Medical charity implements PatientSource EPR after e-prescribing success
The Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability said it reduced prescription errors by 83% following the introduction of PatientSource’s e-prescribing system.
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List of accredited EPR suppliers published by NHSE and NHSX
Eight companies have been placed on the framework after they met a wide range of key criteria including ability to integrate with other IT systems.
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Nervecentre EPR signals ‘fundamental shift’ in IT at Leicester trust
One of the largest acute trusts in England is set to deploy a mobile-first EPR under its strategy to become a HIMSS 7 certified digital hospital.
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NHS Forth Valley goes live with InterSystems TrakCare
InterSystems continues to dominate Scotland’s EPR market following the deployment of its TrakCare electronic patient record at NHS Forth Valley.
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Royal Papworth achieves ‘first of kind’ Lorenzo-Epic integration with CUH
Royal Papworth Hospital and Cambridge University Hospitals have developed an interface for sharing blood tests between their disparate EPRs.
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James Paget Ambulatory Care Unit goes live with cloud-based EPR
The PatientSource solution was introduced at the Norfolk trust in March and means the team are able to access patient data and track progress in real time.
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University College London Hospitals enjoys Epic EPR go live
The trust and the US electronic medical records supplier, Epic, signed a deal in July 2017 following approval from UCLH’s board.
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Royal Free heralds a new dawn of paper-free following EPR roll out
Digital Health News was invited to the new Chase Farm hospital to speak with the team behind the project about how the “big bang” go live went.
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Industry news in brief
This month’s industry news in brief features news that OMRON Healthcare has partnered up with Amazon Alexa in the UK to help people monitor blood pressure.
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EPR savvy: equipping the clinicians of the future with digital skills
The EPR is an increasingly important part of healthcare delivery. Yet it is rare for student clinicians to learn how to use such systems during their course. At the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), a new training programme is addressing that knowledge gap. Beverley Ellis and Ian Bailey explain more.
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