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Healthcare IT news in brief

1 April 2016

This week’s round-up includes the news that Leicester Royal Infirmary has installed a new pharmacy robot and Jersey is implementing e-prescribing in oncology.

Patient-facing integrations with GP systems run late

31 March 2016

The April 2016 target for getting the first third-party suppliers of patient facing services integrated with the principal GP systems will not be met; but the companies involved say it will happen within months and transform the market.

South East London record sharing project reaches GPs

31 March 2016

GPs and acute trusts in Southwark and Lambeth are sharing patient records using an in-house developed portal and the Medical Interoperability Gateway.

Wirral brings Cerner population management to UK

30 March 2016

Wirral Partners, one of the government’s Vanguard projects, will be the first customer for Cerner’s HealtheIntent population health management platform outside the US.

North Middlesex starts 1m note scanning project

30 March 2016

North Middlesex University Hospital has gone live with Fortrus’ Unity electronic document management system as part of its strategy to be fully digital in 2017 at the earliest.

Nuffield Health to implement InterSystems TrakCare

29 March 2016

Nuffield Health, the not-for-profit that runs hospitals, gyms and corporate health schemes across the UK, is to implement an electronic health record using InterSystems’ TrakCare.

Citizens’ juries back opt-out for health data

29 March 2016

Two citizens’ juries organised by The University of Manchester have backed an opt-out model for a database of health records that could be used for research and other purposes other than direct patient care.