Healthcare IT news in brief
This week’s healthcare news round-up delves into a progress on e-referrals in Ireland, how doctors are getting involved in healthcare social media platforms, and some clever tech from Lincolnshire.
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This week’s healthcare news round-up delves into a progress on e-referrals in Ireland, how doctors are getting involved in healthcare social media platforms, and some clever tech from Lincolnshire.
Selected trusts competing for part of a £100 million “digital excellence” funding pot must justify their bid through details of their relationships, support, and digital forward planning.
More than 200,000 people have been through the Government’s flag ship attempt to improve digital health skills, a Tinder Foundation report says.
iPads will be deployed to more than 200 paramedics in Kent to help them manage and send patient electronic information remotely.
iPatient has been approved as the first patient facing software available under the GP Systems of Choice contracts.
Poor data quality and lack of investment identified at big North Manchester hospital trust.
This week’s round-up of industry news focuses on company partnerships, starting with a link up for Soliton IT, and on companies winning space on government framework contracts.

NHS England is expanding the rollout of Hexarad to help patients in the North East
Our latest roundup features Powys Teaching Health Board rolling out an electronic prescribing and medicines
Thousands of women could avoid invasive diagnostic procedures for suspected womb cancer under an NHS

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board has begun rolling out the Better Meds electronic prescribing and
NHS England chief executive Sir Jim Mackey has said NHS staff face the sack or