North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust has announced the go-live of a new laboratory information management system for pathology services at Peterborough City and Hinchingbrooke Hospitals, supported by a £6.4 million investment from NHS England, with the trust sharing benefits such as reduced reliance on paper, delivery of faster results, […]
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Hillingdon Hospitals NHS goes live with EPR
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS FT has gone live with its electronic patient record system this month from supplier Cerner. The system went live on 3 November, with the trust commenting it will “transform the way it works” and support its transition from using paper and multiple systems. Commenting on the […]
Humber Teaching reveals EPR provider, “following a dedicated period of procurement”
Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust has announced TPP SystmOne as its electronic patient record provider, “following a dedicated period of procurement”. The trust made the announcement this month, under a programme brand of ‘Be Digital’ – including the strap-line of Discover, Develop, Design and Deploy. The EPR contract is for 10 […]
AI trial leads to altered care plans for over 300 cardiac patients in Oxford
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has shared news of an artificial intelligence tool that researchers hope has the potential to improve treatment for patients undergoing CT scans for chest pain, with a trial leading to clinicians altering treatment plans for more than 300 patients. For the purposes of the study, […]
Digital strategy development and transition plans for new NHS trust in South East
Recent board papers from Isle of Wight NHS Trust, Solent NHS Trust and Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust revolve around ‘Project Fusion’, which will see a number of their services brought together under a new trust; as part of their meeting, the boards discussed the new trust’s developing digital strategy […]
Royal Marsden NHS CIO announces move to Nervecentre
In a LinkedIn post this week (22 November), David Newey announced that he will be leaving his current role as chief information officer at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, to join Nervecentre as director of digital transformation. Speaking on his “six amazing years” at Royal Marsden, David shared that […]
University Hospitals Birmingham seeks electronic content platform to make data more accessible
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust has published a future opportunity notice to outline the trust’s upcoming procurement of an enterprise electronic content solution. The notice details the trust’s plans to source a solution which can replace the current enterprise content platform, primarily for the storage of part of the […]
Manchester University NHS FT appoints new CDIO
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust has announced that it will be welcoming a new chief digital & information officer (CDIO). David Walliker, who is currently chief digital and partnership officer at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, will be joining the team at Manchester at the end of April 2024. David […]
Sheffield Health and Social Care goes live with EPR, with NHSE announcing 90 percent EPR adoption across NHS trusts
Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with their electronic patient record system, with the NHS highlighting that the go-live marks the 189th NHS trust to launch an EPR – meeting the government’s target for 90 percent adoption ahead of the December 2023 target. The trust […]
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde publishes contract notice for neonatal EPR
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has published a contract notice for a neonatal intensive care cloud-based electronic patient record system that “will have the ability to adapt with the ever-changing technology advances in neonatal care”, helping to reduce manual work and paper usage. The contract duration will be a period […]
