Joe’s View: On whether it’s time for a Plan B
The value of a Plan B during a sailing trip beset by bad weather makes our CCIO columnist Dr Joe McDonald wonder whether the NHS should be taking a similar approach.
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Going virtual – how Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust revolutionised their fracture clinic
NHS Fracture Clinics in the U.K. are notoriously busy. At Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, it is no different. The service is led by a team of consultants with a team of registered nurses, healthcare assistants, plaster technicians and clerical staff, often treating thousands of patients every year who have visited A&E with a suspected fracture.
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Hyland seeks to capitalise on machine learning’s potential
Staff from Hyland Software enthused about the potential of machine learning in healthcare as they displayed the firm’s new suite of enterprise imaging applications at the OnBase Summit in Berlin last week.
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Leed’ing the way as Britain’s healthcare innovators
Leeds has been recognised as leaders in health innovation and has claimed fifth place overall, second UK Smart Cities Index.
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AHPs leading NHS transformation
Dragon Medical speech recognition integrated into clinical documentation speeds patient communication, helps clinicians achieve a better work-life balance and frees up resources to focus on NHS transformation.
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National digital pathology pilot announced for Scotland
Philips, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and NHS Lothian announce a collaborative pilot at EHI Live for a national digital pathology service for Scotland.
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‘No process in place to fund’ Ireland’s Euro 850m electronic health record
A revolutionary change in Ireland’s healthcare system is on its way – but the process to fund an electronic health record proves to be a challenge.
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Bradford, Calderdale and Huddersfield trusts live with Cerner Millennium
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust are now live with a new joint electronic patient record.
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System C sites have started to submit data to Emergency Care Data Set
System C’s acute hospital sites have begun to submit data to the new national Emergency Care Data Set (ECDS), which is is designed to provide a more complete picture of emergency attendances at England’s hospitals.
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Somerset introduces web-based EPR viewer across all clinical services
A web viewer that allows all clinicians sight of patient records created in primary care is being rolled out across Somerset following a successful pilot.
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