NHSX and NHS England have published a list of 8 accredited suppliers of electronic patient record solutions, a new section on the Health Systems Support Framework. The framework was created to provide services that support the delivery of integrated care, with the new EPR section to provide access to supplier […]
Secondary Care
12 Health Boards now live with TrakCare
Twelve of Scotland’s NHS boards have now gone live with InterSystems TrakCare, with NHS Forth Valley the latest to deploy. The deployment means 12 of the 14 NHS boards in Scotland are live using TrakCare to provide thousands of healthcare professionals access to vital patient information. Forth Valley migrated three separate […]
University Hospitals of Leicester agrees 10-year partnership with Nervecentre
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust has chosen Nervecentre’s EPR to power is digital transformation plans over the next 10 years. The 10-year strategic partnership with Nervecentre Software is to deliver a Next Generation Electronic Patient Record (EPR) to become a HIMSS 7 certified digital hospital. The Trust has been […]
Doncaster and Bassetlaw to go live with DrDoctor
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals is introducing DrDoctor to help patients view, manage and monitor their clinical appointments. The system is going live tomorrow (1st August) within the Trust’s Ophthalmology, Gastroenterology and Respiratory services. Patients receiving a new appointment will receive a text message and an invitation to use a […]
InterSystems NHS HL7 FHIR profiles made available for free
InterSystems has made all NHS HL7 FHIR profiles available to NHS customers for free to support the NHS deliver interoperability. One of the components made available to the NHS will help support the Transfer of Care Initiative by providing the tools for trusts to connect to the Message Exchange for Social […]
CliniSys to support nationwide HPV programme
Eight hubs across the country delivering the primary HPV programme have chosen CliniSys software to digitise requesting and reporting for GP practices and laboratory services. Primary human Papillomavirus screening, is a relatively new way of examining cervical screening samples. Traditionally, cells from the smear test were the first thing to […]
HTN Digital Week: Call for Proposals
A Call for Proposals process is now open to provide everyone with the opportunity to participate in HTN Digital Week. HTN Digital Week is a week of online events to share and collaborate on healthcare technology, taking place 20th – 26th January 2020. HTN would like to invite anyone with […]
Interview Series: Dorset Care Record
On the day the Dorset Care Record hit its 500th user, HTN spoke with Tony McDougal from Dorset Council about the progress of the Dorset Care Record, what has gone well and what is next in the project. What is the Dorset Care Record? The Dorset Care Record is a county wide […]
Northern Ireland Care Record expands to include community optometrists
The Northern Ireland Care Record has expanded to provide optometrists access to relevant aspects of a patient’s electronic care record. For the first time, optometrists will have details of the medications a patient has been prescribed along with sight of any underlying health issues, such as diabetes, which could have a direct […]
Fujitsu announces AI text mining
Fujitsu has announced a new AI technology that automates the process of unstructured (free text) medical notes into an electronic health record. The new medical coding and AI tech mining solution extracts the annotations from text in less than one minute by combining semantic knowledge and Natural Language Processing (NLP) with […]
