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The October target for all providers to send discharge letters electronically is not being monitored nationally, but has focused attention on the need to make the process paperless, supporters have argued.
Some Nottinghamshire GPs have used the October e-discharge target to stop receiving faxes altogether, forcing all providers to adopt electronic processes.
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust must improve the way information flows around its site, according to a report by the Care Quality Commission, that says the trust is struggling to cope with patient numbers and “requires improvement.”
A portal pulling together information from various clinical IT systems is being implemented at South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
Exclusive: The NHS needs to spend an additional ÂŁ7.2 billion to ÂŁ8.3 billion on digital technology over the next five years in order to achieve savings of between ÂŁ8.3 billion and ÂŁ13.7 billion, according to a report commissioned by NHS England.
Exclusive: A high-level report on NHS IT by management consultants McKinsey makes 22 recommendations to drive the adoption of technology and achieve the anticipated productivity gains; many of which have already become policy.
Three southern hospital trusts due to go-live with InterSystemsâ electronic patient record this month have delayed their roll-outs until spring 2016.
Leeds has been selected as the UK site for a European research pilot to improve
Digital care plans for patients in Northamptonshire have been linked to the NHS National Record
Today’s briefing includes a tool to detect breast cancer using magnetic resonance imaging and a
Figures from across the health sector have cautiously welcomed the news that NHS England is
More than 5,000 data breaches have been recorded across NHS Scotland health boards since January
