Has blockchain’s time come in health and social care?
The Emperor’s New Clothes, a genuinely transformative breakthrough, or something in between? Gareth Baxendale considers the blockchain, and the potential it may or may not have to transform healthcare.
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InterSystems adds mobile functionality to TrakCare EPR
InterSystems has added new functionality to its electronic patient record and management system that enables clinicians to interact with information using a touchscreen device.
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Digital jam for NHS providers a welcome start
The news that the 80% of English NHS providers not part of the GDE programme will receive funds for digitisation is welcome. But, argues Digital Health editor and chief executive Jon Hoeksma, a review of the figures shows this dollop of jam is a start rather than a full solution.
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Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells goes all out with EPR selection
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust has selected AllScripts to deliver EPR after having already implemented the supplier’s PAS.
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Another view: Of the importance of EPR training
In general practice, staff use electronic patient records every day. So, our GP columnist wonders, why don’t we add creating a standard training programme or competency framework to our to do lists?
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Leeds and York Partnership ‘first’ for new mental health EPR
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust will become the first NHS mental health provider in England to adopt CareDirector EPR software.
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Nervecentre Software launches latest version of EPR
Attendees of the launch at the Science Museum on 20 June were given a peek into version five of Nervecentre’s next generation EPR.
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Microtest anticipates Wales success story after winning-over GP practices
Microtest has bagged a significant contract win in Wales after its clinical IT system was selected for adoption by 111 GP surgeries.
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Wirral University Teaching Hospital to feature in NHS 70 programme
The programme will highlight how the trust is using the digital Wirral Care Record, to overcome the health and social care challenges being faced.
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Countess of Chester partners up with Cerner in 15-year deal
Cerner Millennium will replace the Meditech electronic patient record that has been in use at the trust since 1999, the contract for which expires at the end of next year.
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