North Bristol tackles Cerner issues
North Bristol NHS Trust has gone back to paper to process some outpatient appointments as it works to fix issues with its implementation of Cerner Millennium.
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Clinical audit data to be published
A strategy for the publication of national clinical audit data has been released today as part of the government’s transparency drive.
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Call for new records standards body
Health and social care organisations have called for a new body to be set up to develop clinical record standards to support the development of electronic health records.
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Royal Surrey calls in police
Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has asked its regulator and the police to investigate “potentially irregular transactions.”
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NHS Alliance calls for input on NHS 111
Clinical commissioners feel a lack of engagement with NHS 111 which they believe is another example of top-down policy rather than local innovation, the NHS Alliance has said.
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Bromley GPs redesign e-referral letters
Bromley GPs have designed new templates for electronic referrals because of concerns about inappropriate patient information being included by “default”.
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Princess Alexandra aims for EPR by 2014
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust has gone out to tender for an electronic patient record, which it hopes to have in place by March 2014.
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Wales nears 70 per cent e-referrals
Nearly 70% of GP practices across Wales can send hospital referrals electronically via the Welsh Clinical Communications Gateway.
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Patient access concerns voiced by GPC
GP leaders have said they are concerned giving patients access to their online record could risk their medical history being used against them, and may create more work for GPs having to explain medical terms to worried patients.
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Epsom embraces the Trip Advisor era
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust is publishing patient satisfaction ratings on its website.
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