GP federations share patient records
GP federations in England are testing technology to allow them to share and add to patient records in real time across different local practices.
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Emis to deliver eConsult
Emis Health has teamed up with the creators of WebGP to offer the online self-triage and patient information service to all practices under the new name, eConsult.
Digital Patient
Gibraltar live with first phase of EHR
The Gibraltar Health Authority has gone live with the first phase of an ambitious programme to create a single electronic patient record for its acute, primary and pharmacy services, using Emis systems.
Clinical Software
Wearables info to feed records – Kelsey
Members of the public will be able to add data from wearable devices to their electronic patient record by 2018, according to Tim Kelsey, national director for patients and information at NHS England.
Digital Patient
Joe’s view: interoperability is the new black
Joe McDonald has seen some impressive record sharing efforts recently, and thinks the big remaining question is how to fund similar across the country.
CCIO Network
Tom’s digital health disruptors: EHRs crunch with Apple
In the first of a new, monthly column looking at disruptive technologies, Digital Health reporter Thomas Meek considers the potential of the Apple Watch – and why so many EPR vendors are rushing to link up with it.
Digital Patient
Another view: of IT for GP federations
Neil Paul wrote about the pressures on GP practices to federate in his last column, and promised he’d be back this month to discuss more of the IT challenges involved. Here goes…
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NME 180 trusts turning to SBS framework
NHS Shared Business Services has received 69 expressions of interest from NHS trusts in regard to its framework to support the procurement of clinical information systems.
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Consortium saves £110m on EPR costs
A consortium of 38 trusts in London and the South has saved £110m by moving to individual contracts with electronic patient record suppliers.
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Emis widens data sharing ambitions
Emis is set to follow up a data sharing deal with TPP with new interoperability agreements to cover the other suppliers in the market.
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