Special report: Vendor neutral archiving
Trusts are starting to find new uses for vendor neutral archives, and the IT architecture for delivering them is evolving in response to new demands, Kim Thomas discovers.
Infrastructure
Special report: Theatres
Running a theatre suite more efficiently can deliver big time, cash, and quality benefits to a hospital. That puts the onus on IT, says Jennifer Trueland.
Clinical Software
Special report: BI and analytics
Lyn Whitfield explores the rapidly developing discipline of population health management, while Kim Thomas looks at how trusts can make more use of their imaging data.
AI and Analytics
Special report: Portals
Clinical portals have become ever more sophisticated, and portal technology is now being used to underpin information sharing and digital patient services.
Interoperability
Special report: Radiology information systems
Increasingly, trusts need to collaborate on reporting on images to cope with demand. Is that best done using a RIS or another core IT system? Kim Thomas reports.
Clinical Software
Special report: Observations and vital signs
E-observations are now well established at many trusts, and a priority for those drawing up local digital roadmaps.
Clinical Software
Special report: Mental health systems
Mobile working surely makes sense for mental health, where so much care is delivered in the community. However, there are barriers to overcome; Kim Thomas discovers.
Clinical Software
Special report : E-prescribing
The roll-out of e-prescribing across the NHS in England is glacially slow; and the sudden removal of tech fund money has all but frozen the market. Find out more in our Special Report.
Clinical Software
Special report: PLICS
On one reading, everything is in place for all trusts to finally start using PLICS. On another, mistakes are being made on crucial details and the timetable is too protracted. Daloni Carlisle reports.
AI and Analytics
Special report: EDM/ Scanning
How much paper is it worth scanning as part of an electronic document management project? It’s a fraught question, but the answer seems to be ‘less than you might think’ and ‘only what you plan for’. Kim Thomas reports.
Clinical Software