By David Kwo, Dr Nick Beard, Dr Fortunato Castillo, Jagdip Grewal, Dr Alec Price-Forbes [i] Trends in electronic patient record systems (EPRs) deployment in UK and US hospitals, where EPRs are used across care-settings, have potentially significant implications for Integrated Care Systems (ICSs). What types of EPRs are there? There […]
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StopCOVID NI App reaches 500k downloads
Digital Health and Care Northern Ireland has announced its StopCOVID NI, contract tracing app, has now been downloaded over 500,000 times, representing approximately 30% of the Northern Ireland population. A new feature was also announced this week, to confirm the date when a user’s self-isolation period will end. The functionality […]
Dorset Care Record expands with physical health data and new datasets
The Dorset Care Record (DCR) is expanding this month to include community physical health data and new datasets such as allergy information and clinic letters. Allergy information from University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust and Poole Hospital is to be available this month through the DCR. It means allergy details from […]
Royal Devon and Exeter’s Epic go-live week
By David Kwo, EPR consultant and researcher, who provides a first-hand account of the EPR implementation and go-live at the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust. David has supported the trust as an external EPR assurance agent and advisor. On Saturday 10 October, at 4:45am, the Royal Devon and […]
Cerner and Induction Healthcare partner to offer access to patient portal
Induction Healthcare and Cerner have agreed to partner to provide NHS trusts with access to the Zesty patient portal. The collaboration will also see the organisations develop a joint patient engagement solution, with an aim ‘to help NHS trusts deliver an easier, quicker and more efficient service for patients’. Through a […]
The Health Foundation selects 10 projects for its Advancing Applied Analytics programme
The Health Foundation has announced 10 projects to join its Advancing Applied Analytics programme, aiming to advance and improve analytical capabilities across health and care. Each project will run for 15 months and is backed by £75,000 of funding to support the implementation, evaluation and dissemination of findings from their work. […]
HTN Awards 2020 Delivering at Pace
The HTN Awards 2020, sponsored by CCube Solutions, celebrate great technology, partnerships, teams and innovations making a difference across health and care. Category: Delivering at Pace Finalists: Gateshead NHS Foundation Trust Developing an in-house system referral triage system to support digital working in outpatients This project focuses on a move […]
Protect Scotland contact tracing app downloaded 600,000 times
Scotland’s COVID-19 contact tracing app launched yesterday on Apple’s App Store and Google Play. Since going live the app has been downloaded by 600,000 people as part of Test and Protect measures in Scotland. It uses Apple/Google technology similar to the app being trialled on the Isle of Wight, in Newham, […]
South coast trusts to share millions of diagnostic images
A group of NHS trusts around the south coast of England have signed a deal with technology provider Sectra, to share and access diagnostic imaging. The trusts will move to Sectra’s vendor neutral archive to share, access and manage millions of images. Known as SWASH, the consortium includes Portsmouth Hospitals NHS […]
Crown Commercial Service agrees cloud deal with IBM
Crown Commercial Service (CCS), the UK Cabinet Office executive agency and trading fund, has signed a public cloud agreement with IBM. The three-year agreement hopes to accelerate the adoption of cloud services, by supporting public sector organisations access the IBM cloud tools. The announcement on the agreement stated that the NHS […]
