Kingston ‘let down’ by BT
Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust did not go-live with Cerner e-prescribing and clinical documentation last year after BT failed to deliver a “workable system” on time, trust board papers reveal.
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Cornwall digitises children’s records
Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has transferred all of its children’s records onto a bespoke version of its RiO electronic patient record system.
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EU rule makes research ‘impractical’
New data protection rules being proposed for the European Union would make conducting research using data in the EU “impractical”, the Department of Health says.
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Care.data cost more than £50m
The strategic outline business case for the controversial care.data programme is yet to go to Treasury for approval and involves a spend of more than £50m.
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CQC appoints Roger Taylor
Dr Foster co-founder Roger Taylor will help the Care Quality Commission roll-out its new intelligent monitoring model across care sectors.
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Graphnet care record embedded in Emis
Emis Web users can see the shared care record of patients from within their clinical system following an integration with Graphnet.
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Four CSUs create ‘alliance’
Four commissioning support units have formed a “strategic alliance” to help them gain a place on NHS England’s new commissioning support lead provider framework.
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Commissioning support framework scoped
NHS England has released a draft scope of the commissioning support lead provider framework with the full tender to be launched on 3 March.
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CCIOs key to addressing knowledge gap
Appointing a chief clinical information officer is the best way to address the knowledge gap in NHS trusts about the clinical and cost benefits of implementing IT systems, a new survey suggests.
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Christmas IT crash at London Ambulance
Staff at London Ambulance Service NHS Trust recorded emergency calls on paper on Christmas Day when its call management system went down for five hours.
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