Solving interoperability is not ‘a technical problem, it’s a social problem’
Solving interoperability is not “a technical problem, it’s a social problem”, the co-chair of INTEROPen, David Hancockk, has told Digital Health News.
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Industry news in brief
This month’s industry round-up features news an NHS Digital director has been nominated for a British ex-Forces in Business Award.
News
WellSky offers digital support to NHS Nightingale sites
WellSky International is helping to digitally support the running of the NHS sites across England, along with a number of its partners.
Clinical Software
InterSystems and Imprivata partner for quicker access to patient data
Providers using InterSystems’ TrakCare will be able to select their preferred method of user authentication, including ‘tap and go’ or swipe cards.
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Trust saves 20,000 hours a year time with InterSystems ePMA
The technology has replaced a previously paper-based approach to prescribing and administering medicines to patients at North Tees and Hartlepool.
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Special Report: Interoperability
Jennifer Trueland investigates whether FHIR and similar standards have finally become fully embedded in healthcare IT.
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Lincolnshire Care Portal team discuss challenges and benefits
The Lincolnshire team spoke about the benefits of the portal, which included users being able to choose and receive alerts about patients.
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Advisory Series: Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) has long been promoted as a tool which could transform the way clinicians work in the NHS. However there is an awareness that the space between the promise and the reality is often large. Kim Thomas reports on the realities and myths surrounding AI in healthcare.
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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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