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Manchester Care Record adds end-of-life plans

15 March 2016

Manchester is incorporating ‘end-of-life’ care plans into its shared records scheme.

CCG pilots smartphone device to reduce stroke risk

15 March 2016

A pilot project in Hounslow aims to reduce stroke risk among patients with the use of AliveCor, a mobile electrocardiogram recorder that attaches to a smartphone.

E-discharge: standard clinical headings required by Dec

14 March 2016

All NHS providers must send digital discharge summaries to GPs using standard clinical headings by December this year, the new draft NHS standard contract says.

Hospital transparency league table published

11 March 2016

NHS improvement has published a league table of NHS trusts according to their openness and transparency.

Healthcare IT appointments in brief

11 March 2016

This month’s round-up covers new chief information officer appointments Lewisham and Greenwich, Sandwell and West Birmingham and Morecambe Bay NHS trusts.

£55m to increase e-Referral uptake

10 March 2016

NHS England has set aside £55 million to reward GPs and hospitals to increase the uptake of electronic referrals to 100% by 2018.

Sheffield links £12m shortfall to Lorenzo implementation

10 March 2016

Challenges with booking and reporting patient activity following the implementation of Lorenzo at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals are contributing to major activity under-performance, which has cost the trust £12 million to date.