinical commissioning groups in Cheshire.
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Royal Free: ‘No changes to data-sharing’ as Google absorbs Streams
Royal Free London has confirmed that there will be no changes to its data-sharing agreement with DeepMind as Google takes control of its Streams technology.
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