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Most read and commented, 2015

29 December 2015

Digital Health News readers had a “what the flipping heck” moment in March, judging by the fact that ‘Emis and TPP sign data sharing pact’ was the most commented story of 2015.

GP ‘detailed coded record’ info revealed

24 December 2015

GPs must offer patients access to their ‘detailed coded record’ by the end of March next year; and NHS England has now released guidance explaining what this will mean.

Burton upgrades Meditech EPR

23 December 2015

Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust plans to upgrade its Meditech electronic patient record in the next few months.

Healthcare IT appointments in brief

23 December 2015

The last appointments round-up of 2015 has news of change at the very top of the Department of Health, at the controversial care.data programme, and at trusts and healthcare IT suppliers in the UK.

Southampton plans three-site EDM project

22 December 2015

A Southampton hospital plans to digitise its existing patient records and replace paper processes with electronic forms using Hyland’s electronic document management system OnBase by Hyland, before closing its records library in 2017.

Hunt: tech money to go on free NHS wi-fi

21 December 2015

Free wi-fi will be available across all NHS buildings in England as part of the government’s commitment to a paperless health service by 2020, health secretary Jeremy Hunt has said.