Special Report: Shared Care Records
With giving the best treatment to a patient increasingly depending on the contributions of a range of health and social care professionals across a broad geography, the need for shared access to records is becoming ever-more pressing. So, almost two years since the five first-wave LHCRE sites were selected, what was the impact on the shared records and is there a recipe for success? Maja Dragovic investigates.
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Integrating imaging into the EPR at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
At University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust, the replacement of an PACS setup was an opportunity to drive much greater integration between imaging and the electronic patient record.
Clinical Software
Sectra ‘preferred provider’ for PACS and VNA across Greater Manchester
No contract has been signed at this stage but a spokesperson has said a formal announcement was “planned for 2020”, once the business case has been approved.
Infrastructure
Special Report: Interoperability
Jennifer Trueland investigates whether FHIR and similar standards have finally become fully embedded in healthcare IT.
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Special Report: VNA and Data Storage
As more and more documents are stored electronically, the need for suitable data storage grows. Jennifer Trueland investigates the growing number of ways in which vendor neutral archives (VNAs) can be used.
Infrastructure
Advisory Series: Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) has long been promoted as a tool which could transform the way clinicians work in the NHS. However there is an awareness that the space between the promise and the reality is often large. Kim Thomas reports on the realities and myths surrounding AI in healthcare.
AI and Analytics
Special Report: Cloud
Cloud seems to offer enormous potential benefits for healthcare – from unlocking a new wave of innovation to big data. But where is the NHS at with regards to the cloud, what has changed and has the mood towards it shifted? Jennifer Trueland investigates.
Infrastructure
Northern Cancer Alliance to benefit from new deal with Sectra
The solution will span ten separate trusts that form part of the Northern Cancer Alliance, aiming to improve cancer care workflows.
Clinical Software
Special Report: Diagnostic Digital Pathology
Both NHS staff and vendors say the interest in diagnostic digital pathology is growing. So could this previously larger analogue specialty be about to fully take the digital plunge? Jennifer Trueland investigates.
Clinical Software
Advisory Series: Interoperability
Data sharing between primary and secondary care has long been a digital challenge for the NHS. But with Matt Hancock focusing his attention on resolving the problem and a new national programme underway, is a corner about to be turned? Maja Dragovic finds out.
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