Peterborough invests in health IT
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has chosen System C as preferred bidder for an electronic patient record system.
Clinical Software
E-observations reduce cardiac arrests in Scottish hospital
NHS Fife has seen a significant reduction in cardiac arrests in one of its hospital’s busiest areas after deploying an electronic observations and early warning system.
Clinical Software
Google’s AI outfit focuses on health tech
Google-owned artificial intelligence company DeepMind has launched a new division to work with NHS clinicians on developing technology to improve patient care.
Clinical Software
NHS Property Services procures IT systems
NHS Property Services is procuring a suite of management systems and business intelligence tools to save customers money by creating more flexible work spaces.
News
Digital Child Health Hub proposed
NHS England wants to create a Digital Child Health Hub to bring together information on a child’s health from multiple systems.
Interoperability
Healthcare IT news in brief
This week’s round-up of health IT news includes two updates from Wales about piloting e-referral functionality and a GP2GP system.
News
EPR implementation led to ‘catastrophic loss of confidence’
Problems with the introduction of the Epic electronic patient record at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust led to a “catastrophic loss of confidence in the system”, the president of the Royal College of Surgeons has said.
Clinical Software
GOSH tenders for £50m EPR
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust has gone to tender for an electronic patient record and a clinical and research platform worth £50 million.
Clinical Software
Mobile and app news in brief
This month’s mobile round-up includes the results of a self-care study at a GP surgery in Bristol and news that diabetes remains the top priority treatment field for health app developers.
Digital Patient
NHS Spine 2 managed entirely in-house
The new open source NHS Spine service is being run entirely in-house by the Health and Social Care Information Centre working with small and medium-size enterprises.
Infrastructure