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Unified child health record goes live in South West England

18 December 2018

The aim was to create a seamless region-wide service which prevented children falling through gaps and to keep track of their movements.

Maternity providers making ‘a good start’ at adopting digital, report suggests

18 December 2018

NHS Digital tasked 135 maternity providers in England with completing a self-assessment of their digital progress, including their adoption of electronic health records, data-sharing and offering service users access to online services.

Clinical triage system cuts appointment wait time at London GP surgery

17 December 2018

The EMIS system has allowed a GP practice in east London to reduce admin and cut waiting lists from up to four weeks to just one day.

PRSB publishes standards to make it easier to locate records

14 December 2018

The standards ensure that records can be easily found when needed, particularly in an emergency and means patients won’t have to repeat information.

Pictured (from left to right): Stephen Beattie, eHealth Programme Manager, Business Services Organisation; Dr Roy Harper, Senior Endocrinologist, South Eastern Health & Social Care Trust; Phil Rodgers, eHealth Project Manager, Business Services Organisation; and John Faith, Senior Applications Analyst, Orion Health.

Orion deploys new national diabetes pathway in Northern Ireland

14 December 2018

Following a successful pilot with a small number of nurses, consultants and podiatrists, the service can now be accessed by all diabetes clinicians in Northern Ireland to help better inform the care of more than 100,000 patients.

Mobile health and apps news in brief

14 December 2018

Our latest mobile health and apps news in brief features a London collaborative which is benefiting from a regional staff bank which is powered by an app.