Somerset County Council goes live with Rio EPR
The first local authority to deploy an electronic patient record is Somerset County Council, who has gone live with the Rio EPR.
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Wellola’s patient communication platform to go live in Birmingham
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is set to go live with Wellola’s Portasana patient communication platform.
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Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health delivers virtual care
After being implemented in response to covid, Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust is using Accurx software to deliver virtual care.
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Birmingham Community Healthcare uses ‘test bed’ approach with new EPR
Birmingham Community Healthcare’s Mosley Hospital’s Ward 5 is the first inpatient facility within the trust to trial the new electronic patient record.
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Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust to implement RiO
Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust is to replace legacy CSC clinical records with new RiO electronic patient record system from Servelec Health and Social Care.
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Patients at risk of illegal detention at Midlands MH trust
Mental health patients at South Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare NHS FT are at risk of being illegally detained due to issues with using RiO.
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Servelec shares fall on profits warning
Shares in Sheffield-based software and technology group Servelec fell sharply this week after the company issued a profit warning on Wednesday.
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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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Final score: NPfIT in mental health and community services
As the National Programme for IT in the NHS drew to a close in London and the South, Rebecca McBeth assessed its impact on mental health and community trusts.
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NPfIT transitions ‘high risk’
Four NHS hospital trusts that need to replace their nationally procured electronic patient record systems by the end of the month are deemed “high risk” by the board overseeing the programme.
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