Isle of Wight says ‘alwight’ to shared care records
Information for patients at Isle of Wight NHS Trust and 16 GP surgeries on the island has gone live on one of the longest-established regional shared care records systems.
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CQC criticises care records at Isle of Wight
The quality of patient records at Isle of Wight NHS Trust has been criticised by the Care Quality Commission, with inspectors finding the care record system represents “a significant risk”.
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“Life’s so much easier” with new self-care app for warfarin therapy patients
LumiraDx group has launched ‘engage’ app which delivers seamlessly automated self-care for patients on warfarin therapy (decreases blood’s tendency to clot)
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Healthcare IT industry news in brief
This week’s industry round up covers a new acquisition and some software changes that leverage wearable health data. It includes Sunquest’s acquisition of NHS developed technology, a new e-rostering service in Leeds and recognition of technology’s impor
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CCG pilots patient self-monitoring
The Isle of Wight Clinical Commissioning Group is piloting a self-monitoring service for patients using anticoagulation drug Warfarin.
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Isle of Wight upgrades maternity system
The Isle of Wight NHS Trust is upgrading its maternity information system as part of plans for “smarter data collection” and wider use of mobile solutions.
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Isle of Wight does paperless prescribing
The Isle of Wight NHS Trust is working towards paperless prescribing across all care settings in an 18 month modernisation programme.
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Logica chosen for Isle of Wight EPR
NHS Isle of Wight has chosen Logica to build its first electronic patient record system, using a combined integration and portal approach.
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Vision 360 brought to Isle of Wight
NHS Isle of Wight is to use INPS’s Vision 360 to share summary information from GP records with its walk-in centre, out-of-hours service and A&E department from the beginning of November.
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EHI PC Interview: INPS
Fiona Barr talks to Max Brighton, Russell Blackmore and Simon Fanthorpe about the future of INPS and its Vision 360 data hub.
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