The Next Steps on the Five Year Forward View reiterated the need for integrated care. The NHS and the healthcare IT industry know that integrated care demands integrated data, if safe consistent patient care is to be provided. Yet, says Andrew Meiner, the managing director of Stalis, that’s not happening. […]
Month: May 2017
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals expands use of Harris Healthcare
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals (LTH) is now fully relying on the Harris Healthcare Electronic Health Record (EHR) QCPR as their enterprise-wide system of record. Harris Healthcare’s QCPR integrates all aspects of patient care into a single, confidential, computer-based patient record, reducing errors and improving work flow processes throughout the organisation. The […]
17 NHS Trusts in West Midlands to benefit from sharing service
Insignia Medical Systems has announced that they have been selected to provide their regional sharing service to the West Midlands Genomic Medicine Centre (WMGMC). WMGMC, led by University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB) NHS Foundation Trust, is one of 13 GMCs established to deliver NHS England’s 100,000 Genomes Project – and is […]
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is launching an online accessibility guide
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is launching a comprehensive online accessibility guide for disabled patients, visitors and staff. The guide, created by Disabled Go, will be live from May 2nd and provides a detailed overview of accessibility for the whole of the Trust, including the Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Northern […]
Dr Saif Abed talks about the WannaCry attack
The WannaCry or WannaDecryptor virus was a world-wide phenomenon, but the NHS was badly hit. Dr Saif Abed, a founding partner of the health IT consultancy AbedGraham, says a forensic inquiry should be held into what went wrong; so the NHS can deal with the clinical and patient risk issues […]
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: National cyber attack update
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has confirmed the infected systems have been restored and with no loss of data. The Trust said in a statement released today: “We can confirm that the radiology services affected by the national cyber-attack at Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital have been restored. There was […]
NHS Digital publishes latest guidance for NHS on protecting against cyber attack
Guidance documentation for NHS organisations impacted by the cyber incident have been distributed via CareCERT bulletins but can also be accessed here: NHS Digital letter explaining patches to protect against cyber attack [293.39Kb] Technical guide for patching to protect against cyber attack [533.76Kb] Responses to FAQs on the cyber attack […]
GP Practices in Hull and East Riding to open Monday as systems start to come back online
GP practices across Hull and East Riding will be open as usual on Monday. However many are still bringing their IT and clinical systems back on-line following the cyber-attack, which took place on Friday 12 May 2017 and affected many organisations around the world. Some practices will not yet have […]
IT systems back up and running at Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has announced in the past hour its IT systems are backup and running following the international cyber-attack. The Trust has advised staff that they can now use their laptop and desktop devices and their record keeping and e-mail systems are working as normal. The Trust […]
NHS Trusts hit by ransomware attack
A number of NHS organisations have reported to NHS Digital that they have been affected by a ransomware attack. The investigation is at an early stage and is believed the malware variant is Wanna Decryptor. This attack was not specifically targeted at the NHS and is affecting organisations from across […]
