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Heart failure patients in Norfolk use self-testing tech

1 September 2016

A self-testing service for heart failure patients has been launched by Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust.

Epic and Cerner link information exchanges

31 August 2016

Two major NHS trusts are preparing to exchange information on shared patients from their different electronic patient record systems.

Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust

Royal Liverpool records digitalised ahead of new EPR

30 August 2016

Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust have digitalised tens of thousands of records ahead of announcing a new EPR.

Telehealth used to cut consultations under draft STPs

26 August 2016

Draft Sustainability and Transformation Plans are proposing cuts to NHS services, including the closure of acute hospitals and greater reliance of telehealth in parts of London, it has been reported.

Mobile and app news in brief

26 August 2016

Care.data concerns as new platform proposed

25 August 2016

A proposal for a new platform for the national collection of confidential patient information is under consideration, as concerns continue that elements of the care.data scheme will be resurrected.

N Irish nursing home fined £15k over data breach

25 August 2016

A Northern Irish nursing home has been fined by the Information Commissioner’s Office for failing to protect the sensitive data of its employees and residents.