Emergency staffing delays electronic record deployment
Emergency staffing measures were required for more than two months in a Midlands’ mental health trust, impacting the deployment of its “full single electronic record”.
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NHS Lothian’s EPR needs immediate improvement – report
A major Scottish hospital has been told to immediately improve its electronic patient record, after an inspection found staff were not able to access, and often did not record, patient assessments.
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Salisbury Lorenzo go-live ‘going okay at the moment’
Nearly 3,000 staff at Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust have moved over to the Lorenzo electronic patient record after a successful go-live.
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Site visit: Birmingham goes paperless in ICU
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust is well known for its PICS system, and now it is rolling out paperless working to its huge ICU. Laura Stevens went to see the latest IT development in action.
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University College London Hospitals set for Epic adventure
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has picked Epic as the preferred supplier of a new electronic patient record.
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CDMI trends show funds will be needed to hit paperless 2020
Achieving a fully digital NHS will not be achieved before 2020 without significant additional funding, Digital Health Intelligence analysis of key Clinical Digital Maturity Index trends has shown.
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Salisbury goes live with Lorenzo
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust went live with the Lorenzo electronic patient record over the weekend.
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West Midlands deploys shared system for 1.4m child patients
One of NHS England’s first procurements for a single region-wide child service has migrated records for 1.4 million children onto the same software.
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Remote video family therapy trialled in Lincolnshire
A rural northern county is benefiting from an online psychological family therapy service for patients with severe mental illness and their families.
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Interview: Mark England
The director of reengineering and informatics at Luton and Dunstable NHS Foundation Trust talks to Lyn Whitfield about its EPR strategy, being a global exemplar, and leading its STP.
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