Leeds Teaching Hospitals pledges to ‘axe the fax’ by 1 January
Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust has pledged to bin over 300 of its fax machines before the New Year in a bid oust outdated tech from its wards.
Infrastructure 2
Leeds Teaching Hospitals celebrates triple Imprivata go-live
The trust has launched three products from Imprivata to speed up access to medical devices and digitise the recording of patient vitals.
News 4
Local CIO reports interest in making a LICRE bid in Yorkshire and Humber
There is significant interest in making a bid for Local Care Integrated Record Exemplar (LICRE) status in Yorkshire and Humber, a local CIO has told Digital Health News.
Shared Records
Leeds Teaching Hospitals approves further development of in-house EHR
The board of The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has given the green light for the development of its in-house electronic health record (EHR) to continue for another three years.
Clinical Software 2
Leed’ing the way as Britain’s healthcare innovators
Leeds has been recognised as leaders in health innovation and has claimed fifth place overall, second UK Smart Cities Index.
News 3
Mobile health and apps news in brief
This month’s round-up of healthcare apps includes a new ‘brisk walking’ app created by Public Health England to encourage a healthier lifestyle.
News
Leeds council develops Person Held Record for locals
Leeds locals may soon be able to prevent further health issues following the development of an open platform Person Held Record.
Clinical Software 20
PCS Speaker Profile: Dylan Roberts on delivering integrated services
In the latest profile of speakers at Digital Health’s Public Cyber Security conference, Dylan Roberts – chief digital and information officer at Leeds City Council – speaks to Vivienne Raper about delivering integrated services to citizens and maintaining security across multidisciplinary teams.
Cyber Security
Critical IT systems on Leeds risk register
A sizeable chunk of a major teaching hospital’s critical IT systems are at significant risk of failing without warning, according to its corporate risk register.
Infrastructure
Leeds still working to recover from pathology IT crash
A major pathology IT crash at one of the Europe’s largest teaching trusts has continued into its eleventh day, with some systems remaining down for a second weekend.
Clinical Software