London and south east NHS trusts want replacement for NPfIT e-record system to enable data sharing and mobile working NHS trusts in London and the south east of England are planning to spend up to £300m on a replacement clinical and administrative information system. The system is intended to enable...
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Guy's and St Thomas' NHS trust stroke consultant wants research into telemedicine for early supported-release for patients Professor Tony Rudd, the lead clinician for stroke services at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS foundation trust, has said there needs to be more research into the use of...
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Chelsea and Westminster reduces the number of outpatients not attending 16 of its clinics through text message reminders Chelsea and Westminster hospital foundation trust has reduced its did not attend (DNA) rate by 26% since the introduction of a SMS text message reminder system, with falls in almost...
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Shaun Jeffery , ICT operations manager at Newham University hospital trust explains how it has made significant energy savings without disrupting the work of frontline staff The public sector as a whole is trying to work greener and smarter to meet carbon emission reduction targets while at the same...
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The capital is moving discharge notes from fax to secure email, boosting efficiency and helping patients leave hospital promptly Hundreds of patients discharged from London's hospitals each week need continuing care, from health and social care teams. The package of care provided to patients is approved...
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London hospital trust tests potential of cloud computing for shared access to patient records Chelsea and Westminster Hospital foundation trust is to begin testing online sharing of confidential patient information with consultants and GPs this July. The pilot follows 18 months of development work involving...
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Investigation under way into loss of health records on laptop belonging to NHS research body London Health Programmes (LHP), an NHS research organisation, has admitted losing a laptop containing 8.6m health records, reports The Register. The machine was lost three weeks ago, but has only just been reported...
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IT problems at capital's ambulance service leaves 999 staff using pen and paper The London Ambulance Service (LAS) has said that a computer crash on 8 June forced staff to revert to pen and paper to record calls from the public. The problem arose because of technical issues implementing a new emergency...
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