NHSX sets out intentions to improve electronic referral services
NHSX is calling on relevant suppliers help develop strategies for implementing electronic bookings, referrals and appointment management services.
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East Suffolk and North Essex saves hours thanks to automation technology
The technology includes three ‘virtual workers’, which actively monitor incoming referrals from the national GP eRS in real-time, 24 hours a day.
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England’s acute trusts beat deadline for e-Referrals switch
In an announcement made at NHS Expo – currently taking place in Manchester – it was revealed 150 acute hospital trusts and 7,110 GP practices have moved to the NHS e-Referral Service (e-RS) for sending and receiving all first outpatient appointments.
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PRSB sets the standards for clinical referral information
It is hoped that the exchange of referral information from GPs to hospital consultants will be improved once the new standards are implemented.
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Hospital trusts bid goodbye to paper as e-RS gathers steam
More than half of all hospital trusts in England – 79 in total – are now using the NHS e-Referral Service for outpatient appointments, NHS Digital has revealed.
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First NHS e-Referrals API by end of year
The Health and Social Care Information Centre is developing a set of open APIs for its NHS e-Referrals service, with plans to deliver the first interface by the end of the year.
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E-Referral Service stabilised – then not
The new NHS e-Referral Service was running well on Tuesday afternoon, but has subsequently suffered another day of problems.
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NHS England promotes IT in ‘to do’ list
NHS England has urged clinical commissioning groups to start working on ‘roadmaps’ for integrated digital care records, given them sticks to force use of national systems and standards, and promised IT ‘test beds’ in its annual planning guidance.
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