Sharing and caring
Information sharing to support more integrated health and social care is back on the agenda. But what approaches are healthcare communities taking? And what works? Lis Evenstad and Lyn Whitfield report.
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Tweets measuring quality of care
Healthcare bosses should be careful when using “unstructured” Twitter feedback to measure the quality of a hospital’s care, according to a study done by researchers from Imperial College and Oxford University.
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Oxford trials contactless technology
Oxford scientists have developed and trialled contactless technology that uses a digital camera to monitor the vital signs of patients.
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Joe’s view from the school room
EHI CCIO Leaders Network chair Joe McDonald has been back to (summer) school with a lot of clever people, a lot of whom are very interested in open source.
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Oxford pilots decision support
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is piloting electronic ordering linked with decision support to reduce inappropriate use of blood products.
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Ready, teddy, go
EHI news editor Rebecca Todd visited Oxford to find out what bad karma, hugging teddies, and the Welsh rugby team have to do with a major NHS IT go-live.
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Oxford adds SSO to virtual desktops
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust has extended its use of Imprivata’s single sign-on solution to support its virtual desktop infrastructure.
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Paperless NHS a ‘struggle’ to achieve
NHS IT experts say the government’s ambition of a paperless NHS by 2018 will be a struggle to achieve.
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Oxford develops 3D wound imaging
Scientists at the University of Oxford have developed a 3D technology tool to treat wounds more efficiently and reduce the risk of amputation.
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Oxford blues?
Chief clinical information officer Dr Paul Altmann tells Rebecca Todd that Oxford will have “no regrets” about its Cerner Millennium implementation.
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