You say you want a revolution…
In Merseyside, health organisations are smashing faxes, finding cheap ways to go digital, and playing with tomorrow’s technology. Ben Heather reports from the iLinks Innovations Conference.
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Virtual reality healthcare, coming to Liverpool
Virtual reality will be tested as a care tool in Liverpool this year, both for treating patients and helping clinicians meet remotely.
Digital Patient
Liverpool self-care programme cuts emergency admissions
A study of a large scale, supported self-care programme in Liverpool has found clear reductions in emergency admissions and secondary care costs for some patients.
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Alder Hey hospital upgrades IT system
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with a new version of the Meditech electronic patient record.
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The little red (e)book
The ‘red book’ that records a child’s early health progress is one of the best known personal health records; and it’s on the verge of going digital. Kim Thomas reports.
Digital Patient
Liverpool trusts in £70m EPR tender
Three Liverpool trusts are jointly procuring a new, integrated electronic patient record system, worth up to £70m, to help them work collaboratively.
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Royal College backs eRedbook
The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health has endorsed the digital version of the ‘red book’ that is given to parents and carers at a child’s birth.
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Cancer – the big IT
The Clatterbrige Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust is making a big investment in IT as it prepares to open a £118m specialist centre in Liverpool. Sam Sachdeva paid it a visit.
Clinical Software
Health CIO profile: Kate Warriner
The deputy director of Informatics Merseyside was studying music when she was bitten by the health bug. Lis Evenstad talked to her as she launched a major information sharing strategy.
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Liverpool gets Emis access on tablets
Liverpool Community Health NHS Trust has deployed 1,500 tablets to give its staff access to Emis Web in the community.
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