E-Prescribing

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14 December 2016

1970s printers replaced with e-prescribing in Ireland

More than 30 years ago, Matrix printers were introduced into the Irish healthcare system. Now, finally, they are being replaced
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16 September 2016

Healthcare IT news in brief

In this week’s round-up of digital healthcare news, we look at added functionality for the NHS e-referral service, a new
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19 August 2016

Two companies on Ā£20m Scottish EPMA framework

Just two firms - Emis Health and JAC - have been given ā€˜preferred bidderā€™ status for an e-prescribing framework contract
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9 June 2016

E-prescribing use remains extremely low in the NHS

Levels of electronic prescribing in NHS hospitals remain stubbornly low, with less than a fifth of hospitals making widespread use
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8 June 2016

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
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25 May 2016

And breathe: West Suffolk the other side of its Cerner go-live

Dermot O'Riordan, chief clinical information officer of West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, talks to Lyn Whitfield about its ā€œnot quite
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23 May 2016

The industry CCIO: letā€™s get serious about usability

In the second of Digital Healthā€™s columns from industry CCIOs, Dr Shaun Oā€™Hanlon, chief medical officer of Emis Group, discusses
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20 May 2016

Healthcare IT industry news in brief

This week's industry round-up focuses on companies, and includes news of rebrands, a new chief executive for Caradigm, and projects
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18 April 2016

Southern trusts to get Ā£50m central funds before March 2019

More than Ā£50 million in central government money is yet to be paid to southern NHS trusts to deploy new
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1 April 2016

Healthcare IT news in brief

This week's round-up includes the news that Leicester Royal Infirmary has installed a new pharmacy robot and Jersey is implementing
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