The pandemic catalysed innovation and hospitals will reap the benefits
Innovation advisor at Imperial College Health Partners, Dr Hai Lin Leung, reflects on how the Covid-19 pandemic has helped catalyse innovation.
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Punish EPR laggers – Kelsey
Healthcare leaders must consider implementing “radical” proposals to improve the use of electronic patient records, Tim Kelsey has said.
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Imperial latest to face RTT issues
Data quality issues following a deployment of Cerner Millennium have affected the ability of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust to deliver on 18-week referral to treatment targets, according to a progress report.
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Imperial creates patient surgery app
University researchers at Imperial College London have developed a mobile app to help patients prepare for surgery and reduce the risk of surgical complications.
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Penalise lack of EPRs – report
NHS trusts that fail to make use of electronic health records should be hit with higher insurance premiums and a reduced CQC rating, according to a report that also calls for patients to be able to sue if their data is misused.
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Imperial concerned with reliance on XP
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is moving to a single IT pharmacy system “as soon as possible” after its reliance on Windows XP was raised as an issue by the trust board.
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Radiology ‘must retain status’
Radiologists must make a positive response to teleradiology plans to avoid becoming “battery hens”, the annual meeting of the UK Imaging Informatics Group heard yesterday at EHI Live 2013.
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Imperial’s Cerner plans delayed again
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has delayed deploying the Cerner Millennium patient administration system and maternity module until 2014.
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Imperial sticks it to Windows
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is to deploy Windows To Go – a version of the new Windows 8 operating system on a USB stick.
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Imperial resolves follow-up issue
Just one patient record remains under review by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust after the discovery that hundreds of urgent cancer referrals may never have been followed up.
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