Renal registry to use InterSystems
The UK Renal Registry has chosen InterSystems to provide its national health informatics platform as it works on expanding the registry to cover more than one million chronic kidney disease patients.
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UCL Partners to publish IT strategy
Academic health science centre UCL Partners is close to finalising a new informatics strategy aimed at developing a “single culture” of information sharing between its partner organisations.
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South acute group picks InterSystems
A group of three acute trusts in the South Local Clinical Systems programme have chosen InterSystems to provide them with a clinical information system worth up to £60m.
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Staff info published in data breach
South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust “accidentally” published staff members’ personal information on its website in a data breach.
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East Kent rolls out Notify alert system
A system providing real-time alerts about acute kidney injury patients to staff at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust is being expanded across the trust to reduce delays in specialist care.
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West Cornwall to pilot record sharing
Eight GP practices in West Cornwall will pilot a data sharing scheme using Microtest’s Guru to allow local A&E clinicians and the local out-of-hours GP service with access to patients’ GP records.
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Giraff robot plans Europe takeover
A robot used for dementia patients being trialled by NHS Western Isles is set to go into commercial production across Europe next year.
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NHS Lanarkshire creates analytics apps
NHS Lanarkshire has launched a range of analytics applications to give staff easier access to data.
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Imperial live with Cerner PAS
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has finally deployed its Cerner Millennium patient administration system and maternity module, following a series of delays.
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Trusts should look to open source EPRs
Trusts looking for electronic patient record systems should consider open source alternatives, as they offer “the biggest bang for buck”, an NHS England representative has said.
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