Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS trusts use AI waiting list service
NHS patients in Lancashire and South Cumbria can now take advantage of an AI-powered Chatbot service to help with waiting list efficiencies.
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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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Blackpool Teaching Hospitals announces go-live of new emergency department PAS
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with IMS Maxim’s patient administration system (PAS) in its emergency department.
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Interview: Steven Bloor
Steven Bloor, the chief information officer at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, talks to Lyn Whitfield about how its openMaxims deployment is going, and what he’s learned about the benefits and risks of open source software.
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Blackpool uses Emis Web in community
Blackpool Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is to use Emis Web to integrate its community care throughout Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre.
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Alert expands at Blackpool
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has rolled out its Alert electronic patient record to an additional 220 users following the successful use of the system by more than 470 staff in its A&E department.
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First NHS trust goes live with Alert
Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Hospitals NHS Foundation has become the first NHS trust to go live with an electronic patient record system from Alert Life Sciences, E-health Insider can exclusively reveal.
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Blackpool defers Alert go-live again
Blackpool, Flyde and Wyre Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has deferred the go-live of its Alert electronic patient record system. The trust had planned to start using the system in A&E on Friday, but decided on Monday that the go-live should be put off until a number of project issues were resolved. In a staff bulletin, […]
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Alert signs third UK EPR deal
Alert Life Sciences has signed its third deal in the UK for its clinical information system and electronic patient record system. The Portuguese software company has signed the deal with the Bupa Cromwell Hospital in London, as part of a wider reconfiguration and change programme being undertaken by the hospital. It will implement several modules […]
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Blackpool pushes back Alert
Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has pushed back the go-live of its trail-blazing Alert electronic patient record system until 10 September.
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