Open source EHR live at Taunton
Open source electronic patient record system openMAXIMS has gone live for the first time at an NHS foundation trust while another has gone live with CSC’s Lorenzo.
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Cambridge put in special measures
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been put into special measures by Monitor, which says the trust’s e-hospital programme has caused “significant cost increases”, while benefits have not been realised.
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Infusion pump tool wins NHS Hack Day
Prototype built over two days at Manchester event uses QR codes to programme infusion rates of medicines
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National PACS exit on track
Trusts that still need to exit national digital imaging contracts are on track to do so by June 2016, according to the Health and Social Care Information Centre.
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Cambridge chief exec resigns
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s chief executive has resigned amidst a growing financial deficit and “significant performance and quality concerns” relating to the trust’s e-hospital programme.
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E-obs attack norovirus at Portsmouth
Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust has used an electronic observations system to cut outbreaks of norovirus by more than 90% over five years.
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Mental health trust to roll-out Medchart
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust will be the first mental health trust to implement CSC’s Medchart when it starts rolling out the electronic prescribing system early next year.
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Walton Centre develops E-Obs in-house
The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust has completed the roll-out of an electronic observations system that was developed in-house.
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North Middlesex implements VNA
North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust has implemented a vendor neutral archive from BridgeHead Software, which it will use for the storage both of radiology images and of enterprise-wide data.
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Newcastle signs with Carestream
Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has signed a ten-year deal with Carestream for a new, integrated picture archiving and communication system and radiology information system.
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