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Specsavers signs with eClinicalWorks

2 November 2015

Optician chain Specsavers has selected eClinicalWorks to provide electronic patient records for all its 500 stores in the UK and another 1,200 internationally.

NHS IT leaders not getting on boards

2 November 2015

The first Digital Health Intelligence NHS IT Leadership Survey has found that only a third of chief information officers and IT directors have clear board level responsibility for IT.

Mental health trust adopts e-prescribing

2 November 2015

Inpatient mental health wards at Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust have gone live with an Emis Health e-prescribing system, supported by the ‘Safer Hospitals, Safer Wards: Technology Fund’.

Digital doctor to review NHS tech

30 October 2015

Dr Robert Wachter, US celebrity author of ‘The Digital Doctor’, will lead a review into the digital future of the NHS, health secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced.

Leeds is a city with a major teaching hospital with major IT infrastructure

Leeds pilots network integration

30 October 2015

The NHS in Leeds is working with the city council on a pilot project to integrate the two different networks used by health and social care services.

Mobile and app round-up

30 October 2015

This month’s round-up of apps and mobile developments includes a link-up between Philips and Amazon, new mobile tools for the NHS from EE, new apps, roll-outs, and research.

NHS 24: £117m IT crashes on go-live

29 October 2015

Use of a new, £117 million computer system at Scotland’s NHS 24 was abandoned on Wednesday evening after experiencing significant technical problems the day it went live.