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Search for NHS England’s new CITO drags on

15 June 2016

NHS England has extended its search for a new chief information and technology officer, after initial interviews failed to find an suitable candidate.

Wireless monitoring of sick kids rolls-out in Birmingham

15 June 2016

Birmingham Children’s Hospital will roll-out personalised wireless monitoring of sick kids, with an early warning system that can alert clinicians hours before a life threatening event.

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh gets ready for #HISGoLive

14 June 2016

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust has set a go-live date for its deployment of Allscripts Sunrise; and created a Twitter hashtag on which people can follow its progress.

Surrey and Borders runs dementia tech RCT

13 June 2016

Surrey and Borders NHS Foundation Trust is leading a collaboration to test technologies designed to enable dementia patients to live in their own homes for longer, as part of the government’s innovation test bed programme.

QRisk2 in TPP “fixed” but up to 270,000 patients affected

10 June 2016

Up to 270,000 patients have been affected by errors in a cardiovascular disease risk calculator, which is being blamed on a “code mapping” issues.

Healthcare IT industry news in brief

10 June 2016

This week’s industry round up focuses on companies and company appointments, and includes news of some European recognition for Patientrack, a new partnership for Bridgehead, and a new chief executive for Arkivum.

E-prescribing use remains extremely low in the NHS

9 June 2016

Levels of electronic prescribing in NHS hospitals remain stubbornly low, with less than a fifth of hospitals making widespread use of inpatient e-prescribing.