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Alien invasion? Call #team999

19 August 2014 12:00 AM

North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust has created an online game to educate people about what happens when they call 999.

Records access may reduce GP pressures

19 August 2014 12:00 AM

Giving patients access to their GP records can reduce demand for traditional appointments and telephone calls to practices, a research study has suggested.

Tiara9 trials for C&B compliance

18 August 2014 12:00 AM

Frimley Park Hospital NHS Trust has gone live as a ‘first of type’ site for the Tiara9 electronic patient record system, as supplier Ethitec looks to get Spine compliance certification for Choose and Book and the new e-Referral Service.

Clatterbridge signs up for Meditech

18 August 2014 12:00 AM

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust has chosen Meditech for a new electronic patient record system, as it moves towards opening a new, £118m specialist cancer hospital in 2018.

Royal birth for Philips monitors

15 August 2014 12:00 AM

Gloucestershire Royal Hospital is the first in the UK to use new, cable-free baby monitors from Philips in its maternity unit.

226 bids worth £360m made to tech fund 2

15 August 2014 12:00 AM

The second round of NHS England’s tech fund has received fewer bids than the first, and trusts are looking for less money, according to figures from NHS England.

Western Sussex rolls out kidney alerts

14 August 2014 12:00 AM

An alerts system developed by Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to identify patients at risk of acute kidney injury will be rolled out across the trust by the end of summer, using the vital signs system Patientrack.