Trust moves towards paperless immunisation process
Using software developed by NDL, Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust, are hoping to create online consent forms in a bid to reduce clinical risk.
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Old tools and dated metrics won’t fix the problems of a modern NHS, introducing the next generation of EPR
The journey towards better connected, paperless hospitals is entering a new phase. After years of rhetoric, the true value of Electronic Patient Record (EPR) systems that capture, integrate and share crucial patient information at the point of care, is poised to hit the headlines. It’s about time.
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St Bartholomew’s Hospital hails ‘new era’ of lung cancer treatment
The new procedure involves using software to create a 3D map of the lung, which guides surgeons as they pass a catheter through the patient’s mouth and airways in order to reach the tumour.
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Homegrown app takes strain off wrists at mental health trust
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust has developed a bespoke mobile app that’s eliminating handwritten notes by allowing clinical staff to record observations electronically.
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Tips & tricks to connect all your medical devices to your EHR
Health Systems of the world, including Canada and United Kingdom are under great pressure. With an ageing population and advancements in medical treatments, the weight of the extra demands of looking after us as we all live longer is a heavy load to bear for clinical staff, and carries greater risks to us, the patients in their care.
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National media frenzy follows breast cancer IT scandal announcement
Reactions have been pouring in to the news that a ‘computer algorithm failure’ which dated back to 2009 resulted in around 450,000 missing their final breast cancer screening.
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Hunt: IT error ‘could have cut short the lives of up to 270 women’
Speaking in the House of Commons on Wednesday, the Health and Social Care Secretary said the affected group of women were not sent invitations before their 71st birthday because of “a computer algorithm failure” that dated back to 2009.
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Succeeding in sepsis: The transformation with mobile technology continues
Improving outcomes for patients with sepsis is a major NHS priority. The condition, which annually costs the NHS an estimated £2.5 billion, claims at least 44,000 lives in the UK each year. Around 14,000 of these deaths are preventable.
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Plymouth plans to go live with OpenEHR in next six months
The CIO at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust has said the organisation is planning to go live with an open source electronic health record (EHR) “some time between June and October” this year.
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Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust to drop Lorenzo in 2020
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust will end its contract with DXC Technology in 2020 after signing up System C as its new EPR supplier.
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