Another view: of resetting the GP practice and A&E
Our GP columnist, Neil Paul, has been thinking about the huge changes that GP practices have witnessed during Covid-19 and he has got some ideas.
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Part 1: How can NHS use technology to reduce winter pressures?
As the NHS grapples with a winter crisis, can technology help in alleviating some of the pressures? In this first article of two-part series, we look at how some of the global digital exemplars are using digital to address the demands on the health service.
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Dashboarding through the snow
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust has a dashboard that both predicts demand in A&E and shows staff what is happening in real-time. Ahead of the busy festive season, Thomas Meek went to see it in action.
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Berks on track: Reading hospital reboots its use of Millennium
The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust has committed to retaining Cerner Millennium as its core electronic patient record. Despite a disastrous go-live in June 2012, the trust now aims to be paperless within four years. Rebecca McBeth reports.
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NHS trust markets A&E dashboard
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust is working with NHS Shared Business Services to market a suite of data reporting tools developed by the trust’s business intelligence team.
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Emis helps send emergency patients home
An urgent care centre at the Royal Free Hospital is using Emis Web to conduct rapid assessments of patients, enabling it to discharge or divert 26,000 a year.
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Brighton Alert in outpatients
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust is rolling out its Alert electronic patient record to 40 outpatient clinics over the summer.
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Surrey and Sussex signs with Cerner
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has signed a ten-year contract to retain Cerner Millennium, using the London Procurement Partnership framework.
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Ipswich looks to model A&E demand
Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust is working with geographical information systems supplier Esri to assess how its location analytics technology can help it to manage demand for hospital services.
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Northumbria issues framework tender
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has released a framework tender for a range of clinical systems that it says could be worth up to £200 million.
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