Tech ‘ecosystem’ launched to connect South West health and care
The hub will be a base to share challenges and provide technical solutions to help ease pressure on services across the South West.
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Industry news in brief
This month’s industry round up includes a new independent association for social care software providers and Portsmouth NHS saving hours with e-rostering.
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Industry news in brief
September’s industry round up features news that Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership is looking towards the cloud to help make savings.
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Plymouth plans to go live with OpenEHR in next six months
The CIO at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust has said the organisation is planning to go live with an open source electronic health record (EHR) “some time between June and October” this year.
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Industry news in brief
This month’s industry roundup features news that Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust has joined a global health research network that could allow patients to have easier and faster access to new therapies.
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Plymouth to be NHS first on open e-prescribing
Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust has become the first NHS trust to begin implementation of an open source, open standards-based electronic prescribing system.
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Plymouth to trial e-coaching
Researchers at Plymouth University will launch a randomised control trial on an e-coaching exercise referral scheme for patients with long-term conditions.
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Plymouth moves 6,200 machines to Win7
A team from Plymouth ICT Shared Service is in the final stages of migrating more than 6,200 PCs, laptops and mobile devices to Windows 7, after a seven month project.
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Plymouth first for TPP mental health
Plymouth Community Healthcare has become the first site to go live with TPP’s SystmOne mental health module, with a focus on mobile working.
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Plymouth uses speech recognition
Plymouth Hospital NHS Trust cleared a massive pathology report backlog and freed up significant staff time through the use of speech recognition technology.
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