Digital health and care plan reveals £2bn will be allocated to digitise sector
The digital health and social care plan has been published and reveals that £2bn has been allocated to help bring the health system into the 21st century.
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What can lesser-digitised trusts learn from recent EPR deployments?
Dr Anna Bayes, international medical director at Altera Digital Health explores what the lesser-digitised trusts can learn from recent EPR deployments.
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Digital Health CIOs speak out on EPR convergence and levelling up plans
A number of Digital Health Networks CIO Advisory Panel members exclusively voice their thoughts on the new levelling up and EPR convergence policies.
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Digital Health Unplugged: May news team debrief
We have a new edition to the news team debrief podcast as Hannah Crouch and Jon Hoeksma are joined by Digital Health’s junior reporter, Jordan Sollof.
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HEE renews clinical decision support tool than can integrate with EPRs
Health Education England (HEE) is extending its use of BMJ Best Practice, a decision support tool that can integrate with electronic patient record systems.
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Major push on EPR ‘convergence’ and levelling up from the centre
Local NHS leaders have been told that they must draw up plans to level-up and converge the electronic patient records in use across ICS boundaries.
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Sajid Javid to unveil his new vision for NHS reform
Sajid Javid is due to announce a new vision for NHS reform, including an increased role for the NHS App and targets for electronic patient records.
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Sajid Javid wants 90% of NHS trusts to have an EPR by December 2023
The secretary of state for health and social care has said he wants 90% of NHS trusts to have an electronic patient record (EPR) in place by December 2023.
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Speculation of national Epic deal with NHS England
Could we see a national deal for the Epic electronic patient record? Jon Hoeksma speculates and explores what this could mean for the healthcare system.
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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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