Medopad, Inhealthcare and Perfect Ward join Pfizer start-up accelerator
Medopad, Inhealthcare and Perfect Ward will receive a share of £50,000 in funding after being selected for Pfizer’s UK accelerator programme.
Digital Patient
Robot surgeons at Barts Health NHS trust start operating
Da vinci robots, which provides minimally invasive surgery for patients, have been introduced at Barts Health NHS trust thanks to £5.5m of funding.
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Digital halves basic administrative work for London’s child health records
Time spent on basic administration of child health records in London has halved following the introduction of a new digital setup, one of the project’s leaders has reported at EHI Live 2017.
Shared Records
eRedbook to be introduced across London
From April, parents of the 136,000 babies born across London each year will be able to access an eRedbook to manage their children’s health online.
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Islington CCG to deploy integrated digital care record after delays
Islington CGG is aiming to roll out its integrated digital care record, labelled CareMyWay, this year, after months of delays.
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London Ambulance NY outage linked to high demand
As an investigation into five-hour outage, during which a patient died, continues the service says its computer aided dispatch system is at ongoing risk of failure.
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NY death investigated for links to London Ambulance IT crash
An investigation will determined whether IT problems at the London Ambulance Service contributed to the death in the early hours of New Years’ Day.
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London Ambulance IT down for five hours on NYD
Ambulance dispatchers in the capital were reduced to using pen and paper on one of the busiest nights of the year.
Clinical Software
London trust criticised for not using EPR
Whipps Cross University Hospital has had a electronic patient record for years but many staff are still using paper.
Clinical Software
Billion-pound framework released for Health IT
A billion-pound framework aimed at improving health IT has gone live, with a score of trusts lining up to procure new kit.
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