NPfIT contracts to get further £500m
Hospital IT contracts set up under the National Programme for IT will continue to be funded to the tune of £500 million up to 2020, NHS England has said.
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Birmingham rolls out Your Care Connected
A shared patient record scheme is being rolled out across Birmingham, Sandwell and Solihull, using Healthcare Gateway technology.
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Medway trials smartphone-connected hearing device
A trial of an iPhone-connected medical device to detect hearing problems will start in Medway this month.
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MediPi open source telehealth kit piloted in NHS
An open source telehealth kit built using Raspberry Pi will be piloted with heart patients at a southern NHS trust this financial year.
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IT specialist convicted of stealing hospital computers
An IT specialist convicted of stealing equipment from a hospital and selling it on eBay must serve a 250 hours community order.
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Healthcare IT news in brief
This week’s round-up includes the news that Barts Health is consolidating its three WinPath LIMS from CliniSys.
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GP IT suppliers agree to standard open APIs
England’s four principal GP IT system suppliers are committed to developing standard open APIs and are working on a plan detailing when they will be released, NHS England has said.
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Lincolnshire shares records with InterSystems
Thirteen health and social care organisations in Lincolnshire will use an InterSystems portal to share patient information.
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Emis Patient Access users can ‘share your record’
Emis Health has introduced new technology allowing a patient to digitally share their medical record with chosen clinicians.
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Ireland details €875m EHR plans
Ireland is planning to spend up to €875 (£700m) on building an electronic health record over the next five to nine years.
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