East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has moved to tranche two of its EPR programme, following the successful completion of tranche one in March, involving migration to the cloud. The trust advises that the programme has “now entered its highest-risk phase”, with an emphasis on testing and staff training. The migration […]
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Whittington Health EPR cloud migration and infrastructure upgrades
Whittington Health NHS Trust has highlighted progress on its infrastructure, including moving its EPR to the cloud and network improvements to improve security and control. The trust is migrating its Rio EPR system to a cloud-hosted environment, with an aim to improve timeliness and performance of community reporting and dashboards, whilst […]
Calderdale and Huddersfield to launch EPR tool for clinical decision support for medicines management
An EPR tool offering a calculator and clinical decision support for safer medicines management is to launch at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust on 1 September. The Anticholinergic Medication Index (ACMI) tool aims to support prescribers and pharmacists assess patient anticholinergic burden in patients aged 65 and over in […]
University Hospital Southampton progresses automation programme, AVT and EPR
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust has shared plans for its intelligent automation programme, noting progress around outpatient admin automation, ambient voice tech, Copilot, robotic process automation, and the development of a trust automation support offer. A market engagement has been completed with potential suppliers for the automation of outpatients administration, the […]
Digital strategy from Lewisham and Greenwich highlights plans for 2027 EPR go-live, AVT, and patient tech
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust has published its digital strategy to 2031, highlighting plans for an EPR go-live in 2027, the roll out of ambient voice technology, AI-assisted diagnosis, and automation. Over the last five years, significant upgrades have been made to core network infrastructure, along with investments in cyber […]
Manchester University NHS FT EPR expansion, digital and data academy, new data analytics platform
The board of Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) has updated on the expansion of its Hive EPR across local care organisations, the introduction of a digital and data academy, and the launch of a new secure data analytics platform. The EPR expansion represents a move toward a single, unified […]
Bedfordshire Hospitals explores future EPR options and notes progress with cyber posture
The board of Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has shared “significant progress on strengthening its cyber posture and infrastructure resilience”, noting work to explore future EPR options, AI-enabled transformation, and data-driven improvement. On cyber security, the trust highlights the reduction of unsupported operating systems, along with clearly mapping risks to […]
EPR goes live at University Hospitals Plymouth
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust has gone live with its electronic patient record, joining Torbay and South Devon and Royal Devon, to form a shared digital record across Devon. The go-live required a “superhuman effort”, according to chief exec Neil Macdonald, with more than 700 superusers being trained to help […]
US legislation and funding to support nursing homes and home health providers adopt EHRs
New legislation has been introduced in the US to support nursing homes and home health providers adopt EHRs and modernise patient records, with ambitions of ensuring safer, more connected care for US seniors. The Connecting Health and Records Technology for Seniors Act’s sets an ambition to help overcome some of […]
EPR to go-live at University Hospitals Plymouth this week
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust is set to go live with its Epic EPR on 23 July, said to be a step forward in the One Devon programme forming a single, shared digital system to bring together hospital and specialist community services in Devon. Following go-lives across Royal Devon University […]
