EMRAD launches clinical decision support for radiology referrals
The iRefer Clinical Decision Support (CDS) tool has been rolled out across the East Midlands Imaging Network (EMRAD) to improve radiology referrals.
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Four companies selected for East Midlands accelerator programme
Four digital health companies have been selected as part of the latest round of the East Midlands Digital Health Accelerator programme.
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Three digital health companies receive backing from East Midlands AHSN
MyCognition PRO, WoundWorks InSight and Qardio QardioArm will receive support to boost the adoption of their technologies across the NHS.
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Innovation funds tests for Notts GPs
Nottinghamshire Health Informatics Service has delivered electronic test requesting to GP practices in its area with the support of regional innovation funding.
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East Midlands defers Lorenzo deployments
NHS East Midlands has decided to defer two of its three Lorenzo deployments for 2010 until next year.
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111 becomes number for NHS services
UK Telecoms watchdog OFCOM has given the go-ahead for 111 to become the new three digit number for accessing non-emergency healthcare 24-hours a day.
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Derbyshire scraps Lorenzo plans
Derbyshire Mental Health Services NHS Trust has abandoned plans to implement Lorenzo, following problems with its development. E-Health Insider understands the trust wants to see problems with the development of the iSoft ‘strategic’ electronic patient record system resolved before implementing it. Earlier this year, NHS East Midlands published an IM&T update saying that Derbyshire Mental […]
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Hi-tech features in 150th CMO report
The chief medical officer’s annual report has highlighted the need for surgeons to be trained using simulation techniques. The report, published by Professor Sir Liam Donaldson yesterday, devotes a chapter to simulation and says that surgeons trained using simulation methods make fewer errors and carry out technically more exact procedures. However, it says that although […]
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Detailed Care Records for 3.5m patients
More than 3.5m patients in Yorkshire and the Humber now have a Detailed Care Record for primary and community care, in one of the lesser-known success stories of the National Programme for IT in the NHS.
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