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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Homegrown app takes strain off wrists at mental health trust
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust has developed a bespoke mobile app that’s eliminating handwritten notes by allowing clinical staff to record observations electronically.
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NHS England orders evaluation of flagship GDE programme
A team from the University of Edinburgh will lead the evaluation which will involve engaging with NHS staff to gather feedback for policy makers and managers.
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Two GDE trusts go live with link-up of electronic patient records
Digital Health News spoke to Dermot O’Riordan, CCIO at West Suffolk Hospital and Afzal Chaudhry, CCIO at Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) about the project which allows clinicians to access patient data that is held within the other trust’s EPR system.
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Local Health and Care Record Exemplar bid invites issued
NHS England has confirmed a small number of regional health and care collaborative communities across England have been invited to bid for national investment in shared health and care records.
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GDE goes live with System C e-observation software
Staff at University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust are using mobile electronic devices to record patient observations following the implementation of System C software as part of the trust’s GDE digital upgrade.
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Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust loses proposed fast follower
Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust has confirmed to Digital Health News that it has lost one of it’s proposed fast followers.
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Some proposed MH fast followers may not be among those named
Digital Health News understands some trusts initially proposed as mental health fast followers will “definitely” not be among those ultimately named.
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Digital Health’s review of the year, 2017
What a year 2017 has been in the world of digital health. It was a year you couldn’t avoid with AI, the ICO and CQC looming large.
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