Research company TechUK has released a report that claims that progression towards a paperless NHS needs to speed up if it is to be achieved by 2018.
Addenbrooke’s and Rosie hospitals in Cambridge are reportedly experiencing “significant” problems with a £200m electronic patient record (EPR) system.
South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (SDHFT) and Torbay and Southern Devon Health and Care NHS Trust (TSDHCT) have chosen healthcare IT systems provider Ascribe to supply their unscheduled care solution.
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has selected data systems firm InterSystems’ HealthShare solution for its regional master patient index.
NHS patients in England are set to have access to online medical records by April 2015, claims Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt.
A communications, managed print and IT services provider has claimed that hospitals will need to win the “hearts and minds” of staff if they are to be paperless by 2018.
Northampton General Hospital has selected a supplier to help with the repatriation of its Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS).
The continued use of paper on hospital wards means that paper will remain a key part of the health service, according to a speaker at yesterday’s Westminster Health Forum.
The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust has selected a provider for its electronic patient records (EPR) platform.
Dumfries and Galloway NHS is building an electronic shared cared record designed to integrate primary and secondary care data in real time.
Staffordshire and Stoke On Trent Partnership NHS Trust will be investing £13m on an electronic patient record (EPR) project.
Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust has selected Carenotes as its patient information management system.
Mark Winstone, Sales and Marketing Director at SynApps Solutions, the content management solutions specialist, looks at how technology is helping the NHS with the major challenge of photography management.
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