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Fast follower Royal Oldham digitises dietetic referrals

20 August 2019

The team currently receive 180 adult referrals every months and, though they arrive electronically, they are processed manually.

A shot of Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol

UH Bristol to expand ‘teledermatology’ service in southwest England

20 August 2019

The GDE trust is now carrying out around 4,000 consultations a year through the telehealth service, which has reached patients as far south as Taunton.

Medical charity implements PatientSource EPR after e-prescribing success

19 August 2019

The Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability said it reduced prescription errors by 83% following the introduction of PatientSource’s e-prescribing system.

Bucks trust deploys digital FGM solution to protect vulnerable girls

19 August 2019

Milton Keynes University Hospital has implemented a digital FGM solution, which allows clinicians to view and share information about girls at risk of FGM.

Reasonable adjustment flags to be integrated with patient record systems

19 August 2019

Trails will enable staff to access the information through the summary care record application,with integration with clinical systems planned further afield.

Local Integrated Care Records Exemplar Programme to launch January

Exclusive: Local Health and Care Records initiative may lose funding

16 August 2019

Future funding for LHCREs may be redirected to fund other projects, including last week’s £1.8bn for NHS infrastructure and £250m for a National AI Lab.

Asthma app monitors children’s symptoms to reduce risk of attacks

16 August 2019

The Asthma+me App allows patients to input information about their asthma and link up their smart inhalers, which helps predict when attacks might happen.