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Healthcare IT news in brief

26 February 2016

This week’s round-up of health IT news includes two updates from Wales about piloting e-referral functionality and a GP2GP system.

EPR implementation led to ‘catastrophic loss of confidence’

25 February 2016

Problems with the introduction of the Epic electronic patient record at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust led to a “catastrophic loss of confidence in the system”, the president of the Royal College of Surgeons has said.

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust has pick and Epic EPR.

GOSH tenders for £50m EPR

24 February 2016

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust has gone to tender for an electronic patient record and a clinical and research platform worth £50 million.

NHS Leeds West CCG rolls out pain management app

23 February 2016

As part of a redesign of a chronic pain pathway, NHS Leeds West Clinical Commissioning Group is offering patients free access to the PainSense app developed by ADI, to help them manage their pain.

HSCIC plans big data centre of excellence

23 February 2016

The Health and Social Care Information Centre is to set up a Centre of Excellence for Big Data and Data Science with the Department of Health and the Cabinet Office.

Mobile and app news in brief

19 February 2016

This month’s mobile round-up includes the results of a self-care study at a GP surgery in Bristol and news that diabetes remains the top priority treatment field for health app developers.

NHS Spine 2 managed entirely in-house

18 February 2016

The new open source NHS Spine service is being run entirely in-house by the Health and Social Care Information Centre working with small and medium-size enterprises.