Sharing the pain
Legal issues, information governance, patient consent; the barriers to information sharing are legion. Good job CCIOs are committed to getting through them. Claire Read reports.
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Northern Ireland consults on IT strategy
Northern Ireland’s Health and Social Care Board has launched a consultation process for its eHealth and Care Strategy, with a patient portal and online access to health records among the key proposals.
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NI chooses HP for £100m framework
Northern Ireland has chosen HP as the supplier for a framework agreement worth up to £100m to improve the region’s health IT services, refresh its patient administration system infrastructure and implement a new electronic prescribing system.
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PODcasting
South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust is at the forefront of Northern Ireland’s ambitious e-health plans. Lis Evenstad reports.
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NI trust is pleased with its PODs
South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust has opened two performance optimised data centres to run its IT operations and support its mobile working and virtual desktops strategies.
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NI trust does bed management with Aura
Southern Health and Social Care Trust is rolling-out Aura Healthcare’s patient flow system to improve bed management at Craigavon Area Hospital.
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NI does diabetes care with Diamond.net
Northern Ireland’s five Health and Social Care Trusts have implemented web-based diabetes care management systems from Hicom
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Northern Ireland entices Aura

NI gets electronic care records

Aura and NI trust develop clinical app
Southern Health and Social Care Trust and Aura Healthcare have developed a clinical noting application they hope will reduce handover time.
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