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Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Cambridge gets £10m as new ‘global digital exemplars’

7 February 2017

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been chosen as one of four new global digital exemplars, along with two London trusts.

Kettering struggles with radiology backlog after IT deployment

7 February 2017

A Midlands trust is suffering huge reporting backlogs after implementing a new digital radiology system as part of the East Midlands Radiology consortium.

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust develops AKI alert

Stockport in-house AKI alert system improve patient care

7 February 2017

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust says deploying an Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) alert system has help improve detection of the condition.

London Ambulance Service investigation NY IT Outage

London Ambulance NY outage linked to high demand

6 February 2017

As an investigation into five-hour outage, during which a patient died, continues the service says its computer aided dispatch system is at ongoing risk of failure.

Scottish NHS staff caught in US cyber-attack

3 February 2017

The personal details of hundreds of Scottish NHS staff have been compromised in attack in US radiation monitoring contractor.

Patientrack cuts admissions at St Helens and Knowsley

3 February 2017

The northern trust says since deploying the e-observation system they have cut high risk admissions and emergency team calls.

Healthcare IT news in brief

3 February 2017

This week’s round-up of HealthIT news is a little NHS Digital centric, with a regional shake-up of the organisation and some well-deserved recognition for one of its established leaders.