Hundreds of patients wrongly told they had cancer due to ‘IT error’
NHS Forth Valley confirmed to Digital Health News that the glitch occurred after updating their Trakcare electronic medical record system.
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Stockport NHS discontinues InterSystems’ EPR software
According to Digital Health Intelligence the trust has selected InterSystems’ TrakCare to provide its EPR in October 2015, but it’s not yet live.
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InterSystems makes FHIR tools free to NHS customers
InterSystems is making its HL7 FHIR integration components free to NHS customers through its Health Connect integration platform.
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Special Report: Observations and Vital Signs
Electronic observation and vital signs technology has been around for more than a decade but has it become the norm? Simon Brandon investigates.
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Special Report: Medicines Management
Various national figures have put a very strong focus on e-prescribing with former health secretary Jeremy Hunt pledging financial support to hospitals to implement such a system. But has that perhaps limited an understanding of the full breadth of areas in which digital can make a difference when it comes to medicines management and optimisation? Maja Dragovic reports.
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Coordinate My Care publicly launched to give patients greater control
The platform which is powered by InterSystems’ HealthShare platform, is an NHS service, hosted by The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust.
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Special Report: Diagnostic Digital Pathology
Both NHS staff and vendors say the interest in diagnostic digital pathology is growing. So could this previously larger analogue specialty be about to fully take the digital plunge? Jennifer Trueland investigates.
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InterSystems employees hoping to raise £30k for colleague with rare brain condition
Tom Spencer has been diagnosed with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP), a condition caused by the premature loss of nerve cells in parts of the brain.
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Advisory Series: Interoperability
Data sharing between primary and secondary care has long been a digital challenge for the NHS. But with Matt Hancock focusing his attention on resolving the problem and a new national programme underway, is a corner about to be turned? Maja Dragovic finds out.
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Special Report: Interoperability
The new secretary of state for health and social care has placed interoperability at the heart of his vision for the NHS. So is the long-standing nut of information sharing between systems about to be cracked? Jennifer Trueland investigates.
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