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NHS Englandâs plan to spend billions on technology to drive efficiencies in healthcare provision is based on an âeducated guessâ, according to academic in health information.
This weekâs industry round-up includes the news that Yeovil Hospital has launched an online booking system and Bolton has updated its infrastructure with AppSense.
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.
Today’s briefing features a partnership between Medneo and Ramsay Health Care and an AI-powered platform
Digital health innovators are being offered a specialist accelerator programme designed to help them engage
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
