NHSX has updated the Records Management Code of Practice 2020, producing a draft that is now open for wider input and feedback. The draft Records Management Code of Practice 2020 sets out how records relating to health and care should be managed, created, maintained and disposed of appropriately. It builds […]
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Walsall Healthcare live with System C, with the deployment documented on Twitter
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust has deployed its new electronic patient record system from System C. On the weekend of 19th and 20th September the trust went live with the system, supported by a remote deployment team and staff from Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust who also adopted the system recently. 2,500 […]
Video: Leicester’s Hospitals digital strategy and EPR programme
HTN Summit 2020 Day Two, we were joined by Paul Volkaerts, CEO at Nervecentre, Andy Carruthers, Chief Information Officer at Leicester’s Hospitals and Graeme Hall, Chief Pharmacy Information Officer at Leicester’s Hospitals, for a session focusing on the EPR programme at the trust. The session explored Leicester’s Hospitals digital strategy, including their EPR Programme, electronic prescribing and medicines administration system and […]
Blackpool Teaching signs with CCube Solutions to digitise records
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has signed a £1.2 million contact with CCube Solutions to transform the way patient records are stored. The trust has partnered with the company to adopt its Electronic Document & Records Management System which has proven successful at other trusts. The trust said “the […]
Information sharing platform roll-out accelerated to support clinicians
An information sharing platform has been deployed across Dudley months ahead of a planned go live. The Allscripts dbMotion platform, was due to be deployed this summer, following testing and a proof of concept with local GPs. To support clinical teams access vital information, The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust […]
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 […]
Lumeon raises £22.9m to support US growth
Lumeon, the digital care pathway solution, has closed $30M in Series D funding led by new investors. The investment will be used to expand the care coordination platform into new markets, and follows a similar amount raised by the company in 2018. Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is […]
Webinar: Improving Influenza vaccination uptake in a COVID-19 world
Sign up to attend a webinar on the topic here. Feature and webinar by our partner iPLATO. National Challenge; Local Considerations Although invariably referred to as ‘the national flu immunisation programme’ the administration and delivery of flu vaccinations in the UK is done largely by GP practices. Our national, regional and commissioning […]
Sheffield Children’s to trial digital patient hub
Sheffield Children’s NHS FT is due to trial a digital portal for young patients and their parents, using technology from Netcall. The trust will introduce a new ‘Patient Hub’ in an effort to ease the pressures of appointment management. Parents will be able to confirm, rebook or cancel hospital outpatient appointments, providing […]
Imperial College highlights text message reminders in cervical screening uptake
Research from a team at Imperial College London has shown sending a text message reminder can lead to more women taking up cervical screening. The findings also indicate the approaches and language used in the text messages can support greater uptake. The research has been published in the journal Preventive Medicine following a […]
