Patient safety must be central to the design, development, and rollout of electronic patient record (EPR) systems, a report from Patient Safety Learning has stated.
The report, published on 31 July 2024, makes the case…
In the latest episode of the Digital Health Unplugged Networks series, Jordan Sollof is joined by Mark Hutchinson, vice-president of healthcare strategy and transformation at Altera Digital Health, to talk all things electronic patient…
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As healthcare evolves, so too must the electronic patient records at its heart. This means addressing barriers to progress – including the concerns of users, writes InterSystems’ Mike Fuller Digital transformation is reshaping industries…
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University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust has selected Epic as its preferred supplier for an electronic patient record system.The trust, which has a secondary care catchment of around 475,000 people, with a wider peninsula population…
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Access Health, Support and Care managing director Steve Sawyer has said that it is “blinkered” to solely look at and worry about electronic patient records (EPRs) because “it is not about the EPR anymore”.In…
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In an exclusive interview, senior vice president and global lead for EHR implementation at Nordic Consulting, Alison MacDonald, has told Digital Health News that the UK electronic patient record market will not be dominated…
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NHS England said it had opened a tender worth £16 million to support provider organisations as they seek to improve their digital maturity and get electronic patient records in place by the end of…
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NHS England has written to health service leaders reminding them of their requirement to submit nationally mandated returns during the implementation of electronic patient record systems. The letter follows a series of high–profile cases where…
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Santa was buckling under the strain – until Mrs Claus came up with a plan. Joe McDonald’s Christmas column this year looks at whether this festive tale could hold a lesson for the NHS.A…
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CCIO Penny Kechagioglou explains why it can be so difficult to fully implement EPRs, and suggests key steps to remove the barriers to successThe NHS Long Term Plan set the goal of digitally enabling…
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