Healthcare IT news in brief
This week’s round up includes a market update from Emis Group, confirmation of the news that Morecambe Bay is sticking with Lorenzo, and an Advanced Carenotes deployment by the Combat Stress charity; plus partnerships in the triage and primary care space.
News
Lorenzo: the end of the beginning
The National Programme for IT in the NHS came to an end in the North, Midlands and East last week. Its flagship electronic patient record was Lorenzo. How are recent deployments going, and what legacy will it leave, asks Ben Heather.
Clinical Software
North Staffordshire combined trust picks Lorenzo as its ROSE
The Department of Health has approved funding for North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust to deploy the Lorenzo electronic patient record as part of its post-NPfIT deal with CSC and in support of a ‘Raising our Service Excellence’ programme.
Clinical Software
National Programme for IT ends, but not for everyone
The National Programme for IT has finally come to an end, although the bill for the enormously expensive and controversial project will continue to be paid for years to come.
Clinical Software
Healthcare IT news in brief
This week’s round-up includes the news that Gloucestershire Hospitals has again delayed its TrakCare EPR go-live and North Staffordshire hopes to deploy CSC’s Lorenzo EPR in 2017.
News
NPfIT contracts to get further £500m
Hospital IT contracts set up under the National Programme for IT will continue to be funded to the tune of £500 million up to 2020, NHS England has said.
Clinical Software
Sheffield links £12m shortfall to Lorenzo implementation
Challenges with booking and reporting patient activity following the implementation of Lorenzo at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals are contributing to major activity under-performance, which has cost the trust £12 million to date.
Clinical Software
CQC cites EPR concerns at Walsall
England’s chief inspector of hospitals has recommended Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust be placed into special measures, highlighting issues with its electronic patient record as an area for improvement.
Clinical Software
Hull and East Yorkshire faces RTT issues
Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust has encountered data quality issues since it implemented the Lorenzo electronic patient record in June, and is facing penalties for missing waiting time targets as a result.
Clinical Software
Hull of a job: Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals’ EPR deployment, six months on
Martyn Smith, the director of IT and innovation at Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, and his colleague Neil Proudlove talk frankly to Lyn Whitfield about what they got right and wrong when they implemented Lorenzo.
Clinical Software