Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber trial sees improved efficiencies
A six-month trial with Accurx has seen Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust gain efficiencies with their processes and communication.
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App which links primary and secondary care is launched in Rotherham
An app which allows patients to see both hospital and primary care information in one place has been rolled out across Rotherham.
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Rotherham gets £12m Digital Aspirant funding for ‘join the dots’ approach
Rotherham is the only area to receive funding on a place-based approach which will focus on partnerships and levelling up all of health and care.
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Could data be the route to the efficiencies the NHS needs?
For James Rawlinson, the NHS needs a thoroughly local approach to managing pressures, driven by a deep understanding of data. The health informatics director at Rotherham Foundation NHS Trust reports that data analytics is already making a difference at his organisation.
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Rotherham updates Meditech
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust has upgraded its Meditech electronic patient record system to version 6.07, three years after the troubled implementation of its predecessor.
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Rotherham’s EPR enforcement action ended
Monitor has removed the ‘enforcement action’ it had placed on the Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust’s troubled Meditech electronic patient record system.
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Rotherham’s revival
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons after an IT implementation went awry. But the trust is back on track – and a wiser place too, Linda Davidson discovers.
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Doncaster rolls out iPad dementia tests
An iPad-based test for early dementia diagnosis is being rolled out across 24 GP practices in Doncaster, while the Alzheimer’s society has published its charter on dementia friendly technology.
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What you read in 2013
For the first time in a long time, the National Programme for IT failed to provide the ‘most read’ news stories on EHI in 2013, with company news, big IT failures, big IT contracts and money attracting most interest.
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Coding first for Rotherham
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust is using SNOMED Clinical Terms to record patients’ diagnoses and procedures.
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