Healthcare IT industry news in brief
In this week’s round-up of industry news we look at a big pathology contract in London, some good financial results for a major primary care supplier and a few new appointments to bring a patient sensor software product to market. Sunquest chosen for North West London pathology US-based Sunquest Information Systems has signed a […]
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Scotland links Orion clinical portals
West of Scotland’s health boards plan to share information by connecting their Orion clinical portals, creating a regional view of patient records.
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Healthcare IT news in brief
This week’s round-up of health tech news includes the creation of a clinical informatics council in Wales and a delay to the implementation of RiO at Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Partnership NHS Trust.
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Super hospital “catalyst” for paperless
The opening of Glasgow’s new £842 million super hospital has been a “catalyst” towards moving to a paper-free environment, its IT lead has said.
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Sheffield picks suppliers for portal
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has announced it will use HP, Orion and Imprivata to create a clinical portal that will give its staff single sign-on access to trust IT systems.
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Full EPR in 2 years for NHS Lanarkshire
NHS Lanarkshire is aiming to have a full electronic patient record in two years, underpinned by its clinical portal.
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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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NI gets electronic care records
Orion to build shared record portal
The Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire health community has signed with Orion Health to develop a shared patient record.
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EHI focus on: NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
For £10m, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has set up a clinical portal linking 80 systems in use across 12 major hospital sites. Rebecca Todd visited a very rainy Glasgow to find out more.
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