Movers and shakers news round-up
This month’s Movers and Shakers round up features appointments at East Lancashire Hospitals Trust and Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Trust.
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Blackpool clinical staff benefit from GP data access
Pharmacists, doctors and nurses now have real-time access to 300,000 patient records from 40 GP practices via the Medical Interoperability Gateway (MIG).
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Teleservices free up clinician’s time at Blackpool hospitals
Video conference initiatives are allowing clinicians to have direct contact with patients without having to travel between hospitals.
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Taunton and Somerset announces two digital “fast followers”
Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust have nominated two digital “fast followers”, in a further indication of how the next wave of NHS digital transformation will take shape.
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Blackpool Hospitals fined for publishing staff details
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been fined £185,000 for publishing details of thousands of staff online.
Cyber Security
Blackpool takes open source EHR
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will be the third acute trust to deploy the openMaxims electronic patient record.
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Blackpool retrenches on Alert EPR plans
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has admitted that it has failed to implement Alert as its electronic patient record system and is now going for a best of breed approach to EPR.
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NDL trusts showcase their apps
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has created a range of mobile apps for its community staff that it plans to make available to other NHS trusts via NDL’s new App Showcase.
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Brighton live and Alert
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust has gone live with its Alert electronic patient record system in one of its A&E departments.
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Blackpool extends Hospital at Night
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has extended its use of Nervecentre’s Hospital at Night.
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