18 NHS hospital ‘fast follower’ trusts named
The second wave of 18 NHS digital pioneers, or ‘fast followers’, will be named today at the NHS Innovation Expo in Manchester by Secretary of State for Health Jeremy.
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Leeds and York trust tendering for new electronic patient record
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust to spend up to £5m on a seven-year project to create a new electronic patient record (EPR) system.
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NHS professionals across Fife obtain crucial data via TrakCare
NHS Fife’s acute and community hospital staff are now using real-time information to further deliver patient care after going live TrakCare.
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Mental health IT systems frustrate staff and impact patients – CQC
Poor IT systems directly impact patient treatment and frustrate staff in mental health services, according to the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
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GDE profile: Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust
At Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust, there is a desire to use GDE status to support the “easyjetifying” of services. Through greater use of cloud services and Skype – as well as through private sector sponsorship – they hope to make interacting with their services as easy as booking a low-cost flight.
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Mersey Care advancing suicide prevention app
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust is advancing in its plans to develop an app which anticipates and responds to suicide risk, its chief executive has said.
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Data analytics can boost mental healthcare – trust CEO
Data analytics will be crucial to improving the delivery of mental healthcare and demonstrating the need for investment in it, a trust chief executive has argued.
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Instagram and Snapchat worst for young people’s mental health
Instagram and Snapchat are the most detrimental to young people’s mental health and wellbeing according to The Royal Society for Public Health.
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Bradford Care selects SystmOne EPR for mental health services
Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust has signed a contract to deploy SystmOne across mental health services at the trust.
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Seven mental health GDEs will get money for apps and patient records
The seven mental health digital exemplars will share £35 million of funding, NHS England has confirmed, with organisations planning to develop apps, online platforms and to give better access to records.
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