Government pledges £26m to upgrade digital prescribing systems
The funding will also be used to connect patient history and replace outdated paper systems, with the aim of reducing errors and improving patient safety.
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Healthcare professionals gather to discuss all things OpenEHR
OpenEHR day, held in London on 28 October, offered an introduction to the specification and its potential for facilitating interoperability in healthcare.
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‘Unacceptable delays’ see Microtest lose NHS Wales GP contract
Microtest had been contracted to deliver its clinical systems to Welsh GPs after being awarded onto Wales’s primary care IT framework in 2018.
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The NHS is not ready for the next generation of doctors
Dr Lydia Yarlott, NHS Paediatrician and co-founder of Forward Health, delves into why she believes a lack of technology might be pushing young doctors away.
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Digital nutritional support system goes live in Scottish care homes
Whenever there is cause for concern, care home staff use the service to refer residents to dietitians via a digital questionnaire.
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Narrow HSSF ‘risks locking buyers into inflexible and expensive solutions’
Robert Tysall-Blay, chief executive of WellSky, said industry leaders feared Lot 1 of the framework was “too narrow and focussed on certain suppliers”.
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56 newcomers awarded agreements under GP IT Futures
NHS Digital has notified 69 suppliers of the intention to award them contracts under the new, £484 million general practice IT framework.
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Electronic Prescription Service to be rolled out nationally next month
The service will create a faster and more secure process for clinicians to prescribe and dispense medication, the Department of Health and Social Care said.
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NHS Providers chair commends digital overhaul of Chase Farm
Dame Gill Morgan said the North London hospital was “making the best of all the technology they’ve got” to transform the experience for patients and staff.
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Kettering signs System C for ‘ambitious’ 10-year digital programme
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is adopting System C’s blueprint for full hospital computerisation in a “demanding” 18-month deployment.
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