All GP practices in Portsmouth CCG are now live with the latest upgrade as part of the Electronic Prescription Services (EPS). The latest upgrade, Phase 4, has been piloted by the CCG and now 100% of practices are enabled for prescriptions to be sent electronically. NHS Digital said once the […]
Tag: Interoperability
Nine new tools and services to use NHS login
NHS Digital has announced nine new products including myGP and Mjog Messenger will use the NHS login service. The service provides patients with a secure, simple way to identify themselves and match them to their records, with the new products adding to the current 4 products connected. NHS login is […]
Great Western goes live with new online appointment tool
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has introduced a new online appointment service, aiming to improve patient experience and reduce the number of missed appointments. Utilising the DrDoctor platform, patients will have the option to receive their appointment letters, reminders and view important clinic information and hospital floor plans from their smartphones, […]
Hundreds of users access cancer care record in first six days
NHS Wales Informatics Service has announced cancer care records are now available to view in the Welsh Clinical Portal. In just the first 6 days nearly one thousand users have accessed the information. Previously the cancer patient information was only available to Cancer Network Information System Cymru (CaNISC) users, however […]
Researchers integrate genomics data in to Irish electronic patient records
Researchers from Ireland’s HSE Epilepsy Lighthouse Project and FutureNeuro, the SFI Research Centre for Chronic and Rare Neurological Diseases, have developed a new genomics module in the Irish National Epilepsy Electronic Patient Record system. Many adults and children with epilepsy of unknown causes now undergo genomic testing, which can help […]
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 […]
David Hancock elected vendor co-chair at INTEROPen
David Hancock, the healthcare executive advisor at founder-member InterSystems has been elected to the new role of vendor co-chair at INTEROPen. INTEROPen is an OPEN collaboration of individuals, industry, standards organisations and health and care providers, who have agreed to work together to accelerate the development of open standards for […]
Apple, Google, Amazon and Microsoft pledge commitment to interoperability
Apple, Google, Amazon and Microsoft were some of the organisations in Washington D.C. on Tuesday to announce plans to provide consumers with easier access to their medical information. The providers pledged their commitment to interoperability and the joint venture has led to the development of new specifications. The CARIN Blue Button® data model and draft implementation guide […]
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 […]
PRSB publishes new standard for shared care records
The Professional Records Standards Body has published a new standard to outline the core information to be shared in a person’s care record. Following a consultation process with over 1,500 professionals and organisations the new standard determines the vital information about a person that should be shared between health and care […]
