Wales sets out digital ambitions
Welsh patients will access their medical record online and use smartphones to manage their health as part of a five-year digital health strategy published by the Welsh government.
Digital Patient
All-Wales more-tests results service
All health boards in Wales will be using the same system for sending pathology and radiology results to GP practices by the end of January next year.
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Celts agree IT alliance
NHS Wales and NHS Scotland have agreed an alliance to share technology developments and expertise.
Infrastructure
Wales pilots GP2GP service
Wales has started piloting a GP2GP service to digitally transfer a patient’s record from one medical practice to another.
Infrastructure
Wales rolls-out patient portal
Wales is nearing the complete roll-out of its My Health Online portal for online bookings and repeat prescriptions.
Digital Patient
Wales integrates health and social care
The Welsh government is investing £6.7 million to develop an IT system to link health and social care services around the country.
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Betsi Cadwaladr to implement Myrddin
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board in Wales has received a £6.2 million investment from the Welsh government to implement the national patient administration system Myrddin.
Clinical Software
NHS Wales presses on with GP IT
NHS Wales is on time and under budget to complete the roll out of a centrally hosted IT service to its GPs by July 2015.
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EHI Live profile: Andrew Griffiths
The chief information officer of the NHS Wales Informatics Service ended up in health by “accident”, but he is now leading work on many new systems. Sam Sachdeva met him.
Feature
Wales tenders for community system
The NHS Wales Informatics Service is tendering for a community care information solution to integrate social care, community and mental health services across Wales.
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