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The October target for all providers to send discharge letters electronically is not being monitored nationally, but has focused attention on the need to make the process paperless, supporters have argued.
Some Nottinghamshire GPs have used the October e-discharge target to stop receiving faxes altogether, forcing all providers to adopt electronic processes.
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust must improve the way information flows around its site, according to a report by the Care Quality Commission, that says the trust is struggling to cope with patient numbers and “requires improvement.”
A portal pulling together information from various clinical IT systems is being implemented at South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
Exclusive: The NHS needs to spend an additional £7.2 billion to £8.3 billion on digital technology over the next five years in order to achieve savings of between £8.3 billion and £13.7 billion, according to a report commissioned by NHS England.
Exclusive: A high-level report on NHS IT by management consultants McKinsey makes 22 recommendations to drive the adoption of technology and achieve the anticipated productivity gains; many of which have already become policy.
Three southern hospital trusts due to go-live with InterSystems’ electronic patient record this month have delayed their roll-outs until spring 2016.
Sheffield City Council has become the first local authority to approve a motion formally opposing
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) has begun rolling out a digital triage system across
Four companies developing solutions to improve health and social care have won the Isle of
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust has gone live with an interoperable digital
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