National meta-data standards needed
Developing national meta-data standards to index imaging data and other documents is critical to improving compatibility and integration between systems, experts have said.
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£20m on open source in ‘tech fund 2’
NHS England has a £20m target for open source systems in the second round of its technology fund, although the money is not “ring-fenced” for use.
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PACS exits take longer than expected
Too many trusts exiting their national PACS/RIS systems contracts are leaving “time-critical tasks” to the end of their exit plans, the Health and Social Care Information Centre has said.
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Homerton procures VNA from BridgeHead
Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has procured a vendor neutral archive from BridgeHead Software as it prepares to replace its picture archiving and communications system.
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IMS Maxims releases source code for EPR
IMS Maxims has released the open source code for its electronic patient record system on its website and plans set up a “community of interest” for trusts using the software in the next three months.
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Oxford Health plans October EPR go-live
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust says its new community and mental health electronic patient record system will be rolled out from October this year.
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Imperial concerned with reliance on XP
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is moving to a single IT pharmacy system “as soon as possible” after its reliance on Windows XP was raised as an issue by the trust board.
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Somerset Cancer Register works on EPR
Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust will use its funding from the first round of NHS England’s technology fund to improve integration between the Somerset Cancer Register and trusts’ electronic patient record systems.
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Ambulance IT system pilot delayed
South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust has delayed the pilot of its new electronic patient reporting system until July, citing “unforeseen circumstances”.
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Emis gives pharmacists GP record access
Emis has launched new software to enable more than 2,500 community pharmacies to view patients’ electronic GP records, following a push from pharmacists for better access to clinical information.
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