South East London record sharing project reaches GPs
GPs and acute trusts in Southwark and Lambeth are sharing patient records using an in-house developed portal and the Medical Interoperability Gateway.
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Doing the Lambeth Wark: Local Record Project reaches GPs
The Local Care Record project allows a two way flow of information between all GPs in Southwark and Lambeth and their local hospital trusts. Digital Health news editor Rebecca McBeth looks at the history of the project.
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Manchester Care Record adds end-of-life plans
Berkshire to share patient records with Graphnet
Seventeen health and social care organisations across Berkshire will share the care records of 855,000 patients using CareCentric software from Graphnet.
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Child protection system misses target
A new March 2018 deadline for the roll-out of the Child Protection Information Sharing system has been set, after most local authorities missed the December 2015 target.
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SCR in outpatients and police rooms
Access to NHS Summary Care Records is being extended to scheduled care settings and dedicated medical rooms in police stations.
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Islington awards £7.4m IDCR contract
Islington council and clinical commissioning group have awarded a five year, £7.4 million contract to BT to create an integrated digital care record for the borough’s patients.
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Special report: Information and record sharing across healthcare communities
Fiona Barr hears about the growing sophistication of information and record sharing models, and about some of the different systems that are being put through their paces by vanguards and pioneers.
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Mental health data in Leeds Care Record
The medical records of patients at a mental health trust in Leeds are now available on the city’s shared electronic care record.
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Health tech helps during Cumbria floods
Effective use of digital technology helped Cumbria’s healthcare system cope during recent floods that have devastated the region, NHS Cumbria’s chief clinical information officer has said.
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